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Manga 2013: A Smaller, More Sustainable Market

By Brigid Alverson | 04/05/2013 @ 07:00PM

The manga market may be smaller than it was five years ago, but a substantial fanbase remains. Publishers are optimistic that the decline has come to an end, that long-awaited digital initiatives are attracting readers, and that the manga market is stabilizing at a new, sustainable level.
Upcoming Comics Events: 4/01/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 04/04/2013 @ 03:00PM

4/2 Jane Esperson & Brad Bell "Husbands" Signing in Los Angeles, CA; 4/10 "Man of Steel vs. Orson Scott Card" with David Gerrold, Danny Fingeroth & More in New York, NY; 4/14 Lucy Knisley "Relish" Signing in San Francisco, CA
DeviantART Partners With Madefire For Comics/Storytelling Platform

By Todd Allen | 04/02/2013 @ 08:00AM

DeviantART, the online artists’ community, has entered into a strategic partnership with Madefire, the comics software/publishing hybrid known for its Motion Books publishing platform and iOS app.
JManga Shuts Down: Robert Newman Answers Some Questions

By Brigid Alverson | 04/01/2013 @ 12:00AM

On May 30, Jmanga.com, a site organized by Japanese publishers to offer paid legal access to digital manga, will shut down and its members will lose access to any manga they purchased through the site. PW was able to talk to Robert Newman, JManga’s former business manager, who answered some, though not all, questions about the site.
Papercutz, Stardoll Ink Deal to Produce Graphic Novel Series

By Calvin Reid | 03/30/2013 @ 12:00AM

Papercutz and teen girl online community Stardoll are teaming up to produce a series of graphic novels about a group of friends trying to make it in the fashion business.
Archie’s Kevin Keller Gets a Novel

By Calvin Reid and Ada Price | 03/29/2013 @ 12:00AM

Veteran comics writer Paul Kupperberg—who created the wildly popular issue of the Life with Archie magazine in which Kevin Keller, Archie Comics’ groundbreaking gay character, marries his partner—is releasing a new prose novel, Kevin, through Penguin’s Grosset & Dunlap children’s imprint on April 18.
Marvel, Warren Ellis Team To Launch Line of Original Graphic Novels

By Heidi MacDonald | 03/27/2013 @ 04:00PM

Marvel Comics is launching a new line of original graphic novels starting with Avengers: Endless Wartime by Warren Ellis and Mike McKone for release in October.
DBD to Distribute Gen Manga Titles to Book Trade

By Calvin Reid | 03/27/2013 @ 12:00AM

Gen Manga, a digital and print publisher specializing in Japanese indie manga, has signed with Diamond Book Distributors for print distribution to the book trade.
Panel Mania:Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within

Compiled by Ada Price | 03/27/2013 @ 12:00AM

During the Day Sabrina Spellman is your average teenage girl at Greendale High, where she has a crush on Harvey on the basketball team. However, at night Sabrina enters a magic realm where she attends a charm school to learn witchcraft with a handsome and mysterious boy Shinji. Sabrina the Teenage Witch: The Magic Within is written and illustrated by Tania del Rio and is published by Archie Comics.
Upcoming Comics Events: 3/25/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 03/25/2013 @ 03:00PM

3/26 Bill Willingham "Fables" Signing and Stumptown Kickoff Party in Portland, OR; 3/29 Becky Cloonan "Demo Vol. 2" Discussion and Signing in New York, NY; 4/02 Jane Esperson & Brad Bell "Husbands" Signing in Los Angeles, CA
Frederator Hires David Wilk To Run New E-book Unit

By Calvin Reid | 03/25/2013 @ 12:00AM

Animation house Frederator is launching Frederator Books, a digital publishing imprint with plans to release 100 digital titles in 2013 and brought in publishing and distribution veteran David Wilk to direct the line of Kids illustrated e-books.
Chicago Board of Education Defends 'Persepolis' Ban

By Claire Kirch | 03/21/2013 @ 12:00AM

In a letter sent to free speech advocates yesterday, a lawyer for the Chicago Board of Education defended the restrictions on students' access to Persepolis.
Protests Continue Over 'Persepolis' Ban

By Claire Kirch | 03/19/2013 @ 10:00AM

The controversy over the Chicago Public Schools restricting access to Marjane Satrapi’s memoir continues to roil the nation’s third largest school district.
Upcoming Comics Events: 3/18/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 03/18/2013 @ 03:00PM

3/20 Wertham Discussion and History with Carol Tilley, Danny Fingeroth and More in New York, NY; 3/26 Bill Willingham "Fables" Signing and Stumptown Kickoff Party in Portland, OR; 3/29 Becky Cloonan "Demo Vol. 2" Discussion and Signing in New York, NY
Digtal Manga Portal JManga.com Abruptly Shuts Down

By Calvin Reid | 03/15/2013 @ 12:00AM

JManga.com, a digital manga retail site organized by the Japanese Digital Comics Association, comprised of 39 of Japan’s biggest manga publishers, will be shut down for good effective May 30. Manga purchased at the site cannot be downloaded and will be lost completely to the purchaser after that date.
Chicago Schools Restrict Access to 'Persepolis'

By Claire Kirch | 03/15/2013 @ 12:00AM

Chicago Public Schools is under fire for pulling from classrooms Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi’s coming-of-age memoir of her youth in Iran.
Panel Mania: Jerusalem

Compiled by Ada Price | 03/13/2013 @ 03:00PM

Jerusalem follows three generations of a family through chaos, war, and nation making from 1940 to 1948. Author film-maker Boaz Yakin's family lived through this time and were caught in the same turmoil as the characters he has written. It is illustrated by Nick Bertozzi. Jerusalem will be released by First Second in April.
SelfMadeHero Leading the New British Invasion of Graphic Novels

by Casey Burchby | 03/13/2013 @ 02:00PM

Although it may not quite be the contemporary equivalent of the British Invasion, the UK graphic novel publisher SelfMadeHero is certainly proof that the global comics market is growing in both size and range.
Crater XV

Compiled by Ada Price | 03/13/2013 @ 01:00PM

Crater XV is the follow up to Kevin Cannon's comic Far Arden. The Hero Army Shanks is mixed up in everything from swashbuckling adventure to abandoned moon bases. Along with Shanks on his adventures is the plucky teenager Wendy Byrd who wants nothing more than off the face of the Earth. Crater XV will be published by Top Shelf in April.
SXSW 2013: Marvel, Comixology and the Growth of Digital Comics

By Calvin Reid | 03/13/2013 @ 12:00PM

Comics were easy to spot at this years SXSW with high profile appearances by Comixology and Marvel as well as cartoonists Matthew Inman delivering a keynote address and Ted Rall offering a short presentation on models of syndication for political cartoonists.

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