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Five Trends To Watch in Digital Comics for 2015
Six months after Amazon's purchase of Comixology, new patterns are emerging in the digital comics marketplace. Here's a look at what's ahead.
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Madefire, JumpStart Debut Neopet Motion Books
Madefire, creator of the Motion Books interactive comics platform, is teaming up with educational games creator JumpStart to create motion books digital stories for its Neopets online community.
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Photo Mania: Comic Arts Brooklyn 2014
Organized by Brooklyn independent comics bookstore Desert Island, Comic Arts Brooklyn, aka CAB, held its annual festival of indie and self-published comics at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Nov. 8-9.
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Panel Mania: 'Spera' Is A Dazzling Fantasy Showcase
Josh Tierney's webcomic 'Spera' showcases an international cast of artists that gained prominence through the internet, including Giannis Milonogiannis.
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Webcast: Comics: Breaking the Mold in Bookstores and Libraries
Join PW Graphic Novel Reviews editor Heidi MacDonald, Thursday November 13 at 1:00 pm on the PW webcast, in conversation with comics publishers from Animal Media, Dark Horse and Viz Media, about the changing readership of comics and graphic novels.
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Vado Reveals Plans for APE in San Jose
Dan Vado, founder of the Alternative Press Expo, is running the show again after 19 years. He talks about his plans for the pioneering West Coast indie comics festival after it relocates to San Jose.
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Al Jazeera Web Comic Looks at Big Data and the Future of Privacy
Al Jazeera America has released 'Terms of Service,' an online graphic novel that is part of the network’s strategy of tapping into new forms of storytelling.
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Kobo Adds Marvel Digital Graphic Novels
E-book retailer Kobo has reached an agreement with Marvel Comics to sell digital editions of its collected graphic novels.
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Fulcrum Publishing Adds Nonfiction Graphic Novels
Fulcrum has plans to publish at least three nonfiction graphic novels a year for the foreseeable future, marketing not only to the general trade but also to comics specialty shops, libraries, and especially, schools.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 10/20–10/26
'Seth's Dominion' Screening in Montréal, Canada; An Evening with Marjane Satrapi in Columbus, OH; Locust Moon Comics Festival in Philadelphia, PA
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Diversity and Pop Culture Reign at New York Comic Con
With 151,000 attendees, this year’s edition of the New York Comic Con had the largest crowd ever announced at a North American con. And despite the size, it seemed to be an overwhelmingly peaceful celebration of pop culture, and the diversification of fandom.
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Panel Mania: 'Aama The Invisible Throng' Journeys Through Space And Time
Swiss cartoonist Frederik Peeters' sci-fi series, Aama continues Verloc Nim's reluctant space journey with his brother Conrad and the android chimpanzee, Churchill, as they search to uncover any material relating to the mysterious experiment known as Aama.
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No Shortage of Kids' Comics at New York Comic Con
Remember when comics grew up and got serious? Publishers have come full circle and now cater to young readers with new comics and graphic novels and tie-ins to old favorites.
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‘Attack on Titan’ Drives Manga Rebound at New York Comic Con
Manga sales were brisk at New York Comic Con as droves of fans turned out to clamor over hit series Attack on Titan and classic properties like Sailor Moon; while Super star manga artist Takeshi Obata made his first trip to a North American comics show.
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Photo Mania: New York Comic Con 2014
PW Comics World was at New York Comic Con, held October 9-12 at the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan, to bring back the news and memorable photographs of the show.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 10/13–10/19
Cory Doctorow and Jen Wang in Los Angeles, CA; Nick Dragotta in Santa Clara, CA; The Lakes International Comic Art Festival in Kendal, Cumbria, UK; F.A.C.T.S. convention in Ghent, Belgium
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Vertical Inc. Debuts New Comics Line at New York Comic Con 2014
At New York Comic Con, Vertical Inc., a New York City publisher specializing in Japanese prose works and manga, announced plans to launch Vertical Comics, a new imprint focused solely on manga and anime-related titles.
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Somehow, New York Comic Con Gets Bigger
Attendance at New York Comic-Con 2014 has reportedly grown by 20,000 to 151,000 people, making it even bigger than San Diego Comic-Con.
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New York Comic Con 2014: Trajectory, Diamond Target Schools, Libraries
Trajectory and Diamond Comics Distributors announced an initiative at New York Comic Con to provide an expanded catalogue of digital comics and graphic novels to schools and libraries.
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ICv2 Confab Showcases New Comics Customers, Growing Sales
The ICv2 conference offered data on the new comics customer, the explosive growth of comics festivals, and a discussion of what this new customer is reading.



