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ComicBlitz Looks to Crowdfund Equity Investment Using WeFunder
Startup digital comics subscription service ComicBlitz seeks investment using WeFunder, the equity crowdfunding platform.
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G. Willow Wilson Reflects on Margaret Atwood and 'Angel Catbird'
Celebrated comics writer G. Willow Wilson pays tribute to literary icon Margaret Atwood and her geeky love of superhero comics, and to Volume 2 of Atwood's delightful superhero graphic novel, 'Angel Catbird.'
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Boom! Debuts Kids’ Graphic Novel ‘The Not-So Secret Society’ This Summer
The publisher of such hit graphic novel series as Lumberjanes and Steven Universe, Boom! Studios plans to release 25 weekly digital comics as part of the launch for 'The Not-So Secret Society,' a new kids' original graphic novel.
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'New York Times' Cuts a Range of Bestseller Lists
As part of its effort to revamp its coverage of publishing, the 'New York Times' has eliminated a number of bestsellers lists, among them graphic novels/manga and mass market paperback lists.
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Lion Forge Heads to ALA with a New Line of Kids' Graphic Novels
Lion Forge senior editor Andrea Colvin will oversee Lion Forge's newly expanded children's comics imprint, Roar Comic/CubHouse. She talked with 'PW' about the newly expanded imprint and the publisher's plans for the ALA Midwinter meeting.
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Scribd Ends Comics Subscription Service
After launching the category in 2015 with much fanfare, Scribd has now quietly ended subscription access to comics and graphic novels.
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Black Comics Creators Fund Diversity on Kickstarter
African-American self-publishers are using Kickstarter to meet the demand for comics with diverse stories and characters.
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‘March Book Three’ Tops Annual PW Graphic Novel Critics Poll
'March Book Three', the final volume in Rep. John Lewis's acclaimed civil rights graphic memoir, has topped PW's Annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll with five votes.
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Feed Your Head with 21 Trippy Comics
The comics listed here are unabashedly strange, their visuals outlandish, and they often explore existential concepts, inviting readers to tune in, freak out, and enhance their consciousness. No substances required.
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Publishers Weekly’s Top Comics Stories of 2016
Here are the ten most popular stories about graphic novels and comics published on publishersweekly.com in 2016.
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Goosebumps Author R.L. Stine to Write Series of Marvel's Man-Thing Comics
Stine is achieving a "lifelong dream" by writing the comics, a five-issue series that debuts in February and will feature plenty of interdimensional weirdness.
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BookWalker Offers Digital Manga And Light Novels in English
The e-book retailer has added Kodansha Comics and Vertical Comics to its client list, and now has a comprehensive offering of titles from major U.S. manga publishers.
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Comic Arts Brooklyn Scales Down Size, Not Sales
Despite doubts that it would be held at all, this year’s Comic Arts Brooklyn, an annual indie comics festival held in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, turned in another successful year.
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Photo Mania: Comic Arts Brooklyn 2016
Publishers Weekly was on the scene at Comic Arts Brooklyn, an annual festival of independent and self-published comics and graphic novels, to capture images of the artists and their works.
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Sales of Walking Dead Graphic Novels Higher Than Ever
Sales of the Walking Dead graphic novels keep climbing, driven by the hugely popular TV show adaptation.
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Insight Editions Launches a Comics Imprint
The publisher of lavishly illustrated art and coffee table books is getting into the graphic novel game with an inaugural list of 12 titles starting in March 2017.
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Kids' Comics at New York Comic Con: Super Hero Girls to Big Nate
This year's New York Comic Con featured plenty of children's comics – and plenty of children.
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New York Comic Con: Pokémon Go, Attack on Titan Drive Manga Sales
The U.S. manga market marked its third straight year of sales growth and optimism about the category was reflected at New York Comic Con in programming and artist appearances offered by publishers such as Viz Media, Kodansha and Yen Press.
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Vivek Tiwary: Telling Stories Any Way You Like
After producing award-winning works in music, musical theater and comics, Vivek Tiwary is now writing an illustrated YA novel and working to turn Dave Roman's children's graphic novel 'Astronaut Academy' into a TV series.
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Photo Mania: New York Comic Con 2016
PW hit the floor at the Jacob Javits Convention Center to capture the 180,000-fan strong event.