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Comics Create Big Buzz at BEA

by Douglas Wolk and Calvin Reid | 06/13/2003 @ 12:00AM

At past BookExpos, graphic novel publishers struggled to gain a toehold with retailers and librarians who weren't quite sure exactly what a graphic novel was.
The Art of War: Comics Capture Combat and Its Aftermath

by Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 04/15/2003 @ 12:00AM

After three weeks of round the clock TV coverage of the war in Iraq, it's hard to just switch channels and get used to chuckling again at Everybody Loves Raymond.
Doubleday Graphic Novels Shut Down

by Calvin Reid | 03/31/2003 @ 12:00AM

After months of issuing conflicting responses about the future of Doubleday Graphic Novels, Doubleday has finally acknowledged that it is folding the DGN line of book-format comics barely six months after it released its first two books. Deborah Cowell, the editor who originated and directed the DGN line, left Doubleday shortly after the release of those two books--Lance Tooks's Narcissa and Jason Little's Shutterbug Follies--in October 2002.
IDW: Small Publisher With Big Sellers

by Heidi MacDonald | 03/13/2003 @ 07:00AM

Already the #1 selling graphic novel at Barnes & Noble, 30 Days of Night is the chilling story of a vampire on the loose in an Alaskan town where the sun has just gone down—for 30 days.
New BISAC Category for Graphic Novels/Comics

by Heidi MacDonald, PW NewsLine | 01/22/2003 @ 07:00AM

Pulitzer-prize winning graphic-novelist Art Spiegelman and several comics publishers paid a visit to the monthly meeting of the BISAC committee of the Book Industry Study Group yesterday to urge the creation of a new category for graphic novels.
Comics News

| 12/23/2002 @ 12:00AM

The year of the graphic novel and more!
Asian Comics Delight U.S. Readers

by Calvin Reid | 12/16/2002 @ 12:00AM

American graphic novels are registering healthy sales growth, but the surge in popularity of English-language manga--licensed editions of Japanese graphic novels re-released in the U.S.--has been even more phenomenal over the past year.
Alternative Comics Offers Just That

by Heidi McDonald | 12/16/2002 @ 12:00AM

With a name like Alternative Comics, you expect something a little off the beaten path. The home to such independent comics stars as Sam Henderson, James Koschalka, Nick Bertozzi and Scott Annable, Alternative offers a range of quirky and thought-provoking material.
Preiss Launches ibooks Graphic Novels

by Calvin Reid | 11/11/2002 @ 12:00AM

ibooks, a new-media and print book publisher, announced plans to launch a graphic novel publishing program early next year. The house, which publishes in a variety of categories in print and digital formats, plans to publish a graphic novel each month beginning in April 2003. Byron Preiss, publisher of ibooks, has been involved in publishing book format comics since the 1970s.
PW Daily's Guide to Graphic Novels IV

by Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 11/06/2002 @ 12:00AM

This week's guide to manga, recently released and backlist graphic novel titles.
The Year in Books: Comics

by Calvin Reid and Lynn Andriani | 11/04/2002 @ 12:00AM

This year trade paper and hardcover comics-—graphic novels-—made huge strides toward becoming a legitimate category in general trade book publishing.
PW Daily's Guide to Graphic Novels

by Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 10/21/2002 @ 12:00AM

This week's guide is for manga, recently released graphic novels and backlist graphic novel titles.
PW Daily's Guide to Graphic Novels: Manga, Recent Releases, and Backlist

by Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 10/15/2002 @ 12:00AM

We're back with the latest version of our guide to graphic novels for booksellers. We received so much feedback about our initial listing of graphic novels (PW Daily, August 28) that we decided to tweak our criteria and format just a bit.
PW Daily's Guide to Graphic Novels

by Calvin Reid, PW Daily for Booksellers | 08/28/2002 @ 12:00AM

With burgeoning interest in the genre of graphic novels, during the next few weeks PW Daily is printing a selected list of titles a bookstore needs to stock a basic graphic novel section.
Trade Book Comics in Demand at Comic-Con

by Douglas Wolk and Calvin Reid | 08/09/2002 @ 12:00AM

Comic-Con International, the annual trade show for comics, graphic novels, gaming, film and pop-culture merchandising of all kinds, is a strange hybrid beast. The largest annual gathering of the professional community of comics and graphic novels, it's also the biggest convention for comics fans and readers.
At Comics' BEA, Talk of Manga and Book-Trade Permeate

by Calvin Reid, PW NewsLine | 08/06/2002 @ 12:00AM

More than 50,000 people were estimated to have attended the Comic-Con International over the weekend, the biggest number the show has drawn in its nearly-35 year existence.
When Graphic Novels Go From Ghost World to Tinsel Town

By Steven Zeitchik, PW NewsLine | 07/24/2002 @ 12:00AM

Legendary graphic-novel publisher Denis Kitchen remembers the quiet old days of three months ago, before the phones started buzzing with Hollywood producers.
Diamond Looks to Take Over from LPC

by Calvin Reid & Douglas Wolk | 06/28/2002 @ 10:00AM

The post—LPC comics and graphic novel distribution landscape is beginning to come into focus. Diamond Comics, the largest distributor of periodical comic books to specialty comics stores, is launching Diamond Book Distributors, a division to distribute comics, graphic novels, manga and anime, as well as toys and other pop culture product, to the book trade.
Diamond in the Rough? Periodical Comics Distributor Looks to Pick up LPC Slack

by Calvin Reid, PW NewsLine | 06/26/2002 @ 12:00AM

The post-LPC comics and graphic novel distribution landscape is beginning to come into focus. Diamond Comics, the largest distributor of periodical comic books to the specialty comics market, is launching Diamond Book Distributors, a new division to distribute comics, graphic novels, manga and anime as well as toys and other pop culture product to the book trade.
Big Films Mean Big Comics Sale

by Douglas Wolk | 06/13/2002 @ 12:00AM

It doesn't take a genius to know that Spider-Man and Star Wars graphic novels are hot in bookstores and libraries right now--they're two of the biggest movies of the summer, and young customers want to read the comics about their favorite characters. What does take some work is figuring out which of the dozens of Star Wars and Spider-Man graphic novels and trade paperbacks in print are likely to be the best jumping-on points for new readers.

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