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Comics Briefly
EW Tabs PW The Beat; Natsume Does Batman Manga; Comic Book “History”; New from NBM; Virgin’s Dan Dare Online; Fantagraphics Comix Show; New Reed Show Blogs; Selznick Wins Caldecott; and January Zudacomics Contestants
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Nickelodeon Mag: Green Slime and Comics
Nickelodeon magazine, the monthly periodical of the children’s TV programming juggernaut, covers a variety of kids’ subject matter, including comics.
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Shakespeare Meets Manga at John Wiley
Science and educational publisher John Wiley & Sons release manga adaptations of four Shakespeare plays—Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and Julius Caesar—in February in a tankoubon, graphic novel book-format.
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Tor Books, Seven Seas Together at Last
The new joint venture between New York City sci-fi and fantasy publisher Tor Books and L.A.-based manga publisher Seven Seas to create a manga imprint is a match made in pop culture heaven.
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Burns and Palmiotti Explore the Docks
Inside Dock Walloper, filmmaker Edward Burns's foray into the comics-to-movie track in Hollywood.
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Genshiken: Kio Shimoku and the Otaku Soul
Kio Shimoku is the manga-ka of the beloved Japanese geek-culture series Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture. The 9 volume series from Del Rey Manga completed its publication this month. The series revolves around a college visual media club where a small group of otaku gather to obsess about their favorite anime, manga, videogames and related activities.
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Disney’s Haunted Mansion Hardcover
Originally published as an anthology comic series by SLG Publishing, the first six issues of Disney’s Haunted Mansion, Vol. 1: Welcome, Foolish Mortals is being collected in an attractive limited edition hardcover.
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January Comics Bestsellers
Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid stays on top followed by Naruto and Stephen King’s Dark Tower.
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Washington’s Big Monkey Encourages Debate
Big Monkey Comics in Washington DC succeeds by acting as a social center for its customers.
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Pilgrim, Exit Wounds Top Second Annual PWCW Critics' Poll
Two very different books about young men at a changing point in their lives topped the Second Annual PWCW Critics' Poll for 2007.
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Top 10 Manga for 2007
Kai-Ming Cha counts down the top manga for 2007 and looks forward to 2008.
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Marvel Illustrated Adapts Literary Classics
Marvel Comics is courting the literary and educational crowd with Marvel Illustrated, a new imprint devoted to adapting classic literature into comic books.
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WGA Strike Affects Comics Creators
As the WGA strike continues, it is affecting many writers who cross over between comics and the screen.
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Comics Briefly
Eisner Awards Submissions; Graphix’s David Saylor Promoted; IDW, Gold Eagle Ink Pact; Check Out PW The Beat; Time’s Top Graphic Novels of 2007; CCS Debuts Satchel Paige Site; Papercutz on Cell Phones; Charles Burns Signs in NYC; Eyeshield 21 Goes Broadband; and Fresh Ink on G4TV
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DC Trade Book Collections Go Deluxe
Beginning in spring 2008, DC is introducing a new line of collections: Deluxe Editions, trade hardcovers with a trim size a bit larger than a standard comic book or paperback, but not quite as large as DC’s high-end, oversized Absolute Editions.
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Aimee Steinberger Talks About Japan Ai
Aimee Major Steingerger’s manga-influenced travel journal, Japan Ai: A Tall Girl's Adventure in Japan, uses drawings, comics and journal-like entries to recount a trip she took to Japan along with two friends. The book is published by Go! Comi.
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ICv2's Anime and Technology Panel
Major manga companies are all taking an experimental approach to digital delivery systems.
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Deck Your Store with Cool New Comics
From Sunday Press's lovingly preserved, full-size reprint of Frank King's classic strips from the 1920s to Sam Ita's ingeniously designed Moby-Dick Pop-up Book, today's comics come in all kinds of formats. These days it's even become fashionable to say we're in the midst of a new golden age of comics.
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Big Fun At First New York Anime Fest
The first annual New York Anime Festival, held at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan December 7-9, started slowly, but NYAF officials estimated that about 15,000 attendees visited the Javits Center for the inaugural event.
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Marvel, Del Rey Team for Manga X-men
Marvel Comics and Del Rey Manga are teaming up to create manga styled and formatted versions of the X-Men and Wolverine.



