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Fantagraphics to Publish Lincoln Butterfield Graphic Novel
Seattle-based indie comics publisher Fantagraphics Books and animation developer Lincoln Butterfield have agreed to collaborate on the publication of a graphic novel based on RIP, M.D., an animated cartoon series in development by Lincoln Butterfield.
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New Venue for ECBACC ’09; Same Good Vibe
The venue was new and the main speaker, filmmaker Kevin Grevioux, had to cancel but the spirit of conviviality was undimmed at the 20009 East Coast Black Age of Comics Convention held May 16 at the Crown Plaza Hotel in Philadelphia.
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Comics Publishers Turn to Discounted Single Issues
DC Comics and Dynamite Entertainment are two publishers that are using the comics shop specialty market to offer specially discounted promotional periodical issues that they hope will appeal to consumers looking for a bit more value for their comics dollar.
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A New Century; A New Publisher for Alan Moore’s LOEG
The first two volumes of Alan Moore and Kevin O’Neill’s The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, chronicled a world in which characters out of 19th century fiction are real people. In the third volume, they turn to the 20th century.
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Panelmania: Far Arden
In his search for the mythic artic paradise Far Arden, Army Shanks fights off numerous obstacles such as the half polar bear man in this preview of Far Arden by Kevin Cannon. The book will be released Top Shelf on May 29th.
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Papercutz to Publish Disney Fairies Graphic Novels
Papercutz, a New York City-based graphic novel publisher focused on teen readers, has reached an agreement to produce a series of graphic novels based on Disney Fairies, a series of bestselling prose chapter books drawn from the novels of Gail Carson Levine and constructed around the well-known Disney fairy character Tinker Bell.
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Webcomics, Storytelling and Books from 'Smith' Online Magazine
Launched as a website specializing in “personal passionate storytelling,” the online magazine Smith has managed to become a platform for a series of webcomics based on eccentric and personal narratives.
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival Emphasizes the Arts
Cartooning legends from around the world mingled with enthusiastic readers at the fourth Toronto Comics Arts Festival, held May 9-10 at the Toronto Reference Library. The biannual show drew crowds estimated to be in excess of the previous year’s 6,000 attendees, though official numbers will not be available until the end of the week.
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A World of Japanese Pop Culture at Japan Society
An exhiibition transforms the Japan Society gallery halls into something like an impromptu Japanese manga café.
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McNally Jackson Books: Turn, Turn, Turn
Despite its somewhat old-fashioned imagery—quill pens forming the store logo, a manual Olivetti typewriter on the store’s Web site that links to its blog—McNally Jackson Books in the Nolita section of New York City is hip to the latest bookstore trends.
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Comics Briefly
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IDW Hires Webber to Oversee E-publishing
IDW, April's third largest comics publisher, according to Diamond figures, has hired Jeff Webber to the new position of director of e publishing. Webber was formerly vp of product development at uClick, following stints at Hallmark and Shockwave. At IDW he'll help explore the growing opportunities for comics to be sold via various electronic formats.
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PEN World Fest Shows Off Comics Artists
PEN American Center’s impressive international literary festival, PEN World Voices, held a panel discussion, "1,000 Words: The Power of Visual Storytelling," featuring a star studded panel of international comics artists.
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Swedish Small Press Expo Spotlights Growing Scene
Sweden’s Small Press Expo is a state-sponsored program which invited members from around the globe to participate.
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Life in Comics: Free Comic Book Day in the Boutiki
The author looks at the lessons of the this years Free Comic Book Day at SLG's Boutiki retail store.
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Panelmania: Noir
Dark Horse's Fall release, the Noir anthology contains short stories in the crime and mystery genres, by a wide mix of comics luminaries.
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Comics Briefly
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Job Moves
Former Scholastic editor Sheila Keenan has been hired by Harry Abrams as a senior editor working on the Abrams ComicsArts imprint.
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May Comics Bestsellers
Jeff Kinney's Last Straw holds steady at #1; followed by Naruto at #2-3; Fruits Basket at #5; more Naruto after that and Marvel's hardcover graphic adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand: Captain Trips is at #12.
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New Look for Bradbury's 'Fahrenheit 451'
Hailed for its bracing portrait of a future media-addled society victimized by the systematic burning of all books, Ray Bradbury's classic science fiction novel Fahrenheit 451 is the perfect work to highlight issues of censorship and the freedom to read. And in August, Farrar, Straus & Giroux's Hill and Wang imprint will republish the book to do just that.
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