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Viz’s ‘Weekly Shonen Jump’ Debuts New Era of Simultaneous Releases
Manga publisher and anime distributor Viz Media embarked on a new era of simultaneous Japanese and English manga publishing January 21 after releasing the first issue of the renamed and redesigned Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha.
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DC Comics Looks to the Library Market in 2013
In a year that started with an agreement to add Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data to all of its graphic novel collections, DC Comics also reported that overall sales of its graphic novels to the library market grew by “double digits” in 2012 and the publisher is looking to continue that growth in 2013.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 1/14/2013
1/18 Ryan Stegman Signs "Superior Spider-Man #1" in Orlando, FL; 1/18-1/20 Animate! Miami in Miami, FL; 1/26 Rick Remender "Captain America" and "Uncanny Avengers" Signing in Huntingdon Beach, CA.
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Diamond Releases Top Graphic Novels Charts for 2012
Diamond Comics Distributors released its annual figures ranking the top performers in the direct market in 2012.
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Ware's 'Building Stories' Tops PW Comics World's 2012 Graphic Novel Critics' Poll
File under the totally expected: Chris Ware's amazing Building Stories has topped the seventh annual PW Comics World Critics' Poll for best graphic novels of 2012.
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Panel Mania: Wonder Woman Vol. 2
Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Guts collects the New 52 storyline of Wonder Woman. Hades kidnaps Zola and traps her in the underworld, and Wonder Woman, with the help of the God of Love and the God of Smiths, is determined to break her out. Wonder Woman Vol. 2: Guts is written by Brian Azzarello and illustrated by Cliff Chiang; it will be released by DC Comics on January 15.
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Panel Mania: Curses! Foiled Again
Curses! Foiled Again is the sequel to Foiled (2010), written by the bestselling YA prose writer Jane Yolen and illustrated by Mike Cavallaro. Aliera Carstairs is the hereditary defender of the fairy kingdom Seelie, which is under attack and only Aliera and her cousin Caroline can save it. Curses! Foiled Again was published by First Second in January.
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Panel Mania: Northlanders Vol. 7
In Northlanders Vol. 7: The Icelandic Trilogy, writer Brian Wood weaves together the decades spanning crime drama of the Hauksson clan with Ulf Hauksson taking over his clan's settlement in a new land and a violent civil war years later. This is the final story arc in the series which explores the bloody origins of Iceland. Northlanders Vol. 7 is illustrated by Massimo Carnevale and will be released in January by Vertigo Comics.
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Panel Mania: 7 Miles a Second
7 Miles a Second was written by the legendary East Village artist David Wojnarowicz during the last years of his life before his AIDS related death in 1992. It was originally published by DC's Vertigo imprint in 1996 and follows his childhood hustling on the streets of Manhattan, through his adult life with AIDS, and his anger with the indifference of the government and health agencies. 7 Miles a Second is illustrated by James Romberger and colored by Marguerite Van Cook.
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Titan Books To Launch Titan Comics Imprint
U.K. comics and pop culture publisher Titan Books is launching Titan Comics, a new comics and graphic novel imprint, featuring both original creator-owned material and classic reissues published as both monthly periodicals, complete and collected graphic novels and digital editions.
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Lerner Names Karre, Hinz Interim Directors of Graphic Universe
Lerner Publishing Group announced that Andrew Karre, editorial director of the Lerner imprints Carolrhoda Books and Darby Creek, and Carol Hinz, editorial director of Lerner’s Millbrook Press, have been named interim co-directors of Graphic Universe, Lerner’s graphic novel imprint.
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ShiftyLook Uses Free Web Comics and Games to Build an Audience
The Japanese videogame giant Namco Bandai is giving the freemium model a try with their new Web comics site, ShiftyLook.
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Remembering David: A Graphic Tribute: James Romberger and Marguerite Van Cook
"It's been difficult at times, emotionally, to continue to revisit a good friend's death and have it in your life all the time," says Marguerite Van Cook, who, with her husband, James Romberger, created the graphic memoir 7 Miles a Second (Fantagraphics), about their friend, the late artist David Wojnarowicz.
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DC Comics Promotes Harras and Kanalz
DC Entertainment has promoted Bob Harras to senior v-p, editor-in-chief, DC Comics and Hank Kanalz, formerly senior v-p of digital at DC Comics, has been promoted to senior v-p of Vertigo and integrated publishing.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 12/31/2012
1/5 Jonathan Luna Signs "Star Bright and the Looking Glass" in Annapolis, MD; 1/9 Brian Wood "Star Wars #1" Release Party and Trivia Game in New York, NY; 1/12 Center for Cartoon Studies Portfolio Day at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco, CA
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Nobrow Press to Launch Children's Imprint in 2013
U.K.-based indie graphic novel publisher Nobrow Press is launching Flying Eye Books, a children's book imprint.
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New Wimpy Kid Crosses 1 Million Copies Sold
Book seven of Jeff Kinney's Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, The Third Wheel, has passed the million mark in physical copies sold, according to Nielsen BookScan. The book will end the year as the #6 bestselling book of the year, placing behind only the Fifty Shades trilogy, Catching Fire, and Mockingjay.
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DC Comics Names Shelly Bond to Head Vertigo
DC Entertainment has promoted longtime Vertigo editor Shelly Bond to executive editor of its Vertigo imprint, succeeding former senior v-p and executive editor Karen Berger, who is stepping down after directing Vertigo for nearly 20 years.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 12/17/2012
12/19 David Petersen Signs "Mouse Guard" in Dallas, TX; 12/19 Darick Robertson "Happy" Signing in Santa Clara, CA; 12/27 Dan Slott & Stephanie Buscema at "Amazing Spider-Man" Finale in New York, NY.
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Dave Sim Brings Cerebus into the Digital Age
In November, Diamond Digital, the digital comics program of Diamond Comic Distributors, began releasing all 25 chapters of Cerebus: High Society, the second volume of Dave Sim’s (and artist Gerhard’s) groundbreaking self-published graphic novel series, on a weekly basis that will continue through March 2013. This is the latest of several publishing moves around Sim and the Cerebus series.
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