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Viz Manga Now On Sale via Google Play

By Calvin Reid | 11/19/2013 @ 05:00PM

Continuing its efforts to make its digital manga catalog available through every online retail channel, manga publisher Viz Media is making its entire list of digital manga available for purchase through Google Play Books.
Upcoming Comics Events: November 18, 2013

Compiled by Matt White | 11/18/2013 @ 12:00PM

Thought Bubble 2013 in Leeds, United Kingdom; Vivek J. Tiwary Signing in New York, NY; Fata Morgana Release party in Los Angeles, CA; Wizard World Austin Comic Con in Austin, TX; VA Comicon in Richmond, VA.
Disney Expands Its Comics Program

By Heidi MacDonald | 11/13/2013 @ 02:00PM

In May, Disney Press will publish Space Mountain, its first original graphic novel under the Disney Comics label.
Cool Classic Comics from Craig Yoe

Calvin Reid and Casey Burchby | 11/13/2013 @ 02:00PM

Craig Yoe, publisher, graphic and toy designer, author and a passionate and entertaining comics historian, has done some career "hopscotching," but he has persistently returned to comics. He's also the founder of Yoe! Studios and, since 2010, Yoe Books! an IDW imprint under his direction.
Jules Feiffer Goes Noir In 'Kill My Mother'

by Calvin Reid | 11/13/2013 @ 01:00PM

In an exclusive interview with PW, the 84-year old Jules Feiffer talked about Kill My Mother, his first original graphic novel, slated to be published in August 2014 by the Liveright publishing division of W. W. Norton.
PW’s Best Children’s Books: Comics

| 11/13/2013 @ 12:00PM

This year, PW's Best Children's Books included a total of four graphic novels in its fiction and nonfiction categories.
Panel Mania: Maria M.

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/13/2013 @ 11:00AM

In Maria M. by Gilbert Hernandez, a woman comes to the U.S. from Latin America to escapes her shady past to find a new shady life in America. After a stint in the adult entertainment business, Maria marries a drug lord, however his son falls in love with her and watches over her like a guardian angle. While Maria M. is on one level a sexy pulp story, on the other it is a B-movie film adaptation of the life of Palomar character Luba's mother Maria. In which Luba plays her mother. Maria M. is published by Fantagraphics Books.
Alaxis Press To Publish ‘Obscure Cities’ Graphic Novels in English

By Calvin Reid | 11/13/2013 @ 09:00AM

Alaxis Press, a new venture launched by publishing veteran Stephen Smith, plans to begin publishing new English language editions of The Obscure Cities, a series of acclaimed graphic novels by Francois Schuiten and Benoit Peeters that depict a world of imaginary and architecturally fantastic city-states.
Panel Mania: Aquaman Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis

Compiled by Ada Price | 11/13/2013 @ 09:00AM

In Aquaman Vol. 3: Throne of Atlantis, an Atlantean army attacks the army from the sea led by Aquaman's brother Orm. As the Justice League defends the shores, Aquaman must decide whose side he is on. Aquaman Vol. 3 is written by Geoff Johns with art by Paul Pelletier and Ivan Reis.
Upcoming Comics Events: November 11, 2013

Compiled by Matt White | 11/11/2013 @ 12:00PM

FIQ International Comics Festival in Belo Horizonte, Brazil; Dare2Draw at ADC in New York, NY; The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Grand Opening Festival of Cartoon Art in Columbus, OH
Fans Swarm Comic Arts Brooklyn 2013

By Calvin Reid | 11/11/2013 @ 11:00AM

The first annual Comic Arts Brooklyn, a one-day festival of indie, small press and self-published comics, started slowly but by late Saturday morning fans began arriving in force. A successor to the popular but now defunct Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, CAB was jammed with fans throughout the day.
Photo Mania: Comic Arts Brooklyn 2013

| 11/11/2013 @ 12:00AM

Comic Arts Brooklyn is a new festival of independent, small press and self-published comics artists organized by Desert Island owner Gabe Fowler that has morphed out of a prevous indie comics show he helped to found, the Brooklyn Comics and Graphic Festival. Publishers Weekly was on hand at the one-day event in Williamsburg to capture images of the artists, publishers and fans attending the event.
Comic Arts Brooklyn Debuts in Williamsburg

by Beth Scorzato | 11/08/2013 @ 08:30AM

This weekend local indie comics shop Desert Island will host Comic Arts Brooklyn, a newly launched festival of independent comics creators, held at the Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
Fantagraphics Turns to Kickstarter to Fund its Spring 2014 List

By Calvin Reid | 11/06/2013 @ 10:00AM

In an unusual move driven by the need to address serious cash flow problems, Fantagraphics Books, an acclaimed independent comics publisher, is turning to Kickstarter to raise $150,000 in order to publish its entire Spring 2014 list of 39 titles.
CBLDF: First Responder to Censorship

By Calvin Reid | 11/01/2013 @ 07:00PM

"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."
Kodansha, Crunchyroll Talk Global 'Simulpub' Manga

By Deb Aoki | 11/01/2013 @ 09:30AM

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.
Viz Manga Now Available via Apple's iBooks Store

By Calvin Reid | 10/31/2013 @ 04:00PM

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.
Geek Girl Con Grows in Seattle

by Thalia Sutton | 10/31/2013 @ 09:30AM

Aimed at "female geeks," the Seattle-based Geek Girl Con experienced significant growth this year.
DC Entertainment Announces Relocation to Burbank

By Heidi MacDonald | 10/30/2013 @ 08:00AM

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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