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Comics Briefly
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Plenty of Children's Comics at C2E2
Brobee, of Yo Gabba Gabba fame, crashed the party at the Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo to help launch an anthology based on the Nick Jr. television program, to be published by Oni Press in tandem with Yo Gabba Gabba producers Wild Brain. That was one of the few new children's book announcements at C2E2, but children's comics were everywhere, from the mega-publisher Archie Comics to individual creators who autographed their comics for fans on Artists Alley.
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C2E2 Debuts Draws 27,500; 2009 Graphic Novel Sales Down
Despite perceptions of a low turnout for Reed Exhibition's newly launched comics and pop culture convention, the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo, or C2E2, the show drew just under 30,000 attendees to Chicago's McCormick Place
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Comics Briefly
2010 Eisner Award Nominees; Marvel Moves to Hachette for Bookstores; Gaiman & Vess's Instructions, The Short Film; Hugo Award Nominees Announced; Chicago Comics and Entertainment Expo This Weekend; Stumptown Comic Book Festival; Harvey Pekar and Alison Bechdel Live at UCLA; A First Look at DC's Brightest Day; This Week @ Good Comics For Kids; and This Week @ The Beat
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Photo Mania: MoCCA and Kids Comic Con
PW Comics Week visited the Kids Comic Con in the Bronx and MoCCA in Manhattan to bring back photographs of the artists, publishers, events and attendees at both events.
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Kubert's Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 Chronicles Military Heroism
Joe Kubert, one of the grandmasters of the comics field and the legendary creative force behind such classic comics as Sgt. Rock and Tor, has teamed with Vertigo to publish Dong Xaoi, Vietnam 1965, a hardcover graphic novel set during the Vietnam War, in May.
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Life in Comics: Life and Death and Life Again in Comics
The dead-and-resurrected god is a recurring story in religions, originating in the "death" of the earth in winter and its "resurrection" in the spring. While I am not a believer, I acknowledge the power of these stories that humans have been telling for millennia; they tap into some primal fear and need for comfort in all of us.
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MoCCA Festival Bounces Back
In response to the threat of heat, MoCCA, held annually by
Soho's Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art, was moved to the more temperate
month
of April, with the result of a pleasant weekend that put the focus back
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Marvel Switches Book Trade Distribution to Hachette
Beginning in September, Marvel Comics will switch to the Hachette Book Group to distribute its hardcover and paperback titles into the domestic and international book trade market.
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Comics Reviews 4/6/2010
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Comics Briefly
MoCCA, Kids Comic Con Open This Weekend; Confirmed: Neal Adams Returns to DC and Batman; Publishers Weekly Purchased; Kate Beaton, Erika Moen on Penny Arcade; PWCW's Heidi MacDonald Talks iPad; Marvel's iPad App Debuts; This Week @ Good Comics For Kids; and This Week @ The Beat
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Panel Mania: Market Day
Set in eastern Europe early in the Industrial Revolution, Market Day by James Sturm follows Medleman, an expectant father and rug maker. As the shops that bought his well-crafted, hand made products turn to cheaply manufactured alternatives, Mendleson finds he can no longer make a living. Market Day is published by Drawn & Quarterly and will be released in the spring of 2010.
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WonderCon Takes Center Stage
Even as questions swirled endlessly about the future of the
Comic-Con International: San Diego, the show's northern California
cousin, WonderCon, proved that
the combination of cartoonists, comics, and the toys, movies, video
games and
costumes based on them, makes for an irresistible combination for local
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Matt Thorn Talks About Publishing Manga
The director of Fantagraphics' new manga line, Matt Thorn, talks about his relationship with shojo manga pioneer, Moto Hagio, and the importance of high-quality translations to a new generation of American manga readers.
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Bill Ayers: Radical Education Theory Gets Graphic
A teacher, writer and crusader for social justice, Bill Ayers is also an advocate for progressive ideas in the field of education. He's also a comics fan and he's taken his 1993 book, To Teach: The Journey of a Teacher, and transformed it into a graphic novel focused on the nature of teaching.
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Novel to Graphic Novel: Turning Popular Prose into Comics
Over the past few years, as serious comics publishing takes root at traditional book publishers and as comics houses diversify their lists to attract a general readership, publishers are seeking out and working closely with popular prose novelists to turn their bestselling novels and prose stories into a wide range of derivative comics works.
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ComicsPRO Brings Retailers and Publishers Together
Surviving the recession and the rise of digital distribution were the hot topics as ComicsPRO, the advocacy group for comics shops, held its fourth annual meeting March 25-27 in Memphis, TN. Comics retailers from around the continent gathered to meet with publishers and kick around industry issues.
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Comics Briefly
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Panel Mania: Weathercraft
Set in the world of Jim Woodring's long running Frank series, Weathercraft
follows Manhog, a brutish everyman, as he searchs for enlightenment.
There are also appearances by Frank and other characters from the Frank stories. Weathercraft is Woodring's first full-length graphic novel and, like the Frank stories, is wordless. Published by Fantagraphics, Weathercraft will be released in May. -
Last Gasp Marks 40 Years of Comics and Lowbrow Art
This year, independent publisher Last Gasp will celebrate 40 years of art and comics. The San Francicsco based publisher and distributor has produced comics and contemporary art books by R.Crumb, Todd Schorr, Robert Williams, and Japanese alternative/psychedelic mangaka Junko Mizuno.
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