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CBLDF: First Responder to Censorship
"We're first responders," said Charles Brownstein, executive director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund (CBLDF), an organization devoted to protecting the First Amendment rights of comics artists, publishers, retailers, librarians, and fans. "We continue to respond immediately to crises."
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Kodansha, Crunchyroll Talk Global 'Simulpub' Manga
Crunchyroll Manga is live and PW talked with Kodansha International's Tatsuya Morimoto and Crunchyroll's Robert Newman to get more details about this new worldwide digital comics publishing venture.
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Viz Manga Now Available via Apple's iBooks Store
Following recent deals to release the Viz Media manga catalogue on the Kindle and Comixology in Europe, Viz is now offering more than 1600 volumes of digital manga for sale through Apple’s iBookstore.
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Geek Girl Con Grows in Seattle
Aimed at "female geeks," the Seattle-based Geek Girl Con experienced significant growth this year.
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DC Entertainment Announces Relocation to Burbank
In a move that marks a huge change to the comics publishing landscape in New York, DC Entertainment announced to its employees that New York operations will be moved to Burbank in 2015.
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Frank Santoro’s Timeless Lovers, Lines and Ashes
Pittsburgh-based cartoonist Frank Santoro has become a major figure on the educational side of comics, and his latest book, Pompeii puts some of his theories into practice.
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Kodansha, Crunchyroll To Offer Digital Manga
Kodansha is teaming with Crunchyroll, an online platform offering legal access to streamed anime and manga, to digitally distribute 12 current Kodansha manga titles in English, via the Crunchyroll Manga platform starting on October 30.
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Upcoming Comics Events: October 28, 2013
Dean Haspiel in New York, NY; Lucca Comics and Games in Lucca, Italy; Hellboy/B.P.R.D. Discussion Group in Charlotte, NC; Stan Sakai in Portland, OR.
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Upcoming Comics Events: October 21, 2013
10/22: Chester Brown in Winnipeg; 10/25-10/27: MCM London Comic Con; 10/25-10/27: Detroit Fanfare Comic Con in; 10/26: Joe Sacco in London; 10/26: Kurtis J. Wiebe and Fiona Staples in Calgary
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Manga at New York Comic-Con 2013
Compared to years past when New York Comic Con had separate areas and programming tracks for content and guests from Japan, at this year’s show fans had to look a little harder to find the manga/anime at this largely Western pop culture/comics-centric show.
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Photo Mania: New York Comic Con 2013
New York Comic Con 2013 brought 133,000 fans to the Javits center for four days of comics, movies, gaming, TV and personal appearances by the top creative people in comics publishing and other media. We were there and brought back a few photographic images from the biggest pop culture convention on the East Coast.
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Kids' Comics Aren't Just for Kids at New York Comic-Con
One of the most noticeable trends at New York Comic-Con was the emergence of comics that are designed to appeal equally, if in different ways, to children and adults.
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Gene Yang’s ‘Boxers’ and ‘Saints’ Nominated for 2013 NBA
Gene Yang’s Boxers and Saints (First Second), an imaginative two-book fictional examination of the Chinese Boxer Rebellion, has been shortlisted for the National Book Award nomination for Young Peoples Literature. This is the second time a graphic novel has been nominated for the NBA for YPL.
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Comics Get Global at New York Comic-Con
With security and overcrowding issues of past years mostly resolved, New York Comic-Con actually managed to grow in 2013, with an announced attendance of 133,000—roughly the same number as attend July’s Comic-Con International in San Diego. That’s up from an announced 116,000 attendees in 2012.
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Upcoming Comics Events: October 14, 2013
10/14: Scott Snyder and Greg Capullo in New York, NY; 10/15: Cameron Stewart Signing in Halifax, NS, Canada; 10/18-10/20: Wizard World Nashville Comic Con in Nashville, TN; 10/19: KentCAF 2013 in Kent, Ohio
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Diamond Reports Number of Comics Shops Up 4% in 2013
The Diamond Retailer Breakfast held in conjunction with New York Comic-Con featured announcements of continuing strong sales in the comics shop market and the introduction of returnability from several comics publishers.
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Graphic Novels Rise 6% in Q3; Comixology, Viz Europe Ink Deal
The graphic novel market reported sales growth of 6% in the third quarter of 2013, according to the annual industry White Paper; and Comixology, the digital comics vendor and marketplace, announced a digital distribution agreement with Viz Media Europe and released some consumer data.
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Talking 'Titans' (and 'Sailor Moon') with RHPS's Dallas Middaugh
With the serialization of Sailor Moon wrapping up, Attack on Titan gaining momentum, and a new slate of manga coming in the fall, this seemed like a good time to talk to director of publishing services Dallas Middaugh about what the immediate future holds for Kodansha Comics.
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Boom! Studios and 20th Century Fox Ink First Look Pact for Movies and Comics
In a move that signals the growing importance of comics-based properties in the film world, LA –based publisher Boom! Studios and 20th Century Fox have signed what has been termed an “innovative” first look deal that will see Fox get first crack at Boom!’s comics, and Boom get a chance to develop Fox properties for the comics
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Graphicly Adds e-Book Conversion to Distribution Platform.
Graphicly, a platform for the distribution, storage and promotion of digital content, is launching a new SaaS (Software as a Service) tool that allows publishers to easily convert any document into the ePub3 or KF8 e-book format with a few simple clicks.
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