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Inside the Digital Manga Guild

By Brigid Alverson | 08/09/2011 @ 12:01AM

Digital Manga Publishing's experiment in fan translation, the Digital Manga Guild, is about to release its first book, a yaoi romance. This is just the first of 54 titles in the process of being translated, edited, and lettered by 18 different localization teams.
'Age of Bronze Seen' iPad App to Debut at New York Comic-Con

By Calvin Reid | 08/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

This October at New York Comic-Con, Throwaway Horse, the venture behind graphic adaptations of Joyce’s Ulysses and T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, will debut Age of Bronze Seen, an iPad app for Eric Shanower’s acclaimed graphic novel series that retells the epic story of the Trojan War.
Ramon Perez Brings Early Jim Henson Script To Life

By Brigid Alverson | 08/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

All collaborations have their own challenges, but the one that faces Ramon Perez, the artist for A Tale of Sand, due out this fall from Archaia, is especially delicate: He is drawing a graphic novel based on an unproduced movie script by Muppets creator Jim Henson.
Panel Mania: Underwire

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

Underwire is a collection of short auto-biographical comics by Jennifer Hayden. Originally serialized on the webcomic collective, Act-I-Vate, Underwire offers a witty look at her everyday life, womanhood, parenting, and rocking out. This preview includes two comics from the collection: “Watercress” and “Lose the Balloons.” Underwire will be released by Top Shelf in October.
Massive, Eccentric, Ambitious: Anders Nilsen's 'Big Questions'

By James Romberger | 08/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

This month Drawn and Quarterly will publish Anders Nilsen’s massive graphic novel Big Questions, a book fourteen years in the making.
Comics Reviews August 2011

| 08/08/2011 @ 12:01PM
Comics Events: 8/08/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/08/2011 @ 12:00PM

Mike Mignola in Manhattan Beach, Wizard World Chicago Comic Con & Eduardo Risso exhibit in Chicago
Comics Enter Big Box Stores Under a Cloud of Mystery

By Todd Allen | 08/05/2011 @ 09:00AM

Although publishers are keeping their plans private, comics are reappearing in Walmarts and other big box stores, in both specially targeted lines and as multi-packs.
More to Come 4: Surviving Comic-Con with the PW Comics World Podcast

By Kate Fitzsimons | 08/03/2011 @ 08:00AM

In the fourth episode of the PW Comics World Podcast, Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons look back at this year's San Diego Comic-Con.
Comics Events: 08/01/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/01/2011 @ 12:00PM

Robert Kirkman & Rob Liefeld in Anaheim, Grant Morrison in San Francisco & more
Fork in the Manga Road

By Calvin Reid | 07/29/2011 @ 07:00PM

During the recent Comic-Con International, Viz Media launched VizManga.com, a for-pay manga portal offering access to top-quality titles. At the same time, a coalition of 39 Japanese manga publishers announced an August launch for JManga.com, a promotional manga site aimed at offering mostly free but limited access to an unknown number of titles and other content.
Comics, Digital Delivery and a Few Movies Rule Comic-Con 2011

By Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald | 07/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

Even the failure of a major book retail chain couldn’t put a damper on this year’s San Diego Comic-con international. Attendance is capped at about 130,000—still not a bad crowd—and the show featured big announcements about forthcoming graphic novels, digital delivery and more than a few blockbuster movies and TV shows. And publishers contacted by PW Comics World seemed happy with the sales of books at their booths and the number of media outlets on hand to write about them.
Kids, Comics, and Comic-Con International 2011

By Calvin Reid | 07/28/2011 @ 04:00PM

Comics aren't just for adults at Comic-Con International. Big announcements for children's comics share time with blockbuster movies and roaming hordes of costumed fans.
Comic-Con 2011: ComicsPRO Retailers Survey the Market

By Heidi MacDonald | 07/27/2011 @ 12:00AM

The comics retailer advocacy group ComicsPRO presented a slate of retailer-themed programming at Comic-Con International, starting with a breakfast and a State of the Industry panel with representatives from Marvel, DC Comics, IDW, Dark Horse and Diamond Comics Distributors.
The 'PW' Comic-Con Panel: Graphic Novels and Comics After Borders

By Calvin Reid | 07/27/2011 @ 12:00AM

Organized in the wake of the financial implosion of Borders, the Publishers Weekly/PW Comics World panel on Sunday at Comic-Con International brought together a panel of comics publishing professionals to respond to the bankruptcy of the #3 national bookselling outlet in the U.S.
Photo Mania: San Diego Comic-Con International 2011

| 07/26/2011 @ 12:00AM

The 2011 San Diego Comic-con International offered great comics and graphic novels, movie presentations and more programming than anyone person can attend. A short list of artists on hand would include Dave Gibbons, Craig Thompson, Guilermo Del Toro and Brian K. Vaughan; so many great talents that its impossible to list them all.
Comics Events: 7/25/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 07/25/2011 @ 12:00PM

Denny O'Neil and Danny Fingeroth in New York, Grant Morrison in San Francisco and more
Comic-Con International Faces The Digital World

by Heidi MacDonald | 07/25/2011 @ 12:00AM

Comic-Con International: San Diego wound down Sunday, following four and a half days of pageantry and announcements. Completely sold out since the spring, some 130,000 fans thronged the San Diego Convention Center to hear about the latest comics and graphic novels, watch movie presentations, get freebies and attend an extensive slate of panels and presentations.
Japanese Publishers Launch Jmanga.com Manga Portal at Comic-Con

By Calvin Reid | 07/22/2011 @ 12:00AM

Six of Japan’s most prominent manga publishers were on hand at the San Diego Comic-con International to announce the launch of Jmanga.com, an online portal offering access to thousands of manga titles unseen in North America, beginning in August for the U.S. market.
Viz Media Debuts Online Manga Portal and More from Comic-Con

By Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald | 07/22/2011 @ 12:00AM

Digital delivery drove the news coming out of San Diego Comic-Con International as Viz Media launched VizManga.com, an online portal providing for-pay access to 40 different manga series on the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone at the launch.

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