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Panel Mania: Barrel of Monkeys
Barrel of Monkeys is the first full length work published in English by the French comics duo Florent Ruppert and Jermoe Mulot, and it is also the debut book from the new avant-garde comics publisher Rebus Books. Barrel of Monkeys is a surrealistic dark comedy which employs innovative formal techniques.
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Panel Mania: Sumo
Scott is a washed-up football player who has also been abandoned by his girlfriend. When he is offered a position in a Japanese sumo training "stable," Scott embarks on a new chapter in his life. Sumo is written and drawn by Thien Pham, who also illustrated Gene Yang's Level Up. First Second will release Sumo in December.
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Comics Reviews—December
New books by Jonathan Hickman, Brecht Evens, Bryan Talbot and Chris Wright and Denise Mina are reviewed.
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Lerner's Carol Burrell to Move to Abrams ComicArts
Carol Burrell, editorial director of Lerner Graphic Universe since the comics and graphic novel imprint was launched in 2007, is leaving Lerner to take a senior editorial position at Abrams ComicArts and Amulet. Burrell will join Abrams in January to work with Abrams ComicArts executive director Charles Kochman.
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After a Strong 2012, DC Comics Looks Ahead
Looking back over a year of growth, DC Comics executives point to the continued popularity of The New 52, the wildly successful relaunch of its superhero universe, increased sales of print and digital comics, sales of its controversial Before Watchmen periodical series and a growing list of bestselling hardcover titles as the year comes to end.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 12/10/2012
12/15 Mike Mignola Hellboy Exhibit and Signing in Portland, OR; 12/19 David Petersen Signs "Mouse Guard" in Dallas, TX; 12/19 Darick Robertson "Happy" Signing in Santa Clara, CA
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Archie Does Art Book Collection In-House
After years of licensing the publication of its hardcover art book collections, Archie Comics is moving some hardcover production in-house and has just released its first title, The Art of Betty and Veronica.
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Marvel Announces Supersized Marvel NOW! Omnibus
Marvel will cap its Marvel NOW! relaunch effort in June with a Marvel Now! Onmibus, a 688-page behemoth reprinting all the first issues of the program.
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Steven Scott Named Publicity, Marketing Director at Archie Comics
Archie Comics has named Steven Scott director of publicity and marketing, responsible for directing the company’s public outreach and its social media and marketing strategies.
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Top Cow, iVerse Media Offer Free Digital Comics Previews
Digital content distributor Iverse Media is teaming with comics publisher Top Cow to offer fans free access to several Top Cow series recently relaunched with new storylines. Top Cow's "Try 'em Before you Buy ‘em Program," is giving out redemption codes that will let fans preview the comics free of charge.
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Trajectory Releases a Classics Illustrated Comics App
Trajectory, a Cambridge, Mass. e-publishing technology and distribution vendor, is releasing the Trajectory Classics App and relaunching its iconic line of Classics Illustrated digital comics as an app through the Apple app store.
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Karen Berger to Leave DC Comics' Vertigo Imprint in 2013
Karen Berger, executive editor of DC Comics’ Vertigo imprint and its director since the critically acclaimed comics imprint began in 1993, is stepping down and will leave the company in March 2013.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 12/03/2012
12/4 Comics Storytelling Intensive Class with Dean Haspiel in New York; 12/8 30 Years of Love and Rockets Party with the Hernandez Brothers in Seattle, WA; 12/15 Mike Mignola Hellboy Exhibit and Signing in Portland, OR
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'Symbolia,' iPad Journal of Multimedia Graphic Journalism, Debuts Today
Symbolia: The Tablet Magazine of Illustrated Journalism, a digital journal designed for the iPad that specializes in comics and illustrated nonfiction reports, debuts today in the App Store.
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Viz To Begin Simultaneous Manga Publication with Japan in January
Beginning January 21, 2013, Viz Media plans to completely synchronize the publication of Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha, its weekly English-language digital manga anthology, with the Japanese-language manga series it publishes.
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'The Phoenix' Cancels Karl Stevens' 'Failure' Comic; Reason is Disputed
Cartoonist Karl Stevens, author of three self-published graphic novels and a 2010 finalist for the L.A. Times Book Prize for graphic novels, is reporting that Failure, his quirky weekly online comic strip on the Boston Phoenix has been cancelled for insulting an advertiser. However, The Phoenix editor-in-chief Carly Carioli emphatically denies that’s the case.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 11/26/2012
11/27 Ellen Forney "Marbles" Discussion & Signing in San Francisco, CA; 12/1 "My Little Pony" Comic Release Party with Katie Cook & Andy Price in Anaheim, CA; 12/4 Comics Storytelling Intensive Class with Dean Haspiel in New York
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CBLDF Elects Griepp, Abraham; Marder Reelected President
Cartoonist Larry Marder has been reelected president of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit First Amendment watchdog organization protecting the interests of comics creators, retailers, librarians and fans.
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Comics, Prose, And Digital at Arch Enemy
As publishing conglomerates and technology firms become the dominant forces in an increasingly digital marketplace for the book and comics industries, opportunities are opening for smaller, more nimble independent media companies like Arch Enemy Entertainment.
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Panel Mania: Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland
In Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland, Bigby Wolf takes center stage. Bigby is on a journey through the American Heartland in search of a new location for Fabletown, when he stumbles across a small town named Story Town, which is populated by werewolves. While the inhabitants seem to know Bigby and revere him, they have also captured and caged him. Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland is written by Bill Willingham and will be released by Vertigo on November 14.
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