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Comics Briefly: 11/9/2010

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 11/09/2010 @ 12:00AM

San Diego Comic-Con Sales Back on 11/22, Marvel Come to Singapore, Batman Arena Show, Zombieland Writers Take On Cowboy Ninja Viking, Legendary Pictures Announces Comics Division, Neil Gaiman Short Film The Price on Kickstarter, Grand Opening of New Midtown Comics Location, This Week @ Good Comics For Kids, This Week @ The Beat
Buckley's Pricing Gambit at Marvel Pays Off

By Todd Allen | 11/09/2010 @ 12:00AM

The price of comic books has been a hot button topic of late, with DC rolling back their prices to $2.99 on most of their books, while the majority of Marvel's books remain at $3.99. As overall sales continue to drop, it may be time to examine the effectiveness of Marvel's pricing policy.
The Best Graphic Novels of 2010

| 11/09/2010 @ 12:00AM

While we're limited to including only 10 graphic novels on Publishers Weekly's annual listing of the best books of the year, we think we've still managed to collect an impressive range of titles. From veteran cartoonists like Charles Burns, Jill Thompson and Chris Ware to such talented newcomers as Adam Hines and Sarah Glidden, our selection shows off the ever growing list of supremely talented authors working in fiction, serious nonfiction, manga and all-ages comics.
'Whaddaya Got?' Finding Graphic Novels in an Academic Library

By Karen Green | 11/09/2010 @ 12:00AM

Academic libraries are beginning to embrace graphic novels for their circulating collections. Unfortunately, because of inconsistencies in the Library of Congress classification model, locating graphic novels in an academic library collection can be challenging.
Panel Mania: Motel Art Improvement Service

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/09/2010 @ 12:00AM

Motel Art Improvement Service by Jason Little, the author of Shutterbug Follies, follows Bee, his heroine from the earlier book, as she embarks on a cross-country bicycle trip. On her journey she gets involved with an artist who "upgrades" the artwork in hotel rooms, which leads her to get mixed up in a drug deal going on at the hotel. Motel Art Improvement Service will be released by Dark Horse in December.
Adam Hines On Creating 'Duncan the Wonder Dog'

By Calvin Reid | 11/09/2010 @ 12:00AM

One of the most ambitious graphic novels we've encountered in recent years, Adam Hines' Duncan the Wonder Dog: Show One is a multi-volume fictional comics work set in an otherwise naturalistic world where animals can talk and debate the consequences of their treatment by humans.
Comics Reviews: 11/8/10

by PW Staff | 11/08/2010 @ 12:00AM
Looking Back: A Pair Of Comics Career Retrospectives

by Steve Bunche | 11/08/2010 @ 12:00AM

The Romita Legacy and Doonesbury and the Art of G. B. Trudeau are two books on comics creators and their careers that will be fascinating to both laymen and seasoned fan.
Comics Briefly: 11/2/2010

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 11/02/2010 @ 12:00AM

2010 Friends of Lulu Awards Announced; Marvel Announces Point One Initiative, Plans for New Readers; Locke & Key Gets TV Pilot; King Con This Weekend; Kill Shakespeare Gallery Show; 'Ulysses Seen' Close to Kickstarter Goal; Bryan Lee O'Malley at Scott Pilgrim Screening; Alex Simmons Talks On Comics and the Military; This Week @ Good Comics For Kids; and This Week @ The Beat
Alex de Campi Tames the Digital Comics Frontier

By Johanna Draper Carlson | 11/02/2010 @ 12:00AM

Alex de Campi is a digital comics pioneer, being the first author to create an original comic work for almost every popular online platform simultaneously. Valentine, illustrated by Christine Larsen, is a serialized graphic novel, a fantasy thriller that begins with a French cavalry officer during the War of 1812 but soon involves magic, cheating death, an enchanted sword, and various mystical beasties.
Viz Media Releases Free Viz Manga App for the iPad

By Calvin Reid | 11/02/2010 @ 12:00AM

In a move that should delight fans of Japanese comics while stepping up the fight against manga piracy, Viz Media is releasing a free iPad app today that will allow consumers to purchase and download Viz Media manga titles. The Viz Media App will be available for download through the iTunes store and will launch offering five of Viz's bestselling manga series selling for $4.99 per volume. For a limited time Viz will also offer volume one of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's bestselling manga Death Note for free download.
Panel Mania: Tonoharu Part Two

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/02/2010 @ 12:00AM

In the rural Japanese town of Tonoharu, Dan Wells teaches English in a junior high school. Isolated by language and culture, Dan's life is uneventful, until his unrequited crush, Constance, invites him into a new social circle, which has a questionable influence on Dan. Tonoharu Part Two will be released by Top Shelf in November.
Papercutz Makes Big Splash with Kids' Graphic Novels

| 11/02/2010 @ 12:00AM

Using a mix of reprints of classic properties such as Nancy Drew and the Hardy Boys, European licenses such as the Smurfs as well as original kids-oriented parodies, Papercutz's growing list of children's graphic novel series is having a big year heading into the holiday season.
Comics Reviews: 11/1/10

| 11/01/2010 @ 12:00AM
Graphic Novels, Panel Discussions and Deals at the Sharjah Book Fair

by Louisa Ermelino | 10/27/2010 @ 12:00AM

Kuo-yu Liang, v-p sales and marketing at DBD, the trade book distribution unit of Diamond Comics Distributors, is at the Sharjah Book Fair as part of an effort to bring comics, graphic novels, and manga to the Middle East, and was excited about the possibilities. A panel discussion focused on the need to encourage reading, while Orion bought a children's book for the U.K. market.
Comics Briefly: 10/26/2010

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 10/26/2010 @ 12:00AM

Long Beach Comic Con This Weekend, Gaiman's Death in Action Comics, Graphic Novel Moon Lake Performed Live, Derek Kirk Kim Sells Off Original Art, Stan Lee Appears on Nikita, Kids Comic Con Goes To Africa, Superman Lawsuits Rage On, This Week @ Good Comics For Kids, This Week @ The Beat
Business Strategies, Bells and Whistles in the Digital Age of Comics

by Shannon O'Leary | 10/26/2010 @ 12:00AM

What some direct market retailers are referring to as "The Digital Apocalypse" isn't going anywhere. The recent ICv2 Comics and Digital Conference and New York Comic-Con provided a focus on digital distribution, the only area of the comics market that's currently experiencing any substantial growth.
Icon Drawing Icons: Jim Lee Looks Back At His Twenty Year Career

| 10/26/2010 @ 12:00AM

When one thinks "veteran," most people imagine a white-haired, seasoned individual near the end of their accomplishments. That's the last thing that will come to mind when looking at energetic, megastar comic book artist Jim Lee, but he is already a 20-year veteran of the comics industry, with a list of achievements as both artist and publisher that few could match. To cover this story, Titan Books was inspired to publish ICONS: The DC and WildStorm Art of Jim Lee, a stunning retrospective of his prolific artistic career.
Panel Mania: Duncan the Wonder Dog

Compiled by Ada Price | 10/26/2010 @ 12:00AM

In Duncan the Wonder Dog, Adam Hines explores the fictional possibilities of a world where animals can not only talk but can debate the moral culpability of their treatment by humans. In a debut graphic novel full of intricate and symbolic visual detail and rich with moody gray-scale artwork, Hines depicts a world where humans and animals must debate and negotiate their relationships and where militant factions of animals rise up to confront humans with the brutal consequences of their treatment. Duncan the Wonder Dog will be published by AdHouse Books in early November.
'Hereville': Fantasy, Family Life and Orthodox Judaism

By Brigid Alverson | 10/26/2010 @ 12:00AM

The coverline of Barry Deutsch's new graphic novel, Hereville: How Mirka Got her Sword, says it all: "Yet another troll-fighting 11-year-old Orthodox Jewish Girl." The book, which began as a Web comic, will be published in a print edition by Abrams in November.

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