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Comics Briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 03/17/2009 @ 09:20PM
Panelmania: Adventures in Cartooning

Compiled by Laura Hudson | 03/17/2009 @ 09:19PM

A cartooning elf helps a princess learn the secrets of good cartooning, in this 5 page previews of the instruction book/story book for younger readers by James Sturm, Alexis Frederick-Frost and Andrew Arnold. Adventures in Cartooning is due in April from First Second.
Norton’s Mandela Comics Bio Offers New Info

By Calvin Reid | 03/17/2009 @ 07:29PM

In celebration of the 91st birthday of Nelson Mandela on July 18, W. W. Norton is publishing Nelson Mandela: The Authorized Comic Book, a book collection of a series of biographical comics on the life and accomplishments of the former South African president.
The New York Times Debuts Comics Bestseller List

By Calvin Reid | 03/10/2009 @ 06:42PM

The New York Times has launched a weekly Graphic Books bestseller list that tracks the bestselling comics and graphic novels.
Beacon Plans Graphic Adapt of Kindred; Nonfiction Comics Line

By Calvin Reid | 03/10/2009 @ 04:45PM

Beacon Press, a 155 year-old Boston-based nonprofit publisher with a mission driven by social justice, will publish a graphic adaptation of the late Hugo-award winning science-fiction novelist Octavia Butler’s much-praised novel Kindred, the latest comics work to be acquired by Beacon.
Fantagraphics Brings Tardi to the US

By Heidi MacDonald | 03/10/2009 @ 04:44PM

Legendary French cartoonist Jacques Tardi is finally coming to the US with two grphic novels due this summer from Fantagraphics.
Secret Identities Revealed

by Anne Ishii | 03/10/2009 @ 04:43PM

The author looks at the new anthology Secret Identities which examines superheroes, Asian artists and racial stereotypes through comics.
March Comics Bestsellers

By Calvin Reid | 03/10/2009 @ 04:29PM

Jeff Kinney's Last Straw settles in for a long run at #1; Naruto holds slots #2,3,4,5, and 10; Bone: Crown of Horns is at #6 and Walking Dead at #7.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 03/10/2009 @ 03:46PM

DC Comics Launches After Watchmen Promotion; Japanese Spidey on Marvel.com ; Death Note Film Event; Inoue Wins Manga Prize; Anime Day at Kinokuniya; IDW Offers Obama Sequel; Hillary Comic 2nd Printing; Charity Auction For Moore Book; AOTS Watchmen Spoof; Physicist on Watchmen and Two Comics Exhibits
DC Comics Launches After Watchmen Promotion

By Calvin Reid | 03/10/2009 @ 02:54PM

DC Comics announced plans to launch After Watchmen, a marketing campaign intended to highlight and support a wide range of its titles in the wake of the opening of the Watchmen movie
Panelmania- Pixu: The Mark of Evil

Compiled by Laura Hudson | 03/09/2009 @ 09:29PM

A mysterious marking in an apartment building slowly leads to madness and horror for five tenants in this exclusive 17-page preview of Pixu: The Mark of Evil by Gabriel Bá, Becky Cloonan, Vasilis Lolos, and Fábio Moon. Pixu will be released by Dark Horse in July.
From Web to Print: Dark Horse’s Applegeeks

By Ada Price | 03/09/2009 @ 09:13PM

Dark Horse is publishing a print collection of the popular online comic Applegeeks, a tech and geek oriented story about four college friends
WonderCon Capitalizes on the ‘Fantasy Economy’

By Douglas Wolk | 03/03/2009 @ 10:30PM

This year's WonderCon, held February 27-March 1 at San Francisco's Moscone Center, was an acid test for what a mid-size convention could be like in the new and gloomy economy.
French Publisher Soleil Finds Success at Marvel

By Laura Hudson | 03/03/2009 @ 10:29PM

Since the 2008 launch of Soleil Productions’ partnership with Marvel Comics, the French publisher has introduced American audiences to bestselling European sci-fi and fantasy comics like Sky Doll, an adult-oriented title about a female android by W.I.T.C.H. creator Barbara Canepa which was recently released as a trade paperback.
Life in Comics: Another Comics Convention Where Reality Need Not Apply

by Jennifer de Guzman | 03/03/2009 @ 10:28PM

The author finds the down economy didn't affect the enjoyment of comics at last weekend's WonderCon in San Francisco.
James Jean Covers Art

By Sam Thielman | 03/03/2009 @ 10:27PM

Racking up five consecutive “Best Cover Artist” Eisner Awards and three consecutive Harveys, among a host of other awards, James Jean is striking out on his own in 2009 and heading into the art world with a collection of his Fables covers (DC Comics, $39.99) and a book of postcards from Chronicle books on the consumer market.
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 03/03/2009 @ 05:20PM

Swallow Me Whole Gets Nom for LA Times Book Prize; Marvel Ends Open Submissions; Bookstore Debuts Graphic Novel Book Club; Rocketeer Back In Print; Brubaker Goes Live Action; First Second’s Siegel on Book Lust; Watchmen In Baltimore Sun and Manga, Anime, Video Game Show at Japan Society
Comics Briefly

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 03/02/2009 @ 04:28PM

MoCCA Watchmen Benefit Screening; DeMatteis Comic Free To Schools; Eagle One Brings IDW Backlist Online; Middleman Finale Released As Comic; Spike: After The Fall Collected; Free Donna Barr Downloads and Hudson, Walton Blog Cerebus
Comics Grow at Graphic Universe

By Calvin Reid | 03/02/2009 @ 12:00AM

Originally launched in 2006 to produce comics under the Lerner Publishing Group's Carolrhoda Books imprint, Lerner Graphic Universe has grown into its own imprint, adding more titles and series and even making a foray into the international market by licensing and translating a French-language graphic novel series.
Marvel To Sell The Stand Exclusively Via Comics Shops

by Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald | 02/24/2009 @ 10:30PM

Marvel plans to release the hardcover graphic novel, The Stand: Captain Trips by Stephen King, on March 10 exclusively through the comics shop market.

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