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Publishers Turn to Far East for Printing
With the continuing monetary woes of Quebecor, several publishers are turning to China to print their periodical comics.
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Blue Pills: Positively Lovely
Houghton Mifflin is publishing Blue Pills, Frederik Peeters's moving and award-winning autobiographical graphic novel about falling in love with an HIV-positive woman.
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Jeph Loeb Strikes Back
A top comic book writer and executive producer and screenwriter for the hit NBC series Heroes, Jeph Loeb is headlining some of Marvels biggest titles, including The Ultimates and the recent relaunch of The Hulk.
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Geoff Johns Takes the Green into the Black
One of DC's most surprising successes this year was the rather modest crossover The Sinestro Corps War.
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Nelson Goes Graphic
Thomas Nelson is making a serious commitment to the graphic novel category with plans to publish adaptations of the prose novels of bestselling author Ted Dekker as well as a variety of manga-styled series aimed at teens, especially girls. While some of these graphic novels reflect the publisher's religious mission, most of the new works do not have overt religious content and are aimed at the ...
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Fiction Reviews: Week of 2/11/2008
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 2/11/2008
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Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 2/11/2008
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 2/11/2008
Among this week's reviews: cashing in on the U.S. prison system, the life and controversial death of a mountaineer, unreasonable business models, mosquitos of the Cretaceous, a new cohort of urban photographers, and a road trip through France makes it to America.
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The Last Issue of Y the Last Man
DC Comics has published the final issue of Y the Last Man, wrapping up writer Brian K. Vaughan and artist Pia Guerra's 60-issue Vertigo series about the aftermath of a plague that instantly killed all males on Earth except for a young escape artist and his pet monkey.
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Lolita Culture: An Introduction
The increasingly popular anime/mnag -inspired "Lolita" look features young women dressing like frilly Victorian dolls.
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February Comics Bestsellers
Jeff Kinney’s Sequel to Diary of Wimpy Kid tops the list; followed by Naruto Volumes 27-24; and King’s Dark Tower at #6.
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Comics Briefly
IGN.com Theater at NYCC; Exhibit on Race in Comics; Kennedy Center Spotlights Japan; PW The Beat: Self Publishing, Lit Crit; Essex County Wins Alex Award; Stumptown Comics Festival; Pulitzer Winners in MAD; Cartoonists on NPR ; Iron Man Super Bowl Spot; and Brian Wood at Rocketship
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Jackie Ormes: Resurrecting a Comics Pioneer
Nancy Goldstein’s Jackie Ormes: The First African-American Woman Cartoonist (Univ. of Michigan) offers a fascinating look at a comics trailblazer whose name and works have largely fallen through the cracks of time and memory.
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From Manga to Madame Xanadu
Artist Amy Reeder Hadley covers a lot of ground with her work for both Tokyopop and Vertigo.
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Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 2/4/2008
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 2/4/2008
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Fiction Reviews: Week of 2/4/2008
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 2/4/2008
This week: an ex-con on his criminal career as a political campaign operative, a pollen researcher on the ice-age Amazon, a physicist on NASCAR and a psychoanalyst on the perils of child custody proceedings. Plus: cookbooks, religion, fiction and audio.
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Pendragon, Nonfiction Launch S&S Comics
This summer S&S Children’s Publishing is releasing a graphic novel adaptation of D.J. MacHale’s Pendragon series by Carla Speed McNeil, Hope Larson’s Chiggers and launching two nonfiction-oriented comics series.



