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Life, Sex, Art--Whatever

By Jordan Foster | 06/10/2008 @ 12:00AM

Xeric award-winner Karl Stevens's Whatever, a graphic novel set in a Boston suburb amongst the young bar and bed-hopping post-collegiate crowd, has been published by Alternative Comics
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Ada Price | 06/09/2008 @ 02:35PM

NetComics’ First American Title: Friends of Lulu Winners: Kikuchi at NYAF; Anime Expo 2008 Guests; Lynda Barry in Chicago; New A.D. Chapter; and Quesada’s Cup of Joe on Myspace
Photo Mania

| 06/09/2008 @ 02:34PM

Photographs from the MoCCA Art Festical 2008 at the Puck building in New York City.
Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 6/9/2008

| 06/09/2008 @ 04:00AM

This week on the Web: the voices of undocumented America; how gardens and math explain the world; an idiot girl, a pastor's daughter and two unlikely Hollywood stars reveal all (to varying degrees); family recipes for including, not deceiving, your loved ones; and two new novels from Harry "When Does He Sleep?" Turtledove. Plus: the new Patricia Cornwell and a roundup of children's titles.
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 6/9/2008

| 06/06/2008 @ 06:00AM

Picture Books Batman: The Story of the Dark Knight Ralph Cosentino . Viking , $15.99 (40p) ISBN 978-0-670-06255-3 While this introduction to Batman pays plenty of homage to the original comic’s noirish aesthetics, Cosentino (The Marvelous Misadventures of Fun-Boy) makes two astute concessions to the sensibilities of his target audience.
Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 6/9/2008

| 06/06/2008 @ 06:00AM

Titanic’s Last Secrets: The Further Adventures of Shadow Divers John Chatterton and Richie Kohler Brad Matsen . Hachette/Twelve , $27.99 (352) ISBN 978-0-446-58205-6 In this expertly written account, Matsen (Descent) does what would seem impossible: he tells us something new about the Titanic disaster.
Fiction Reviews: Week of 6/9/2008

| 06/06/2008 @ 06:00AM

The Wettest County in the World Matt Bondurant . Scribner , $25 (320p) ISBN 978-1-4165-6139-2 This fictionalized tale of Depression-era bootlegging from Bondurant (The Third Translation) enlists the help of Winesburg, Ohio author Sherwood Anderson to investigate Bondurant family lore. In 1928, a pair of thieves accost Bondurant’s real life great-uncle Forrest at his Franklin County, Va.
Tokyopop Revamps; Cuts Titles, Lays Off 39

by Calvin Reid | 06/04/2008 @ 11:35AM

The persistent rumors during BEA about the state of Tokyopop turned out to be mostly right. The Los Angeles manga publisher announced a major restructuring that will create two separate divisions—the Tokyopop Inc. publishing unit and Tokyopop Media, a digital and comics-to-films unit—under the Tokyopop Group’s holding company. The moves will result in the layoffs of about 39 Tokyopop staffers.
BookExpo America Embraces Comics

by Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald and Ed Chavez | 06/03/2008 @ 09:13PM

This year’s BEA showed off the continuing growth and enthusiasm around comics and graphic novel publishing—despite the rumors swirling around Tokyopop’s restructuring.
Marvel's Iron Man "Invincible" in Comics Shops

by Laura Hudson | 06/03/2008 @ 09:12PM

For nearly a decade, comic book movies have been big business, but unfortunately for comics publishers, translating that big box office to comic book sales hasn’t been easy—at least when it comes to superheroes. But the recently released Marvel Studios film Iron Man is not only earning of hundreds of millions in ticket sales, it’s also pulling off what most superhero movies never found a way to do: Sell a lot of comics.
Marvel To Adapt King’s ‘The Stand’ into Comics

by Laura Hudson | 06/03/2008 @ 12:26PM

This fall, bestselling horror author Stephen King will again team with Marvel Comics to produce a new comics adaptation of one of his most popular novels, The Stand.
June Comics Bestsellers

By Calvin Reid | 06/03/2008 @ 11:39AM

Abrams Wimpy kid holds steady at #1, followed by DC Comics's Batman: The Killing Joke, while Marvel has 4 titles on this month's list led by Secret Invasion: The Infiltration at #5.
More Nonfiction Comics from Hill & Wang

By Kate Culkin | 06/03/2008 @ 11:37AM

Hill and Wang and its nonfiction comics line, Novel Graphics, will offer two new works that will examine the War on Terror and The U.S. Constitution.
A Japanese Manga-Ka Takes on Batman

By Kai-Ming Cha | 06/03/2008 @ 11:36AM

Japanese manga-ka Yoshinori Natsume made his American comics debut this spring with Batman: Death Mask, a 4-issue miniseries published by DC Comics.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Ada Price | 06/03/2008 @ 11:35AM

MoCCA Art Festival; Prince of Persia GN Trailer; Comics Symposium at NYU; Cartoonists Discussion in NYC; and Signing at Books of Wonder
Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 6/2/2008

| 06/02/2008 @ 06:00AM

This week on the Web: a modern adoption story, finding a good job, finding a good employee, inside the White House district attorney scandal, inside the Pentagon 9/11 rescue effort, art crit from a conceptual pioneer, cooking with beer, dressing with superheroes, and how to stay healthy with supplements and skepticism. Plus: knives, knives, knives!
Children's Book Reviews: Week of 6/2/2008

| 05/31/2008 @ 06:00AM
Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 6/2/2008

| 05/31/2008 @ 06:00AM
Fiction Reviews: Week of 6/2/2008

| 05/31/2008 @ 06:00AM
Dan Didio Talks Final Crisis and the Future

by Douglas Wolk | 05/27/2008 @ 08:45PM

DC's Senior VP and Executive Editor Dan Didio talks about Final Crisis, this year's mega-event for the DC characters.

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