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Comics Briefly
IGN.com Theater at NYCC; Exhibit on Race in Comics; Kennedy Center Spotlights Japan; PW The Beat: Self Publishing, Lit Crit; Essex County Wins Alex Award; Stumptown Comics Festival; Pulitzer Winners in MAD; Cartoonists on NPR ; Iron Man Super Bowl Spot; and Brian Wood at Rocketship
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Jackie Ormes: Resurrecting a Comics Pioneer
Nancy Goldstein’s Jackie Ormes: The First African-American Woman Cartoonist (Univ. of Michigan) offers a fascinating look at a comics trailblazer whose name and works have largely fallen through the cracks of time and memory.
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From Manga to Madame Xanadu
Artist Amy Reeder Hadley covers a lot of ground with her work for both Tokyopop and Vertigo.
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Pendragon, Nonfiction Launch S&S Comics
This summer S&S Children’s Publishing is releasing a graphic novel adaptation of D.J. MacHale’s Pendragon series by Carla Speed McNeil, Hope Larson’s Chiggers and launching two nonfiction-oriented comics series.
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Muth and Abrams Rediscover M
Abrams is bringing back a long-lost adaptation of Fritz Lang's expressionist classic by acclaimed illustrator Jon. J. Muth.
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Not Just Blood, but Blood+
In February, Dark Horse will begin publishing more than 14 books—both manga and prose—based on the Blood+ anime series.
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Jeff Smith’s New World, Part 2
Jeff Smith talks about the process of working on RASL, his new comics series.
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Comics Briefly
Angouleme Coverage, Winners; Pre-Selling at Cons; Harvey Awards' Ballots; Shojo Beat Music Edition; IDW Offers Rogue Angel; Quesada on The Colbert Report and Viz Anime Via Amazon
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Marvel, Soleil Bring Euro-Comics to U.S.
Marvel and French comics publisher Soleil have announced a partnership that will bring four of the French publisher's book series to the U.S. in new editions produced by Marvel. Marvel consulting editor C.B. Cebulski and Soleil managing editor Olivier Jalabert and editor-in-chief Jean Wacquet negotiated the deal.
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Jeff Smith: Let’s get ready to RASL
Jeff Smith talks about his new series, RASL, which follows the adventues of a dimension hopping art thief.
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NYCIP Hosts Comics Confab in March
The New York Center for Independent Publishing is hosting SPLAT! A Graphic Novel Symposium, a conference scheduled for March 15 devoted to comics and graphic novels featuring Scott McCloud and such notable creators as Kyle Baker, Nick Bertozzi, Rainer Telgemier and Dean Haspiel
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Flight Editor Shows Off Amulet
Kazu Kibuishi creates a dark fantasy in Amulet, the tale of two children trying to rescue their mother.
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Comics Briefly
YALSA Lists Teen Comics; Guests At NYCC 2008; NBM’s Boneyard on Hiatus; ComicsPRO Decries Con Sales; and Spidey, Mary Jane Break up
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Top Shelf Moves into Year 11
Indie Top Shelf moves into 2008 with new kids comics, Alan Moore and a movie deal.
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Conan Keeps Conquering
Robert E. Howard's Conan the Barbarian remains an iconic character, with a relaunch of his comic, a book retrospective and a new movie announcement.
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Delano's New Narcopolis at Avatar
Veteran Brit writer Jamie Delano is back with a new series about a city where people dazed by recreational narcotics and apathy.
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Comics Briefly
EW Tabs PW The Beat; Natsume Does Batman Manga; Comic Book “History”; New from NBM; Virgin’s Dan Dare Online; Fantagraphics Comix Show; New Reed Show Blogs; Selznick Wins Caldecott; and January Zudacomics Contestants
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Nickelodeon Mag: Green Slime and Comics
Nickelodeon magazine, the monthly periodical of the children’s TV programming juggernaut, covers a variety of kids’ subject matter, including comics.
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Shakespeare Meets Manga at John Wiley
Science and educational publisher John Wiley & Sons release manga adaptations of four Shakespeare plays—Hamlet, Romeo & Juliet, Macbeth and Julius Caesar—in February in a tankoubon, graphic novel book-format.
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Tor Books, Seven Seas Together at Last
The new joint venture between New York City sci-fi and fantasy publisher Tor Books and L.A.-based manga publisher Seven Seas to create a manga imprint is a match made in pop culture heaven.



