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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 8/13/2007
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Mystery Notes
SEPTEMBER PUBLICATION Charles Ardai, the founder of Hard Case Crime and the author of some razor-sharp modern noir himself (Songs of Innocence), tells a diverting crime tale in verse in The Good-Neighbor Policy: A Double-Cross in Double Dactyls. While the local homicide captain is off fishing, Pennsylvania deputy coroner Adrian Hennessy fields a surprising call from an elderly busybody who has ...
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Fiction Reviews: Week of 8/13/2007
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Children's Audio Reviews: Week of 8/13/2007
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Children's Notes
TALE OF MYTHIC PROPORTIONS Touted as a facsimile of an 1825 text by Lady Hestia Evans, an admirer of Lord Byron, Mythology by Dugald A. Steer, newest in the 'Ology series, serves as an interactive primer on Greek myth. Chock-full of flaps, foldouts and such removable goodies as Oak Leaves of the Oracle and a silver obol to pay for a journey across the River Styx, this enticing package also co...
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Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 8/13/2007
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Portland’s Periscope Is Up
The largest comics studio in the U.S. isn't in New York or L.A., its in Portland, Ore. Periscope Studios was founded by artists like Steve Leiber, Ron Randall, Karl Kesel and others.
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CMX Manga Line Hits Stride
Entering its third year of operation, CMX, DC Comics’ manga imprint, is hitting its stride, offering an eclectic lineup of manga and introducing the U.S. market to new genres.
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Comics Bestsellers for August
Naruto is back on top and joined on the comics bestseller list by Marvel’s Anita Blake and Planet Hulk; and DC’s Fables series.
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Kodansha Launches Second Manga Contest
Kodansha, one of the largest publishers in Japan, has decided to launch another manga contest. The Morning International Manga Competition, presented by Kodansha’s manga magazine Weekly Morning, is soliciting submissions from artists around the world.
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Comics Briefly
Paul Gravett at MoCCA; Second Kinokuniya Store For NYC; Fourth Printing for D&Q’s Moomin; Viz Releases Tekkonkinkreet; and Tokyopop Signs with William Morris
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Donna Barr Raises the Afterdead
Donna Barr has self-published Afterdead, a new collection of comics and prose that brings together her principal characters in one series.
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George R. R. Martin's Adventures in Comics Part 1
Hugo and Nebula Award—winning fantasy author George R.R. Martin has licensed his Song of Ice and Fire prequel novellas, The Hedge Knight and The Sworn Sword, to Marvel Comics for both comic books and graphic novels.
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Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 8/6/2007
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Fiction Reviews: Week of 8/6/2007
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Children's Notes
ALL ABOARD Little readers will clamor for these board books. What's Wrong, Little Pookie? by Sandra Boynton finds a mother pig trying to figure out, in verse, what has saddened her “little Pookie.” (“ 'Did you fall and get hurt?' 'No.' 'Have you lost your old Teddy?' 'No.' ”) When Mother Pig finally begins suggesting such silly reasons as “Did a very large hippo tr...
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Web-Exclusive Reviews: Week of 8/6/2007
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 8/6/2007
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Charles Simic Named U.S. Poet Laureate
Charles Simic is the new U.S. poet laureate. He's written 20 volumes of poetry with his newest collection due out from Harcourt in early 2008.
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San Diego 2007: Big Books, Big Buzz, Big Con
Bigger and better than ever, the 2007 San Diego Comic-con was dominated by movie studios but as always there were lots of new and interesting comics for the hordes of fans.



