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Found in Translation: Kyosuke Usuta's 'Sexy Commmando Gaiden' and Kenta Tsuchida's 'Lock On!'

By Jonathan Bethune | 07/06/2010 @ 12:00AM

It is time yet again for a look across the ocean at a few Japanese comic gems that have yet to make their western debut in English. This month we look to Weekly Shonen Jump for Kyosuke Usuta's absurdist comedy, Sexy Commmando Gaiden: Sugoi Yo! Masaru-San, and Kenta Tsuchida's, Lock On!, a classic blend of shonen action and risque comedy--a couple of comedy serials just begging for a creative localization team.
Will Comic-Con Leave San Diego?

By Heidi MacDonald | 07/05/2010 @ 12:00AM

In cartoonist circles, the parting words "See you in San Diego," have been a tradition, as friends plan yearly reunions at the graphic novel world's biggest meeting. However, this year's headline about the annual Comic-Con International is that, after 2012, you might be seeing old colleagues not in San Diego, but somewhere else.
DC Comics Shuts Down the Zuda Web Comics Site

By Calvin Reid | 07/01/2010 @ 12:00AM

Hot on the heels of launching its iPhone/iPad app, DC Comics is shutting down Zuda.com, a Web site originally started to solicit and launch original Web Comics, some of which were turned into print editions. DC v-p of creative services Ron Perazza announced the closing on the Zuda.com blog.
Comics Briefly: 6/29/10

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 06/29/2010 @ 12:00AM

DC Comics Takes Digital Comics By Storm; Marvel Says Goodbye to Wizard World; Tokyopop Brings Full Graphic Novels Online; Kids Comic Con Goes To Africa On Kickstarter; David Hine's Bulletproof Coffin #1 Free Online; This Week @ Good Comics For Kids; and This Week @ The Beat
Graphic Novels Find a Place at ALA Annual Meeting

By Brigid Alverson | 06/29/2010 @ 12:00AM

"Graphic Novels Come of Age" was the title of the Booklist forum on the first evening of the American Library Association's annual meeting, held this past weekend in Wash. DC, and graphic novels were on the agenda for many of the librarians in attendance.
Panel Mania: Troublemaker

Compiled by Ada Price | 06/29/2010 @ 12:00AM

Co-written by the best-selling prose author, Janet Evanovich and her daughter Alex Evanovich, Troublemaker is a continuation of the Alex Barnaby novels, which follow the NASCAR mechanic and crime fighter, Alex Barnaby. In Troublemaker, Alex and racecar driver Sam Hooker are drawn into trouble, when Alex's friends Rosa and Felicia ask for help finding a missing man. Published by Dark Horse, Troublemaker will be released on July 20th.
Manga Publishers Face Uphill Battle Against Scanlations

by Kai-Ming Cha | 06/29/2010 @ 12:00AM

The announcement of a joint coalition between American and Japanese publishers targeting illegal online manga "scanlations" has spurred a flurry of activity on two major aggregator sites. Since the announcement three weeks ago, MangaFox, one of the primary aggregators of illegal manga scans, has pulled over 330 titles--a large number of them Viz Media properties--from their home page. Likewise, OneManga, a scanlation aggregator that has a reported over a million visitors per month to their site, also pulled titles from their manga list.
New Book Reveals Funnyman, Siegel and Shuster's Other Hero

By John Seven | 06/29/2010 @ 12:00AM

Previously relegated to the dusty corners of comic book history, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster's Golden Age comedian/superhero Funnyman, has been rescued from obscurity by authors Thomas Andrae and Mel Gordon for their new book Funnyman: The First Jewish Superhero, coming from Feral House in July.
Comics Reviews: 6/28/2010

by PW Staff | 06/28/2010 @ 12:00AM

This week: reviews of Mark Waid's new take on superheroics, Mitsutoshi Shimabukuro's whimsical Toriko and a new food manga by Kenji Sonishi.
DC Comics Launches iPad, iPhone App; PlayStation Network Deals

By Calvin Reid | 06/23/2010 @ 12:00AM

DC Comics has teamed with the comics resource site and app developer Comixology to make its comics available through the iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch beginning today; and in a separate deal, DC's comics will also be distributed through the PlayStation Network.
Comics Briefly: 6/22/10

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 06/22/2010 @ 12:00AM

Longbox Digital Launches Public Beta; Black Panther Epic Motion Comic Premieres June 23
Dark Horse's FCBD Comics Available Free Online; Cartoonist Al Williamson Dies at 79; Comic Art for Kids Class at MoCCA; This Week @ Good Comics For Kids; and This Week @ The Beat
Apple Relents: 'Ulysses 'Seen' and 'Being Earnest' Comics Approved For the iPad

By Calvin Reid | 06/22/2010 @ 12:00AM

In a story both satisfying and cautionary, artist Robert Berry and the partners behind the creation of Ulysses "Seen," a Web comic and reader's guide based on James Joyce's commanding novel, rode a wave of media attention and popular exasperation to get Apple to relent and accept an iPad graphic application based on the work. After initially rejecting the Ulysses "Seen" iPad app because of minor nudity (apparently a penis and breasts), Apple came to its senses and admitted that it made a mistake.
New Comics and Graphic Novels from Zenescope

By Calvin Reid | 06/22/2010 @ 12:00AM

Founded in 2005 by Joe Brusha and Ralph Tedesco, Philadelphia indie comics publisher Zenescope, has managed to grow its sales using a mix of classic-but-twisted fairy tales, horror, a bit of girlie cheesecake and a growing list of film and TV properties as well. Now the house is moving into larger offices and Zenescope has announced deals with the Discovery Channel and the Animal Planet cable TV networks to create a series of graphic novels based on their programing.
Life in Comics: What a Girl Wants

By Jennifer de Guzman | 06/22/2010 @ 12:00AM

Like many women who read comics, I have a "girl in a comic shop" horror story. When I first started working in the comics industry, I told it a lot more often than I do now. I'd since pretty much retired it, thinking it wasn't relevant anymore, not in this age of manga and young adult graphic novels. But it seems I was wrong, so here's the story, briefly:
The Resurrection of A Jewish Giant: Craig Yoe on Milt Gross

By Steve Bunche | 06/22/2010 @ 12:00AM

IDW's Yoe Books imprint again rescues a treasure from comics obscurity with the release of The Complete Milt Gross Comic Books and Life Story, a massive book that returns its subject's lunatic works to the spotlight. Gross, "America's Great Yiddish Humorist," pioneered the graphic novel and inspired generations of cartoonists with his manic energy.
Panel Mania: The Playwright

Compiled by Ada Price | 06/22/2010 @ 12:00AM

The Playwright is a celibate, middle-aged man who observes women and the world as a passive outsider, using what he sees as inspiration for his award winning plays. Written by Daren White and illustrated by Eddie Campbell, this dialogue free comic reveals the playwright's inward quirks while depicting the subtle shifts in his life. The Playwright is published by Top Shelf and will be released in July.
Down, but Not Out: Manga Holds On in a Tough Market

By Kai-Ming Cha | 06/22/2010 @ 12:00AM

Despite a serious downturn in the U.S. economy and a 20% drop in sales last year, manga, or Japanese comics, still represents more than $140 million in sales and continues to be a significant niche in the American comics market.
Children's Comics Reviews - June

by PW Staff | 06/21/2010 @ 12:00AM
Comics Briefly: 6/15/10

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 06/15/2010 @ 12:00AM

Grant Morrison Comes to TV with His New Series, Bonnyroad; DC Hopes to Create Live Action Blue Beetle; Wizard Buys ComiCONN; Gaiman vs. MacFarlane... Again; iTunes Censors Kiss in Oscar Wilde Comic; Greendale Preview at Huffington Post; Bill Ayers and Ryan Alexander-Tanner Live at MoCCA; Jackie Ormes Tribute at the Cartoon Art Museum; Dark Horse Founder's Art Collection Open to the Public; How to Write for Animation Workshop at MoCCA; The Last Two Weeks @ Good Comics For Kids; and The Last Two Weeks @ The Beat
The World of Independent African American Comics

By Ada Price | 06/15/2010 @ 12:00AM

After collaborating on a variety comics-related projects over the last 5 years, John Jennings and Damian Duffy have put together an anthology, Black Comix: African American Independent Comics, Art, and Culture, that showcases independent African American cartoonists and the subculture of conventions, websites, and awards surrounding them. The book will be published later this month by Mark Batty Publishers.

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