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Robert Kirkman Likes Science Fiction And Zombies!

By Jill Pantozzi | 03/22/2011 @ 01:00PM

Since 2003, Robert Kirkman has been making our hearts race with his zombie apocalypse drama, The Walking Dead. We talked to Kirkman about his new imprint, Skybound, his new sci-fi series, The Infinite and Super Dinosaurs, and, of course, The Walking Dead.
C2E2: Lots of New Comics for Kids, Teens

By Brigid Alverson | 03/22/2011 @ 12:00PM

There was no sophomore slump at the second annual Chicago Comic & Entertainment Expo as far as comics and graphic novels for children and teens. There were new title announcements from Archaia and Oni Press, an Owly picture book debuting from Top Shelf, and a new Jill Thompson title from DC's usually adults-only imprint, Vertigo.
NBM Turns Phil Yeh's 'Dinosaurs Across America' into iPad App

By Calvin Reid | 03/22/2011 @ 12:11AM

Created to give kids a fun way to learn U.S. geography, cartoonist Phil Yeh’s popular graphic novel Dinosaurs Across America has been published in hardcover by NBM since 2007, selling more than 15,000 copies. Now, the popular, full color work has been adapted into fully interactive iPad app and e-book for the PC available through the App store for $9.99.
Panel Mania: Kinky and Cosy

Compiled by Ada Price | 03/22/2011 @ 12:00AM

Kinky and Cosy is a collection of comic strips by the Belgian cartoonist, Nix. The strips follow the dangerous and shocking wrongdoings of the twins, Kinky and Cosy. Kinky and Cosy will be published by NBM in May.
Comics Reviews: 3/21/11

| 03/21/2011 @ 12:00PM

From a nuanced look at mid-life, to a kids idea of a superhero, there's much variety in this weeks graphic novel reviews.
Attendance Rises At Second Annual C2E2

By Heidi MacDonald | 03/21/2011 @ 08:00AM

The second annual Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo (C2E2) drew 34,000 attendees, a significant improvement from last year's show. Organizers say increased local awareness and branding that emphasized the "comic" part of the show’s name, helped boost attendance.
Digital Still The Hot Topic at Diamond Comics Retailer Summit

By Heidi MacDonald | 03/18/2011 @ 08:00AM

Dueling digital formats were the big news story on the first day of the 2011 Diamond Retailer Summit, an annual meeting of comics shop owners organized by Diamond Comics Distributors, the biggest U.S. comics distributor, on the eve of the C2E2 pop culture festival in Chicago. Overall combined 2010 sales of periodical and graphic novel comics were reported to be down slightly, while gaming and apparel made big sales gains at comics stores.
What the Small Comics Publisher Needs To Know About Kindle

By Todd Allen | 03/15/2011 @ 04:30PM

Publishing digital comics to Amazon's Kindle eReader presents a set of unique problems for the small comics publisher. These problems revolve around the size of artwork and the cost of downloading as part of the KDP or Kindle Direct Publishing program.
Unauthorized Spidey Project Swings on the Stage

By Kate Fitzsimons | 03/15/2011 @ 04:00PM

In the face of the endless delays and injuries in Spider-Man: Turn Off The Dark, The Spidey Project, a Spider-Man parody musical not endorsed by Marvel, played Monday, March 14 to a packed house with none of its bigger brother's problems.
Eureka! Looking For Comics at SXSW

By Calvin Reid | 03/15/2011 @ 04:00PM

While the number of panels weren’t huge, comics as well as comics creators and fans were much in evidence at this year’s SXSW Interactive festival. From comics-identified culture stars like filmmaker Robert Rodriguez to comics writers Greg Rucka and Greg Pak, the medium was celebrated, cited for an ability to creatively engage readers and hailed as a critical aspect of contemporary culture and storytelling.
Panel Mania: Mister Wonderful

Compiled by Ada Price | 03/15/2011 @ 04:00AM

In Mister Wonderful, a new book from Daniel Clowes originally serialized in the New York Times, Marshall, divorced and unemployed, sits alone in a café waiting for Natalie, his blind date. Marshall has resigned himself to a lonely, pathetic existence when Natalie finally arrives an hour late. She turns out to be young, beautiful and intelligent. Yet, the date goes anything but smoothly as the two are repeatedly forced into awkward and emotionally charged situations. Mister Wonderful will be released by Pantheon on April 12.
Comics Briefly 3/15/2011

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 03/15/2011 @ 12:00AM

Viz Statement on Japan Disaster, Eagle and Stumptown Award Nominations, Neil Gaiman Writes Journey to the West Adaptation, This Week @ Good Comics 4 Kids, This Week @ The Beat
Comics Reviews: 3/14/11

| 03/14/2011 @ 12:00PM

Tardi, Frazetta and Marvel's villainous Taskmaster in this week's comics reviews.
Kodansha International to Close

By Calvin Reid | 03/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

In the wake of Japanese publisher Kodansha and Dai Nippon Printing’s acquisition of New York/Tokyo independent publisher Vertical Inc., Kodansha is closing Kodansha International, an English-language imprint of the giant Japanese publishing house.
Life in Comics: Cult of Personality

By Jennifer de Guzman | 03/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

On Valentine’s day, Comic Relief, one of the best-known and most highly regarded comic book stores in the country, closed its doors permanently after twenty-four years in business. I have to admit, I rarely go to comic book stores, but if I had a comics shop that was “my” store, Comic Relief was it. When I bought graphic novels at conventions, it was usually from the Comic Relief booth.
Round Table, SmarterComics Offer Free Downloads, More Nonfiction Comics

By Calvin Reid | 03/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

On the eve of the release of SmarterComics' line of adaptations of bestselling business and motivational prose titles, book packager The Round Table Companies has joined with SmarterComics to release the nonfiction comics titles as e-books, available for free download for 90 days beginning April 1.
Comics Briefly 03/08/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 03/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

Spider-Man Parody Musical Sells Out, Original Spider-Man Show Script, Kirkman and Liefeld Team Up On New Series, Neil Gaiman & Jim Lee Digital Charity Comic, The Comics Journal Unveils New Site, Digital Wizard World Magazine Premieres, This Week @ Good Comics For Kids, This Week @ The Beat
Stu Levy and the Rise and Fall of Tokyopop

By Calvin Reid | 03/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

Battered by the economy, a global decline in manga sales and now the Borders bankruptcy, Tokyopop is now a smaller company, much reduced from the early 2000s when the company virtually defined the popularity of manga and Japanese pop culture.
Panel Mania: 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente

Compiled by Ada Price | 03/08/2011 @ 12:00AM

21: The Story of Roberto Clemente by Wilfred Santiago chronicles the life of 1960’s Hall of Fame baseball star and humanitarian Roberto Clemente from his childhood in rural Puerto Rico to the World Series he helped the Pittsburgh Pirates win. Besides being one of the greatest Latino players, the book shows Clemente’s drive outside of baseball and the relief mission to earthquake-ravaged Nicaragua in 1972, during which he died in a plane crash. 21: The Story of Roberto Clemente will be released by Fantagraphics on April 12.
Comics Reviews: 3/7/11

| 03/07/2011 @ 12:00AM

New books by Naomi Novik, Carla Jablonski, a Sherlock Holmes adaptation and a story about an affair between a young Hong Kong woman and a white English teacher in this week's reviews.

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