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Panel Mania: Sfar's 'Pascin' is an Artistic Portrait
This July Uncivilized Books will publish the highly anticipated English language edition of Joann Sfar's "Pascin," a biography of the noted Jewish modernist painter, real name Julius Mordecai Pincas.
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Crowdwatch: Kirby On Stage; Super Strong Female; A Luminous Comic
Crowdwatch spotlights notable crowdfunded comics projects. This week, the life of Jack Kirby on stage, Strong Female Protagonist in Print, A disembodied Mexican leg, a luminous Italian comic, two anthologies, and the return of "Footprints."
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'Watson & Holmes' Wins Big at Glyph Awards
"Watson & Holmes" #6, by Brandon Easton and N. Steven Harris took top honors at the 2014 Glyph Awards.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 5/19-5/25
Box Brown in Philadelphia, PA; Mark Millar and Duncan Fegredo in London, U.K.; Vancouver Comic Arts Festival in Vancouver, BC, Canada; Graphic Brighton in Brighton, East Sussex, U.K.
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Humble Bundle Offers Dr. Who Digital Comics
Humble Bundle, the pay-what-you-want platform that offers bundled digital content and supports charities, is teaming with another comics publisher, IDW Publishing, to offer an all-graphic novel bundle of digital Dr. Who comics.
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Global Cartoonists Convene at TCAF
Cartoonists from 21 countries and about 20,000 graphic novel fans attended the Toronto Comic Arts Festival and its satellite events last weekend.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 5/12-5/18
"This One Summer" Talk & Signing; Julie Delporte and Pascal Girard; Dallas Comic Con; Big Wow! ComicFest; Appleseed Comic Con; Daniel Clowes Exhibition Opening; Maine Comics Art Festival.
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IDW To Publish Parker Hardcover Reprints
IDW Publishing announced plans to reprint the entire run of classic Parker prose novels, all of which will feature new painted illustrations by acclaimed comics artist Darwyn Cooke.
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Eight Great Books About Comic Books
Along with the growing popularity of graphic novels, there's also been a boom in books about comics. Here's a short list of new and upcoming books that should have a place on the shelf of every serious comics enthusiast.
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Panel Mania: Lanzac and Blain's 'Weapons' Gets Political
French cartooning great Cristophe Blain and former French diplomat Antonin Baudry bring "House of Cards" style political intrigue to comics with "Weapons of Mass Diplomacy."
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Viz Releases Prose, Graphic Novel Tie-Ins for 'Edge of Tomorrow'
To mark the June 6 release of the new sci-fi blockbuster film, "Edge of Tomorrow," starring Tom Cruise and Emily Blunt, Viz Media has released a new paperback edition of the book the film is based on, in addition to a new graphic novel adaptation of the book.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 5/5-5/11
Luke Pearson and George O'Connor in New York, NY; Ottawa Comiccon in Ottawa, Ontario; Toronto Comics Arts Festival 2014 in Toronto, Ontario; Peter Bagge Exhibition Opening in Seattle, WA.
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Toon Books Adds Imprint for Older Readers
Françoise Mouly, New Yorker art director and founder of the award-winning Toon Books line of comics for early readers, is launching Toon Graphics for Visual Readers, a new imprint for older readers.
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Mimi Pond’s 'Over Easy': The 1970s Were a Mess!
Mimi Pond’s new book, "Over Easy," just published by Drawn & Quarterly, is her most personal work to-date. It is a mostly-true account of her time working in a café in Hollywood in the 1970s.
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What Happened To Marvel's Mid-List?
Much like their marquee character Wolverine, Marvel Comics is the best there is at what they do and what they do is launch #1 issues with variant covers, event mini-series and assorted publishing stunts.
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Marvel, Artists Alley, Panels Highlight C2E2
Marvel had the largest booth and big annoucements, small publishers like Action Lab and Lion Forge were on hand and the show offered a robust Artists Alley and programming.
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Humble Bundle, Image Offer All-Graphic Novel e-Bundle
Humble Bundle, the website that bundles digital content and offers it to consumers for whatever they wish to pay, is teaming with Image Comics to offer its first all-graphic novel digital bundle.
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Thrillbent 3.0 Debuts Subscription, iPad App
Thrillbent, the digital comics platform launched by comics writers Mark Waid and John Rogers, has been upgraded to Thrillbent 3.0, introducing a new subscription plan for $3.99 per month as well as an integrated iPad app.
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Comixology Ends In-App Buying on iOS Apps
As predicted at the time of its acquisition by Amazon, Comixology is removing in-app purchasing from its iOS apps, eliminating the 30% sales commission to Apple.