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'Miss Peregrine's Home' Goes Graphic

By Matt White | 04/11/2013 @ 03:00PM

In March, Yen Press debuted the first chapter of its graphic novel adaptation of Ransom Riggs's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, with art by illustrator Cassandra Jean.
Seven Seas Manga: Small, Nimble and Growing

By Brigid Alverson | 04/10/2013 @ 02:30PM

Seven Seas Entertainment launched in 2004 with a line of Original English Language manga and started licensing Japanese titles the following year. Over the last three years their sales have tripled.
Radical Returns To Publishing Behind Upcoming Film Slate

By Heidi MacDonald | 04/10/2013 @ 02:00PM

With two new movies based on their graphic novels coming out—including next week’s Oblivion—Radical Studios is poised to make a return to publishing and an entrance to digital.
Analysis: Marvel NOW Has a Sales Retention Problem

By Todd Allen | 04/10/2013 @ 01:00PM

Although Marvel NOW's #1 issues have launched at high levels, sales of subsequent issues have slid fairly quickly.
Photo Mania: The MoCCA Arts Festival 2013

| 04/10/2013 @ 12:00PM

The MoCCA Arts Festival, the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art's annual indie and self-published comics festival, returns under new management by the Society of Illustrators. PW Comics World was there and brought back some fantastic images from the show.
Kids Comic Con Returns May 11 to Bronx Community College

By Calvin Reid | 04/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

The seventh annual Kids Comic Con will kick off on May 11 with more than 30 exhibitors, including Viz Media, Papercutz, Archie Comics, Jim Henson/Sesame Street and Scholastic Book Fairs, in addition to a slate of panels, film screenings and hands-on workshops on creating comics.
Dark Horse Celebrates 25 Years Publishing Manga

By Brigid Alverson | 04/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

When Dark Horse first started publishing manga in 1988, the manga market in the U.S. wasn't small, it was microscopic.
Panel Mania: Punk Rock Jesus

Compiled by Ada Price | 04/10/2013 @ 12:00AM

Punk Rock Jesus is written and illustrated by Sean Murphy, the artist of Joe the Barbarian and American Vampire: Survival of the Fittest. In the near future, a new reality show has an unlikely celebrity, a clone of Jesus Christ. He causes an outrage on a reality TV series, J2, and then as rebellious teenager when he joins a punk rock band. Punk Rock Jesus is published by Vertigo.
Panel Mania: Dial H Vol. 1

Compiled by Ada Price | 04/09/2013 @ 12:00AM

Written by the Hugo Award-winning novelist China Mieville, Dial H Vol. 1: Into You is set in the the town of Littleville, CO, where a troubled young man stumbles upon the lost H-Dial and the the power it possesses. Dial H Vol. 1: Into You will be released by DC Comics on April 17 in comic book stores and on April 23 in bookstores everywhere.
Upcoming Comics Events: 4/08/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 04/08/2013 @ 02:00PM

4/9 Jane Esperson & Brad Bell "Husbands" Signing in New York, NY; 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
The MoCCA Arts Fest Returns Under New Management

By Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald | 04/08/2013 @ 01:00PM

The MoCCA Arts Festival, The Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art’s annual celebration of small press and self-published comics, opened over the weekend at the historic Lexington Avenue Armory to exhibitors and crowds of several thousand fans anxious to see a show revamped and under new management.
Panel Mania: New School

Compiled by Ada Price | 04/08/2013 @ 12:00AM

From Dash Shaw, the author of Bodyworld and Bottomless Belly Button, New School follows Danny, a young boy who moves to an exotic land and becomes infatuated with the unfamiliar culture, which changes to disillusionment.
Panel Mania: Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes

Compiled by Ada Price | 04/08/2013 @ 12:00AM

In the city of Red Wheelbarrow, Detective Gould, the world's greatest detective, catches every criminal in the city. However, a rash of random and eccentric crimes has him stumped. There are strange crimes such as the compulsive chair thief, a novelist who uses stolen signs to write her magnum opus, and a photographer who documents people's most anguished personal moments. Red Handed: The Fine Art of Strange Crimes is by Max Kindt and will be released by First Second on May 7.
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.

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