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Comics Creators Highlight the 2013 Brooklyn Book Festival

By Calvin Reid | 09/11/2013 @ 02:30PM

The eighth annual Brooklyn Book Festival will open September 22 on the Brooklyn Borough Hall Plaza with an expanded presence for comics and graphic novel artists who will be featured on comics-focused panels and throughout all the festival’s literary programming.
Frankel Launches Z2 Comics with Paul Pope, Dean Haspiel

By Calvin Reid | 09/11/2013 @ 02:00PM

Zip Comics publisher Josh Frankel is renaming his publishing company, now to be called Z2 comics, and will relaunch it in April 2014 with new and revised editions of Paul Pope’s Escapo, originally published in 1999, and Dean Haspiel’s Fear My Dear: A Billy Dogma Book, a selection of Billy Dogma comics originally published online.
Panel Mania: Bad Houses

Compiled by Ada Price | 09/11/2013 @ 01:00PM

In Bad Houses, written by Sara Ryan and illustrated by Carla Speed McNeil, teenagers Anne and Lewis refuse to lose hope in a once thriving logging community as they discover the secrets of their hometown and families.
Meet The Micropress: The Publishers of Cartoon House

by Robyn Chapman | 09/11/2013 @ 01:00PM

Cheap printing and easy distribution have given rise to several new comics "micropresses," usually one-person companies that put out small, highly curated lines. Cartoon House is a collective that houses three of the most experimental.
Fantasy Becomes Reality at Baltimore Comic-Con

By Heidi MacDonald | 09/10/2013 @ 09:00AM

A record crowd showed up at the Baltimore Comic-Con to celebrate comics, prompting the show to expand to three days next year, as Saga dominated the Harvey Awards.
Upcoming Comics Events: 9/9/2013

Compiled by Matt White | 09/09/2013 @ 12:00PM

9/10: Brian Ralph Signing in San Francisco, CA; 9/14: Jim Lee Signing and Appearance in Concord, CA; 9/14-9/15: Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD
Panel Mania: Boxers and Saints

Compiled by Ada Price | 09/09/2013 @ 09:00AM

Boxers and Saints is a two volume set by Gene Luen Yang, author of American Born Chinese that looks at the Boxer Rebellion from the side of the rebels (Boxers) and the Chinese Christian converts (Saints) and English missionaries they were fighting against. Boxers and Saints will be published by First Second in September.
HBO Go Exec Joins Comixology

By Calvin Reid | 09/09/2013 @ 12:00AM

Jeff DiBartolomeo, former senior v-p, consumer tech at HBO and a cofounder of HBO Go, the popular HBO content-viewing app, has left the company to join the digital comics distributor and marketplace as chief technology officer.
Viz Media to Raise Digital Manga Prices October 1

By Calvin Reid | 09/04/2013 @ 05:00PM

Viz Media is raising the prices of its regular digital manga releases from $4.99 a volume to $6.99 beginning October 1. The standard price of its print volumes will remain $9.99.
Upcoming Comics Events: 9/2/2013

Compiled by Matt White | 09/02/2013 @ 12:00PM

9/4: Brian Michael Bendis Signing in Portland, OR; 9/5: Neal Adams Appearance and Signing in Frederick, MD; 9/6-9/8: Cincy Comicon in Cincinnati, KY; 9/7-9/8: Baltimore Comic-Con in Baltimore, MD.
IDW Debuts Popular Licensed Comics On Madefire

By Calvin Reid | 08/28/2013 @ 03:00PM

IDW Publishing is releasing three of its best known licensed comics properties—My Little Pony, Star Trek and the Transformers—on Madefire, a digital comics platform for creating “Motion Books,” partially animated digital comics, beginning August 28.
Diamond’s 'Previews' Catalog Marks 25 Years, 300 Issues

By Calvin Reid | 08/27/2013 @ 10:30AM

Previews, a monthly catalog published by Diamond Comics Distributors that is used by retailers to order comics and merchandise in the comics shop market, is marking its 25th anniversary and publishing its 300th issue.
Upcoming Comics Events: 8/26/2013

Compiled by Matt White | 08/26/2013 @ 11:45AM

8/28: Kirby4Heroes Benefit for the Hero Initiative; 8/29: Symbolia Presentation at Quimby's in Chicago, IL; 8/31: Savage Dragon 20th Anniversary in Oakland, CA.
Yen Press Debuts New Manga Licenses at Japan Expo USA

by Calvin Reid | 08/26/2013 @ 09:30AM

Yen Press, the manga and graphic novel imprint of the Hachette Book Group, announced the acquisition of several new manga and light novel licenses at the Japan Expo USA in Santa Clara, Calif. over the weekend.
Upcoming Comics Events: 8/19/2013

Compiled by Matt White | 08/19/2013 @ 01:00PM

8/21: Rutu Modan in London, UK; 8/22-8/25: The Projects in Portland OR; 8/22-8/25: Fan Expo Canada in Toronto, ON; 8/24: Brandon Graham in Seattle, WA.
Dark Horse Originals Line Bends the Rules

by Debora Aoki | 08/14/2013 @ 02:00PM

Dark Horse Comics has always had an independent streak, but this Fall, they’re waving their indie flag extra high with a new launch of books aimed at the growing audience for original graphic novels and Web comics
Graphic India, YouTube Debut Grant Morrison’s ‘18 Days’

By Rich Shivener | 08/14/2013 @ 11:00AM

YouTube and the transnational media company Graphic India are launching comics writer Grant Morrison’s motion comic, 18 Days, a science fiction and fantasy treatment based on the epic Eastern myth Mahabharata, the tale of a war between gods.
Digital Comics: Adding Readers and Flexibility

by Bruce Lidl | 08/14/2013 @ 11:00AM

Digital comics are not only here to stay, they are adding a new level of flexibility and innovation to comics, say publishers at this year's Comic-Con.
Panel Mania: Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/14/2013 @ 08:00AM

Delilah Dirk is the female Indiana Jones for the 19th Century, traveling to Japan, Indonesia, France, and the New World. Delilah plots to rob a rich, corrupt Sultan in Constantinople, evading his guards and fighting pirates along the way. Delilah Dirk and the Turkish Lieutenant will be published by First Second on August 27.
Panel Mania: Hip Hop Family Tree

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/13/2013 @ 10:00AM

Hip Hop Family Tree is an encyclopedic history of the formative years of Hip Hop from Ed Piskor, the creator of Wizzywig, about the escapades of an early hacker. Originally serialized on the website Boing Boing, Hip Hop Family Tree, captures the personalities and performances of early stars like DJ Kool, Grandmaster Flash, The Sugarhill Gang, and three kids who become RUN-DMC. Hip Hop Family Tree will be released by Fantagraphics in October.

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