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CLAMP Inks Dark Horse Deal
CLAMP, Japan’s superstar all-female manga team, has signed a groundbreaking deal with Dark Horse Books to produce an original manga series beginning in 2009.
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Kodansha Wants More Global Manga
In light of the success of their first international manga contest, Kodansha, one of Japan’s biggest publisher of manga, has decided to hold a second competition, making their international competition a twice yearly event.
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Vertigo Plans Neil Young Graphic Novel; New Minx Titles
DC Comics will publish a graphic novel created by acclaimed musician Neil Young through its Vertigo imprint and also released plans for new graphic novels from Minx, its comics imprint for teenage girls.
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Manga in San Diego
Viz Media has big plans for their Shonen Jump anthology magazine including launching the serialization of the popular ongoing series Bleach in November.
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Girl Power Gets Daring
The Daring Book for Girls is a companion to The Dangerous Book for Boys—but it’s hardly "a pinkified version with tea party stuff instead of Navajo talking code," say the authors.
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Harry's Last Hurrah
At last! The loooong wait is over. Harry Potter and his cohorts finally made their literary entrance at the appointed hour of 12:01 AM on July 21.
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Three Harry Potter Fans Discuss Book Seven
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Fans Jam Comic-con Preview
Comic-con opened to the usual mob scene last night, with fans clamoring for books and industry people unveiling several movie and graphic novel deals.
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Harry Potter Trivia Book on the Block
Two weeks ago when a home-schooling mom of three sent a query about The Absolute Best Harry Potter Trivia Challenge manuscript she was working on to the Los Angeles-based agent Sharlene Martin, Martin knew she was interested and knew she wanted to send the proposal out this Monday, two days after HP7’s lay-down date.
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Books Inc Raises Over $17,000 in Potter Proceeds for Local Schools
Knowing that it could never compete with chains when it came to discounting Harry Potter #7, Books Inc. did what it did with #6, and gave 20% of pre-sales and party sales to seven schools located in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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First Benoit Book Out from ECW in October
On June 24, 2007, WWE wrestler Chris Benoit murdered his wife Nancy and 7-year-old son Daniel in their Fayetteville, Georgia, home before committing suicide. On October 1st, Toronto-based publisher ECW will publish Benoit: Wrestling with the Horror that Destroyed a Family and Crippled a Sport.
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With HP7 Less Doesn't Mean More
Some enterprising people are looking to sell a few defective copies of Harry Potter as collectable items. Early reception has been cool.
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Cagney & Lacey Producer Rethinks Publishing On Demand
Emmy Award-winning producer Barney Rosenzweig recently published his memoir, Cagney & Lacey and Me, through the Print On Demand publisher iUniverse. He explains the process and why he will go the traditional publishing route next time.
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Comics Briefly
Slate To Serialize Reagan Graphic Bio; CBLDF San Diego Auction; Virgin Comics on Myspace; DC To Publish WoW Comic; Hollow Fields Goes Back to Press; PW The Beat On SDCC ‘07 and PW Comics Weekat San Diego
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Yen Press Hires Lee, Adds ICE Kunion List
Yen Press is absorbing manhwa publisher ICE Kunion's licenses and will begin publishing them in spring 2008.
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Fans Turnout for Otakon ’07 Despite Early Date
Despite awkward timing, this year's Otakon fan attendance was up, although publisher attendance was down.
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Josh Simmons’s House of Horror
House is Josh Simmons’s first full-length graphic novel, and throughout this work of horror he conveys a deep sense of dread without a single line of dialogue.
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Panel Mania: Elephant Men: Wounded Animals
Genetically engineered to be super-soldiers, powerful mutant animals—called Elephant Men no matter their species—must now live uneasily among humans. In this preview, Miki the cab driver visits agents Hip Flask and Ebony Hide in the hospital. Elephant Men: Wounded Animals by writers Richard Starkings and Joe Kelly, will be published by Active Images in August.
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Karin Slaughter Launches Graphic Novel Imprint at Oni
International bestselling thriller writer Karin Slaughter is launching a new graphic novel imprint at Oni Press, starting with her own The Recidivists, slated to appear in spring 2009.
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Elfquest Creators Go Solo
Elfquest creators Wendy and Richard Pini decided not to renew their contract with DC Comics earlier this year.



