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Last Gasp Finds Beauty in The Strange Tale of Panorama Island

by Kai-ming Cha | 08/24/2009 @ 10:48PM

The literary manga market is expanding further with the announcement that San Francisco art book and manga publisher Last Gasp has licensed Suehiro Maruo’saward-winningThe Strange Tale of Panorama Island.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/24/2009 @ 10:25PM
Taking Millar’s ‘Kick Ass’ from Page to Screen

By Germain Lussier | 08/18/2009 @ 08:29PM

Originally released as a periodical comics series in 2008 under Marvel’s ICON imprint, Mark Millar’s Kick Ass been already adapted into a feature film directed by Matthew Vaughn, director of such films as Layer Cake and Stardust. Lionsgate has acquired U.S. and Canadian distribution rights and the film will be released in 2010. But with its hard R-rated world of pop culture references, extreme violence, language and tween serial killers, Kick-Ass has never had a simple route to the public.
Fletcher Hanks Rides Again

by Sasha Watson | 08/18/2009 @ 08:28PM

Get ready, fans, the second volume of odd-ball 1930s comics creator Fletcher Hanks has hit the shelves. You Shall Die By Your Own Evil Creation! completes the collection of Hanks’ work begun with the 2007 volume, I Shall Destroy All the Civilized Planets!, edited by Paul Karasik, published by Fantagraphics Books and winner of the 2008 Eisner Award for Best Archival Collection/Project.
In Marvel’s ‘Strange Tales,’ Indie Artists Take on Superhero Icons

By Kiel Phegley | 08/18/2009 @ 06:30PM

This September, Marvel Comics unveils their long-awaited Strange Tales MAX anthology series. Culling creators from all over the world of alternative comics and literary graphic novels—from Paul Pope and Matt Kindt to Molly Crabapple and Peter Bagge—the stories in the three-issue Strange Tales comic recast such Marvel super heroes as Spider-Man and the Black Widow as quirky and complicated indie comics icons.
Comics briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/18/2009 @ 03:56PM
Mr. Vengeance Goes to Comic-con

By Kai-Ming Cha | 08/18/2009 @ 03:23PM

In one of the most memorable scenes of Korean director Park Chan Wook’s movie Old Boy, his middle-aged protagonist wields a hammer and faces off with a gang of armed young thugs. Old Boy is a live-action feature length film adaptation of the manga by the same name. PW Comics Week met with the director at the recent San Diego Comic-con and discussed Old Boy, his other films and why it’s good for a creator to torture his characters.
Panel Mania: The Year of Loving Dangerously

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/17/2009 @ 07:02PM

In the autobiographical The Year of Loving Dangerously, Ted Rall, kicked out of college, broke, jobless, shunned by his parents, and suicidal, avoids homelessness by drifting into the arms of numerous women. The Year of Loving Dangerously is written by Rall, a politacal cartoonist and commentator, and illustrated by Pablo Callejo; it will be released by NBM in December 2009.
Reynolds and Fantagraphics Face the Future

by Heidi MacDonald | 08/11/2009 @ 09:15PM

Whenever comics industry observers get together to talk about the people who've made a difference in the business over the last decade, the name Eric Reynolds inevitably comes up. Recently promoted to Associate Publisher for the Seattle-based art comics publisher Fantagraphics he has overseen the company's successful navigation of the new opportunities for graphic novels in bookstores.
Boom! Dreams Up Unique Android Retelling

by Stephanie Mangold | 08/11/2009 @ 09:14PM

Boom! Studios is heading into uncharted territory with their adaptation of Phillip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? The series, which editor Ian Brill has called a graphic translation, will mix comic art with Dick’s original text from the novel.
August Comics Bestsellers

by Calvin Reid | 08/11/2009 @ 09:13PM

Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid: Last Straw remains king of the list followed by Naruto vol. 45, newcomer Rachel Russell’s 'Wimpy' homage, Dork Diaries, Grant Morrison’s Final Crisis; Sherrilynn Kenyon’s Dark Hunter manga adaptation and Halo: Uprising.
Jamie Rich Kills Again

by Johanna Draper Carlson | 08/11/2009 @ 09:12PM

Jamie S. Rich is well-known for his novels, both graphic and prose, about modern romances, including Cut My Hair, Love the Way You Love (with Marc Ellerby), and 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, drawn by Joëlle Jones. He and Jones have teamed up again for You Have Killed Me, a noir mystery that's a departure from his usual subject matter.
New Site Offers Apps for Reading Comics on Phones

By Calvin Reid | 08/11/2009 @ 01:57PM

Software developers at Genus have created Findacomicapps.com, a website that provides a neutral platform for developers offering apps for reading comics on the iPhone and other mobile devices through the Apple App Store.
Panel Mania: Cat Burglar Black

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/09/2009 @ 10:47PM

In Richard Sala's Cat Burglar Black, K., a teenage girl who was raised in an orphanage where she was trained as a thief, is sent to a boarding school for cat burglars on a mysterious aunt's recommondation. In this preview K. shows off her skills to her new classmates. Cat Burglar Black will be released by First Second on September 1st.
Stitches: Peering into a Dark Past

by Sasha Watson | 08/04/2009 @ 11:13PM

A newcomer to the world of graphic novels, David Small has already captured the attention of the industry and readers. The Caldecott-winning artist is a veteran illustrator of children’s books. His first graphic novel, Stitches: A Memoir, was one of the hits of BEA, and has been making the rounds of the blogs leading up to its publication on September 8.
Miyazaki Receives Triumphant Welcome in US

by Kai-ming Cha | 08/04/2009 @ 11:12PM

Hayao Miyazaki, who is known for his feature length animation movies such as Princess Mononoke, Porco Rosso, Howl’s Moving Castle, and his 2003 Academy Award winner, Spirited Away, visited California as part of the effort to welcome and promote his new movie, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea.It was also a chance for Americans to honor the revered director.
To Japan and Back: Cirque du Freak Travels the World

By Brigid Alverson | 08/04/2009 @ 11:11PM

Darren Shan's Cirque du Freak is a story with legs: originally an Irish young adult novel, it was licensed in Japan and proved so popular there that it was adapted into a manga with art by Takahiro Arai. It's the story of a boy who takes a flyer for a mysterious circus only to find it has a cast of ghoulish performers. Now U.S. graphic novel publisher Yen Press is translating the manga into English, with an initial print run of 65,000 copies for volume 1.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/04/2009 @ 04:24PM

70 Years of Marvel Comics; Quesada, Kidd, Mazzuccheli in Bryant Park; New Book from Howard Cruse; Radical, Random House in Distribution Pact; C2E2 Tickets On Sale; iPhone App Tops on iTunes; Twilight's Meyer in Female Force; Martinbrough Unveils Website; Fresh Ink Comic-con 09 Video; Murs Raps; Vanguard Animation, Vanguard Press Ink Deal; Viz Manga Free Online; This Week @ The Beat and This Week @ Good Comics for Kids
Publishing Sales Flat at Marvel

By Jim Milliot | 08/04/2009 @ 01:55PM

Publishing revenue at Marvel Entertainment was flat in the second quarter, slipping from $31.8 million to $31.7 million. Operating income fell more noticeably, dropping 6.8%, to $10.9 million.
Life in Comics: The Shape of the Industry

bu Jennifer de Guzman | 08/03/2009 @ 11:27PM

In March, the New York Times inaugurated its Graphic Books best seller list, just in time to acknowledge the runaway sales of Watchmen, as the trade paperback reaped the benefits of movie hype. ("Comics have finally joined the mainstream,” wrote George Gene Gustines in the NYT's Arts Beat Blog.)

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