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Five Graphic Novels Nominated for L.A. Times Book Prize

| 02/20/2014 @ 09:30AM

Nominees for the 34th annual L.A. Times Book Prizes have been announced and include five finalists for the graphic novel prize.
Pocket Gems Launches Hybrid Game, Novel, Comic Platform

by Todd Allen | 02/20/2014 @ 09:00AM

Pocket Gems, the San Francisco-based mobile gaming company, has launched Episode, a new mobile gaming platform, that includes a writer’s portal that will enable anyone to utilize the platform to create their own animated story.
Viz Media to Offer Print Manga in India

By Calvin Reid | 02/20/2014 @ 08:30AM

In conjunction with its distributor S&S International, Viz Media is expanding distribution of its English language print manga titles into India.
Digital Manga, Inc. to Publish Tezuka Backlist

By Brigid Alverson | 02/19/2014 @ 08:00AM

Tezuka Productions and Digital Manga, Inc. have announced a deal to translate and digitally publish hundreds of volumes of manga by revered manga and anime creator Osamu Tezuka.
ReedPop To Launch New Comics Show at Javits

By Calvin Reid | 02/18/2014 @ 08:30AM

ReedPop, which produces New York Comic Con, C2E2 and other pop culture conventions, is launching a new and smaller all comics show to be held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, June 14 and 15.
Good News, Bad News, and the Future: Manga 2014

By Debora Aoki | 02/14/2014 @ 07:00PM

Where there once were only a handful of manga publishers offering their titles online or via e-book apps, now almost all of them are offering, or negotiating to offer at least some of their current and backlist manga via a wide variety of digital platforms.
Children Are Welcome at the Angoulême Comics Festival

By Brigid Alverson | 02/13/2014 @ 03:30PM

When comics fans invaded the town of Angoulême, France, two weeks ago for the Angoulême International Comics Festival, children were well represented. That's not surprising: Children's comics are big business in France.
France’s Humanoids Now Based In The U.S., U.K.

By Beth Scorzato | 02/12/2014 @ 03:00PM

Humanoids, formerly the smaller U.S. arm of French comics publisher Les Humanoïdes, has moved to front and center after the more than 30-year-old publishing house relocated its home office to Hollywood from Paris.
Action Lab: A Small Publisher Looking To Expand

By Rich Shivener | 02/12/2014 @ 02:00PM

With a mix of all-ages and adult material, print and digital, Action Lab Entertainment is trying to establish itself while maintaining a balance with a staff located around the country.
Marvel, iVerse Team to Offer Global Comics App

by Allen Todd | 02/12/2014 @ 02:00PM

Marvel Entertainment and digital comics vendor iVerse have launched the Marvel Global Comics App, allowing readers to get Marvel digital comics in twelve foreign languages.
Strong French Manga Market Begins to Dip

By Brigid Alverson | 02/12/2014 @ 01:45PM

In France, the manga bubble never burst—although it may be starting to deflate a bit. Last year French manga sales declined for the first time.
Panel Mania: The Undertaking of Lily Chen

Compiled by Ada Price | 02/12/2014 @ 12:00PM

In The Undertaking of Lily Chen by Danica Novgorodoff, Deshi, a young man struggling to make a life for himself in rural China, accidentally kills his older brother in a fight. His parents send him, according to ancient Chinese tradition, on a journey to find an unwed female corpse to posthumously marry and be buried with his brother so he doesn't enter the next world alone. When Deshi meets Lily, he sees a solution to his problem, except Lily is still very much alive. The Undertaking of Lily Chen will be published by First Second on March 25.
Upcoming Comics Events: February 10, 2014

| 02/10/2014 @ 12:00PM

Ant Colony Book Signing in Baltimore, MD; Charles Soule in New York, NY; Prison Pit Book Five Release Party in Los Angeles, CA; .A. Zine Fest in Culver City, CA
Sequential Adds Enhanced SelfMadeHero Digital Graphic Novels

By Calvin Reid | 02/07/2014 @ 10:00AM

Sequential, a comics storefront app focused on literary graphic novels, has released a new version of the app with upgraded features in addition to offering three specially-enhanced titles from acclaimed U.K. comics publisher SelfMadeHero.
Andrews McMeel to Publish 'Reading With Pictures'

by Calvin Reid | 02/04/2014 @ 09:30AM

Reading With Pictures, a nonprofit initiative to promote the use of comics in the classroom, has reached an agreement with Andrews McMeel Publishing to publish RWP’s "The Graphic Textbook" in August 2014 via its AMP! Comics for Kids imprint.
Watterson Wins at Angoulême Festival

By Heidi MacDonald | 02/04/2014 @ 09:30AM

Calvin and Hobbes’ creator Bill Watterson won the 2014 Grand Prix, the top prize at the 41st annual Festival International de la Bande Desinée in Angoulême, France.
Upcoming Comics Events: February 3, 2013

| 02/03/2014 @ 12:00PM

Taipei International Comics and Animation Festival; Heroes Aren't Hard to Find Reception; Comic Con India 2014; Paper Jam Small Press Festival.
Marvel Launches API Program

By Calvin Reid | 01/31/2014 @ 04:00PM

Marvel has made an application programming interface available to developers interested in building digital applications around its comic book data and content.

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