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Art Books Key to IDW Publishing
The first book that Idea + Design Works published after adding a comics department in 2000 was Uno Fanta, a collection of artwork from comics artist/illustrator Ashley Wood.
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East Meets West In Martinson’s Tonoharu
Lars Martinson's Xeric Award-winning graphic novel Tonoharu is a case study in indie publishing.
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Comics Briefly
Rory Root Dead at 50; Glyph Award Winners ; Atlas to Distribute Fanfare; Edwards Named Uclick CEO; IDW on Mobile Phones; Viz Movie News; William Elder Dies; and Comics Slideshow Event
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Comics and Black Culture at ECBACC 2008
The East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention, an annual event focused on black characters and black comics creators, held annually on the campus of Temple University in Philadelphia, Pa., once again opened its doors to the public May 16-17.
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 5/19/2008
This week: deep inside Abu Ghraib, fundamentalist politics, libertarian revolt, the inventing life, and paté. Plus: sentiment and the sportscaster; a sexual hobbyist tells all, again; healthy eating tips from a popular, underqualified web personality; and two short story collections for the young adults.
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Fiction Reviews: Week of 5/19/2008
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Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 5/19/2008
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 5/19/2008
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Top Shelf Launches Web Comics Site
Indie comics publisher Top Shelf Productions will launch an all-new webcomics site on Friday, May 16, spearheaded and edited by Top Shelf publisher Brett Warnock and his co-editor, Leigh Walton.
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Levine's Radical Plans
Barry Levine's new publishing company has ambitious plans for five divisions and has several movie deals already in the works.
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Donner’s Debut Graphic Novel Burns Bright
Novelist Rebecca Donner joins the stampede to graphic novels with Burnout from the Minx line.
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Glen Brunswick: Comics for Print and Screen
Film and comics writer Glen Brunswick is prepping for the publication of the trade paperback edition of his action/adventure comics series Killing Girl by Image Comics
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Comics Briefly
Feiffer at the Strand; Manga by the Navy; PWCW Needs Interns!; New Katy Keene GN; PW The Beat:Gene Colan Ill; Speed Racer; The News in Comics; Lynda Barry in NYT and Mother’s Day Comic in NYT
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Books about Comics #2: Spiegelman and Spandex
Peter Sanderson reviews two recent books; one covering the history of Maus and the other the proposed secrets behind the superhero myth.
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Children's Book Reviews: Week of 5/12/2008
Picture Books Such a Silly Baby! Steffanie and Richard Lorig , illus. by Amanda Shepherd. Chronicle , $15.99 ISBN 978-0-8118-5134-3 As preschoolers will undoubtedly note with glee, the title of this book should be “Such a Silly Mommy!” After all, it's Mommy who can't manage to go on an outing without bringing home an animal instead of her offspring.
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Fiction Reviews: Week of 5/12/2008
Goldengrove Francine Prose . Harper , $24.95 (288p) ISBN 978-0-06-621411-5 In Prose's deeply touching and absorbing 15th novel, narrator Nico, 13, comes upon Gerard Manley Hopkins's “Spring and Fall” (which opens “Margaret, are you grieving/ Over Goldengrove unleaving?”) in her father's upstate New York bookstore, also named Goldengrove.
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Cinebook Brings Euro Comics to the U.S.
European graphic novels have had spotty success in the U.S., but that's not stopping a small British publisher of European comic books and graphic novels from making its BEA debut this year. Cinebook has grown from 10 titles in 2005 to 36 new titles this year, and is banking on English-speaking readers to go beyond popular Franco-Belgian comics characters like Tintin and Asterix..
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From a Real-life Lara Croft
The White Mary Kira Salak . Holt , $25 (384p) ISBN 978-0-8050-8847-2 A young reporter embarks on a dangerous adventure in Salak's gripping debut novel, a blend of Heart of Darkness and Tomb Raider. Like her protagonist, Marika Vecera, award-winning journalist Salak has traveled solo—and narrowly escaped death—in the world's most remote and terrifying places, including war-torn Co...
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Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 5/12/2008
This week: the return of the Moonwatchers! Plus Georgio Armani, love songs gone wrong, Patricia Cornwell's FBI lover, and three delicious travelogues. Plus: poets from Canada and Russia, the Simpsons way of worship, and the new spaghetti noir.
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Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 5/12/2008
Where War Lives Paul Watson . Rodale/Modern Times , $25.95 (400p) ISBN 978-1-59486-957-0 Veteran war correspondent Watson takes the reader on a graphic tour of modern battlefields from Eritrea to Afghanistan, with a particularly haunting stop in war-torn Somalia. It was in Somalia that Watson photographed the corpse of an American soldier being dragged through the streets of Mogadishu—...



