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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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • Burns and Palmiotti Explore the Docks

    Inside Dock Walloper, filmmaker Edward Burns's foray into the comics-to-movie track in Hollywood.


  • 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.

  • 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.

  • January Comics Bestsellers

    Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid stays on top followed by Naruto and Stephen King’s Dark Tower.

  • Washington’s Big Monkey Encourages Debate

    Big Monkey Comics in Washington DC succeeds by acting as a social center for its customers.

  • 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.

  • Top 10 Manga for 2007

    Kai-Ming Cha counts down the top manga for 2007 and looks forward to 2008.

  • 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.

  • WGA Strike Affects Comics Creators

    As the WGA strike continues, it is affecting many writers who cross over between comics and the screen.

  • 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

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • ICv2's Anime and Technology Panel

    Major manga companies are all taking an experimental approach to digital delivery systems.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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