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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.
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San Diego Manga-Con
CLAMP signed with Dark Horse; CMX got Crayon Shin-chan; Viz acquired Slam Dunk!; manga got respect at the Eisner Awards and more manga news from this year’s San Diego Comic-con.
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A Full House at the Movie-Con
The San Diego Comic-con is now the single biggest marketing event of the year for Hollywood movie studios.
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San Diego Comics Briefly
NBM at 30; Graphic Novel Panel; Paul Pope; Friends of Lulu Award Winners and San Diego Comic-Con Coverage
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Talking Shojo with Arina Tanemura
Kai-MingCha talks with Tenenura about making shojo and inspiring young women.
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Photo Mania: San Diego Comic-Con 2007
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Warren Ellis Has Returned, But
Don't Expect Him to Enjoy ItIt took 10 years to get him back to San Diego. But fueled by Red Bull, cigarettes and junk food, the comics star-turned-novelist finally faces his Comic-Con fans.
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Potter Parties Pack Punch
On Friday July 27th, Harry Potter parties were everywhere, in every state in the Union, and many countries throughout the world.
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Galley Talk
The End of the Alphabet (Doubleday, Aug. 7) is a stunning accomplishment. To say so much in so few words is breathtaking. Although it's a novel about a man who discovers he has less than a month to live, I'm buying multiple copies and shelving most of them on my inspiration shelf.



