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Archie Comics Grows Book Side

By Calvin Reid | 05/11/2013 @ 12:00AM

Like most comics publishers, Archie Comics, home to America’s favorite fictional redheaded teenager, has historically focused its distribution on newsstand sales and the comics specialty market.
Not Your Parents’ Sex Manual

By Calvin Reid | 05/11/2013 @ 12:00AM

Originally launched as a print zine that invoked the legacy of 1970s feminist underground comix, Not Your Mother's Meatloaf: A Sex Education Comic Book is a quirky but serious anthology that brings together candid personal commentary in the form of minicomics aimed at educating young people about sex and sexuality.
Bob Fingerman Talks to Robert Kirkman about ‘Maximum Minimum Wage’

Robert Kirkman | 05/08/2013 @ 02:30PM

Walking Dead creator Robert Kirkman talks with Bob Fingerman about Minimum Wage, his semi-autobiographical comic about the lives of Sylvia and Rob in an ultra-realistic New York City, now republished, in all its hilariously demented glory, in an oversized edition called Maximum Minimum Wage, just out from Image Comics.
Abrams ComicArts to Publish Adaptation of Octavia Butler’s ‘Kindred'

By Calvin Reid | 05/08/2013 @ 02:30PM

Abrams ComicArts plans to publish a comics adaptation of renowned science-fiction author Octavia Butler’s acclaimed novel, Kindred, and noted that the book will be edited by newly hired senior editor Carol Burrell, who was originally chosen to adapt and draw the adaptation herself for another publisher back in 2009.
Control Freak: The Prickly, Hostile World of Michael DeForge

by James Romberger | 05/08/2013 @ 02:00PM

Michael DeForge is one of the most striking and popular talents in alternative comics, as evidenced by his two Eisner nominations this year; in conversation with James Romberger, he reveals the secrets of his intense personal world.
Fantagraphics Books Grows, Looks to Digital

By Casey Burchby | 05/08/2013 @ 12:00AM

Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books has grown from publishing only The Comics Journal, an often controversial monthly publication focused on news of the comics industry and criticism of the comics medium, into one of the foremost publishers of comics, graphic novels and related works in the world.
New from Akashic: ‘Simon’s Cat,’ Uglytown’s ‘By the Balls’

By Calvin Reid | 05/03/2013 @ 07:00PM

Looking for a repeat of its surprise picture book bestseller, Go the F**k to Sleep, Akashic publisher Johnny Temple is touting two new books with strong graphic components.
Dublin’s James Joyce Center Licenses Web Rights to ‘Ulysses Seen’

by Calvin Reid | 05/01/2013 @ 09:30PM

In what may be the beginnings of a new business model for supporting long-form serious comics narratives, Rob Berry, creator of Ulysses Seen, the comics adaptation of James Joyce’s masterpiece, has licensed the graphic work to the James Joyce Center in Dublin, Ireland, for online display.
Artists Alley is the Winner at C2E2

By Heidi MacDonald | 04/29/2013 @ 04:00PM

In the era of social media and crowdfunding, individual artists seemed to do the best at this year's C2E2 in Chicago.
Upcoming Comics Events: 4/29/2013

| 04/29/2013 @ 03:00PM

5/1 Iron Man and the Avengers at 50 in New York, NY; 5/4 Free Comic Book Day; 5/11-5/12 Toronto Comics Arts Festival in Toronto, Canada
DC Publishes Guide to Its Graphic Novel Backlist

By Calvin Reid | 04/27/2013 @ 12:00AM

Looking to provide info to retailers, librarians, and consumers interested in its book-format comics, DC Comics is publishing the DC Entertainment Essential Graphic Novels and Chronology 2013, a 121-page reading guide and index to the publisher’s extensive backlist of collected and original graphic novels.
Comics Specialty Market Continues to Grow

by Heidi MacDonald | 04/26/2013 @ 09:00AM

The comics specialty market was up 29% over last year in the first quarter, according to figures released at the 2013 Diamond Retailer Summit in Chicago.
Dark Horse Digital Store Marks 2 Years; Adds Dynamite Digital Comics

By Calvin Reid | 04/24/2013 @ 10:00AM

Dark Horse Digital, Dark Horse Comics’ standalone online comics store and reader-app, announced plans to add Dynamite Entertainment titles to its inventory, the first non-Dark Horse titles to be offered through the retail site.
Corsetto Goes Long Form with 'Adventure Time'

by Shannon O'Leary | 04/23/2013 @ 04:00PM

Popular webcomic creator Danielle Corsetto talks about adapting to the world of graphic novels with Adventure Time: Playing With Fire.
Upcoming Comics Events: 4/22/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 04/22/2013 @ 03:00PM

4/25 Gabrielle Bell and Boulet Live at the Society of Illustrators in New York, NY; 5/1 Iron Man and the Avengers at 50 in New York, NY; 5/4 Free Comic Book Day
Sammy Harkham Wins L.A. Times Graphic Novel Award

| 04/22/2013 @ 12:30PM

Sammy Harkham’s Everything Together: Collected Stories (PictureBox) has been awarded the L.A Times Book Prize for Graphic Novels.
Chris Ware, Fantagraphics Top 2013 Eisner Award Nominees

By Calvin Reid | 04/17/2013 @ 11:30AM

The 2013 Eisner Award nominations were highlighted by Chris Ware's Building Stories, nominated in five categories including Best New Graphic Novel, and Fantagraphics Books, which led all publishers with 24 nominations. The Eisner Comic Industry Awards honor the best in comics and graphic novel publishing and are presented each year at the San Diego Comic-con International.
Upcoming Comics Events: 4/15/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 04/15/2013 @ 03:00PM

4/17 New York in Comics Panel with Al Jaffee, Danny Fingeroth & More in New York, NY; 4/20-4/21 LA Times Festival of Books with Hope Larson, Derek Kirk Kim et al in Los Angeles, CA; 4/25 Gabrielle Bell and Boulet Live at the Society of Illustrators in New York, NY
'My Little Pony' Leads Kids' Comics Charge

By Shannon O’Leary | 04/12/2013 @ 07:00PM

Kids' comics were a vital piece of the comics industry's nearly 15% overall sales increase in 2012.

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