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Abel and Madden Study the Panels
Drawing Words and Writing Pictures by Jessica Abel and Matt Madden is an essential addition to any library of graphic novel how-tos.
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Memories and Movies at NYCC
An award for Stan Lee, a tribute to the late Steve Gerber, and a preview of The Spirit movie provided highlights of NYCC 2008.
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NYCC; ICv2 Briefs
NYCC, ICv2 Briefs:Comics for Girls; More Minx; Haspiel Joins Zuda; Mobile Comics; Tokoyopop In the House; Zot! Returns; Selling Emily; Tween Comics; Buyers Aware; and Talent Fight
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Big NYCC Crowds Enjoy Good Mood, Weather, Comics
The 2008 New York Comic-Con drew an estimated 64,000 fans and professionals in what everyone agreed was a strong show that spotlighted the many facets of the world of graphic novels.
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Kids' Comics: Publishers Jump In
The market for kids' comics is growing, but publishers and creators agree that it's still in its early stages.
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Comics Go Wide at New York Comic-Con; Gordon Lee Charges Dismissed
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Ender's Game Comics Coming from Marvel
Marvel is adding Orson Scott Card's popular Ender's Game universe to its stable of comics adaptations.
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Tokyopop Debuts Line of Color Graphic Novels
Next year, American manga publisher Tokyopop will launch Tokyopop Graphic Novels, a line of full-color books featuring manga-influenced art and stories by artists from all over the world.
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Vertigo Announces Push to Acquire Graphic Novels
DC's Vertigo imprint is dedicating two editors, Jonathan Vankin and Joan Hilty, to the job of acquiring new original graphic novels in a broad range of genres.
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ICv2’s Annual Graphic Novel Conference
ICv2’s third annual Graphic Novel Conference will kick-off on April 17—the day before New York Comic-con opens—at the Javits Convention Center in New York, with a day of facts and figures about the state of the business.
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ICv2 Confab Reports 2007 Graphic Novel Sales Rise 12%
In 2007 graphic novel sales in the U.S. and Canada were $375 million, a 12% rise from 2006 and quintuple the sales number from 2001.
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New Authors Explore Fantasy and Reality at Fantagraphics
Fantagraphics has announced several original graphic novels by both returning and new authors.
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Big Head Press: Publisher with a Mission
Using a combination of free online serials and print compilations, Big Head Press publishes comics and graphic novels with a libertarian slant.
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Alex Robinson Does the Time Warp
Alex Robinson's new grahpic novels features a man sent back to relive high school in 1985.
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Crayon Shinchan: Age-inappropriate Humor
CMX is bringing back Crayon Shinchan, a manga aboout a 5-year old mischievous imp who always manages to do something inappropriate.
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Funnies Business #2: The Crack Dealer’s Business Model
Boom! Studio's controversial decision to release their comcis periodical North Wind on MySpace was controversial but appears to have raised sales.
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Comics Briefly
Eisner Awards Nominees; NYAF Dates Changed; Lulu Awards at MoCCA; ABC Events At BEA; Villard to Publish Unique; Death Note Movie; and Last Sam and Max Episode
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Marvel, Harper Debut Spidey Kids' Books
Marvel Comics and HarperCollins Children's Books are teaming up to launch a reading program based around Marvel's popular character Spider-Man. The new line, called simply, Spider-Man, will release its first titles in winter 2009; it will focus on a variety of children's formats, including beginning readers, story books, chapter books, phonics sets and novelty publications.
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Anjali Singh
Anjali Singh isn't a baseball player, but it can be said that she hit a home run in her first big league at bat. In 2003, before she'd settled into her first editorial job at Vintage Books, Singh managed to acquire an unusual autobiography by a young Iranian woman living in France. Even more unusual the book, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi, was a work of comics and told the story of Satrapi's childhood--a young Iranian girl attracted to Western culture growing up under conservative Islamic strictures during the Iranian revolution.
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Salt Water Taffy: Tall Tales of Giant Lobsters
Matthew Loux, the writer-artist of 2006’s Sidescrollers, a video game-themed romp that was named one of the “10 Best Graphic Novels for Teens,” returns to the scene with Salt Water Taffy, an all-ages series from Oni Press about two young brothers battling lobsters in Maine.



