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San Diego Comic-Con 2008: Bigger and Better
Once again, the annual San Diego Comic-Con, held July 24-27, can only be described as bigger and better than ever.
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 7/28/2008
On the Web this week: the Dark Knight in the Ivory Tower, an Irish hero in Palestine, a London mom in the country, the progressive solution in modern politics, and the long, turbulent history of equines in America. Plus: behind every founder of French Impressionism...
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Kochman To Head New Abrams Comics Imprint
In Spring 2009, Harry N. Abrams will launch Abrams ComicArts, a sub-imprint specializing in comics and comics related books, headed by executive editor Charles Kochman.
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Gerard Way Unfolds His Second ‘Umbrella’
Dark Horse announced that alt-rocker Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá would be re-teaming for a second Umbrella Academy miniseries, The Scarecrow Blues, beginning in November. And Way's got plans for the project far beyond that.
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Boom! Launches Disney Imprint
Boom! Studios announced the formation of Zoom, a new children's comic book imprint for licensed Disney properties, at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. The new line, which launches in spring 2009, will publish original comics based on Pixar films and The Muppet Show.
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Darwyn Cooke to Adapt Parker Novels
Eisner Award-winning artist Darwyn Cooke will adapt the first four Parker novels by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake, a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America) as graphic novels, IDW announced today. The adaptations will be released at a rate of one every two years, starting in 2009 with The Hunter.
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Photo Mania
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More Crowds, More Comics at San Diego
Giant crowds and movie stars eclipsed some of the comics news at the 2008 Comic-Con International in San Diego
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Let The Madness Begin: Comic-Con Preview Night 2008
Hordes of pre-registered fans crowded the floor of Comic-Con during the three hour Preview Night.
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Joe Kubert: A Busy Man
Though he'll turn 82 later this year, Joe Kubert maintains the schedule of a hungry, young artist. As many as seven days a week, Kubert will go to his School of Cartoon and Graphic Art in New Jersey to either teach a class or work on an overflowing slate of projects.
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The Fabulous Freak Brothers Return
This August, the U.K. comics publisher, Knockabout Comics will publish a massive 40th anniversary Freak Brothers Omnibus, a 624-page leviathan of laughs, straight from the mind of creator Gilbert Shelton.
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DC Finally Finishes Eisner’s The Spirit
For followers of Will Eisner's The Spirit, it's a bittersweet time: 1952 all over again. After eight years, DC Comics has completed a mammoth-scale archival project that none of Eisner's other publishers had even attempted: they've reprinted—in color restored to Eisner's specifications—the entire 12-year run of the character's groundbreaking newspaper-strip adventures.
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Prophecy Fighters: Nostradamus and The Foundation
One-part Da Vinci Code and two parts X-Files, The Foundation is a story about the prophet Nostradamus and a secret organization founded to prevent his predictions from coming true. The book will be published by Boom! Studios in September.
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Comics Briefly
Viz Film Company; Attack of the Show SDCC Panel; Vertigo Creators Blog; Foreign GN’s on NPR; Paul Sizer Online Comic; New A.D. Chapter; and Vertigo Myspace Spotlight
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 7/21/2008
This week on the Web: Behind the scenes of Communist China and Ukraine democracy, Obi Wan on the road, a plague of deer ticks, a lost Las Vegas legend, a strong argument for the samaritan state and an even stronger argument for fat (with recipes). Plus: organizing, improvising, dog training, and What Happened—now with that smooth Scott McClellan delivery.
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Financial Challenge: A Close Look at Platinum Studios
Despite years of mounting financial losses, creator complaints and skepticism about its business plan, Platinum Studios continues to sign new comics
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Funny Business #5: The Good Kind of Audit
A look at the BPA's circulation audits for comics reveals some interesting information about sales patterns.
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Image Comics and Tori Amos Ink Comic Book Tattoo
Image has teamed up with popular singer-songwriter Tori Amos to publish Comic Book Tattoo, a 480-page, full-color book in which various comics artists adapt the concepts behind Amos's songs into graphic vignettes.
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Norton Acquires Nelson Mandela Graphic Bio
W.W. Norton plans to publish a graphic biography of former South Africa president Nelson Mandela.
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Image and Dynamite Finally Raise American Flagg!
Four years after announcing plans to copublish a new edition of Howard Chaykin’s influential sci-fi comics series, American Flagg, Image Comics and Dynamic Forces are finally publishing the book this month. Turns out it was huge pain to produce.



