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Bechdel Reacts to 'Fun Home' Controversy in So. Carolina
Alison Bechdel responded to the cutting of government funding to a South Carolina college that assigned her graphic memoir, "Fun Home," calling the move "sad and absurd."
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Dark Horse Debuts ‘Misfits of Avalon’ as Webcomic
Looking to use a webcomic to build support for a forthcoming print edition, Dark Horse is launching "The Misfits of Avalon," a new fantasy series by Kel McDonald that will debut online.
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Upcoming Comics Events: February 24, 2014
"B+F" Tour in Seattle, WA; James Robinson Signing in San Francisco, CA; Gail Simone Signing and Q&A in Portland, OR; Kevin Huizenga Reading and Discussion in Bryn Mawr, PA.
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Patreon Raises $2.1 Million
In what could be the biggest variation on crowdfunding, San Francisco startup Patreon has raised $2.1 million in funding for its subscription-based system. Patreon allows fans to pledge recurring payments to a creator rather than provide one-off support to a single project.
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Five Graphic Novels Nominated for L.A. Times Book Prize
Nominees for the 34th annual L.A. Times Book Prizes have been announced and include five finalists for the graphic novel prize.
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Pocket Gems Launches Hybrid Game, Novel, Comic Platform
Pocket Gems, the San Francisco-based mobile gaming company, has launched Episode, a new mobile gaming platform, that includes a writer’s portal that will enable anyone to utilize the platform to create their own animated story.
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Viz Media to Offer Print Manga in India
In conjunction with its distributor S&S International, Viz Media is expanding distribution of its English language print manga titles into India.
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Digital Manga, Inc. to Publish Tezuka Backlist
Tezuka Productions and Digital Manga, Inc. have announced a deal to translate and digitally publish hundreds of volumes of manga by revered manga and anime creator Osamu Tezuka.
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ReedPop To Launch New Comics Show at Javits
ReedPop, which produces New York Comic Con, C2E2 and other pop culture conventions, is launching a new and smaller all comics show to be held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, June 14 and 15.
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Good News, Bad News, and the Future: Manga 2014
Where there once were only a handful of manga publishers offering their titles online or via e-book apps, now almost all of them are offering, or negotiating to offer at least some of their current and backlist manga via a wide variety of digital platforms.
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Children Are Welcome at the Angoulême Comics Festival
When comics fans invaded the town of Angoulême, France, two weeks ago for the Angoulême International Comics Festival, children were well represented. That's not surprising: Children's comics are big business in France.
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France’s Humanoids Now Based In The U.S., U.K.
Humanoids, formerly the smaller U.S. arm of French comics publisher Les Humanoïdes, has moved to front and center after the more than 30-year-old publishing house relocated its home office to Hollywood from Paris.
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Action Lab: A Small Publisher Looking To Expand
With a mix of all-ages and adult material, print and digital, Action Lab Entertainment is trying to establish itself while maintaining a balance with a staff located around the country.
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Marvel, iVerse Team to Offer Global Comics App
Marvel Entertainment and digital comics vendor iVerse have launched the Marvel Global Comics App, allowing readers to get Marvel digital comics in twelve foreign languages.
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Strong French Manga Market Begins to Dip
In France, the manga bubble never burst—although it may be starting to deflate a bit. Last year French manga sales declined for the first time.
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Panel Mania: The Undertaking of Lily Chen
In The Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica Novgorodoff, Deshi, a young man struggling to make a life for himself in rural China, accidentally kills his older brother in a fight. His parents send him, according to ancient Chinese tradition, on a journey to find an unwed female corpse to posthumously marry and be buried with his brother so he doesn't enter the next world alone. When Deshi meets Lily, he sees a solution to his problem, except Lily is still very much alive. The Undertaking of Lily Chen will be published by First Second on March 25.
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Upcoming Comics Events: February 10, 2014
Ant Colony Book Signing in Baltimore, MD; Charles Soule in New York, NY; Prison Pit Book Five Release Party in Los Angeles, CA; .A. Zine Fest in Culver City, CA
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Sequential Adds Enhanced SelfMadeHero Digital Graphic Novels
Sequential, a comics storefront app focused on literary graphic novels, has released a new version of the app with upgraded features in addition to offering three specially-enhanced titles from acclaimed U.K. comics publisher SelfMadeHero.



