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How Comics Help Students Retain Knowledge is a Growing Field of Study

by Heidi MacDonald | 02/12/2013 @ 11:00AM

A new study showing that comics help students recall verbatim knowledge is the latest in a growing field of study on how graphic novels can be used to aid in teaching and communication.
Upcoming Comics Events: 2/11/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 02/11/2013 @ 03:00PM

2/13 Kelly Sue DeConnick & Pete Woods "Avengers Assemble" Signing in Portland, OR; 2/21 Nicole Georges, Sally Madden and Monica Gallagher in Baltimore, MD; 2/23, 2/24 Scott McCloud's 2-Day Making Comics Class in Los Angeles, CA.
Marvel, Hyperion Plan Women’s Fiction Starring She-Hulk and Rogue

by Calvin Reid | 02/07/2013 @ 12:00AM

Marvel Entertainment and Hyperion Books, both owned by the Disney Company, are teaming up to produce two novels based on the popular female Marvel super heroines She-Hulk and Rogue.
Diamond Book Distributors Reports Double-Digit Gains in 2012

By Calvin Reid | 02/05/2013 @ 12:00AM

Diamond Book Distributors, a graphic novel and pop culture merchandise distributor, reports 2012 sales and revenue rose “in double digits across the board,” and that its returns for the year were down.
Upcoming Comics Events: 2/04/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 02/04/2013 @ 03:00PM

2/9 New Chuck Jones Art & Animation Exhibit in San Francisco, CA; 2/13 Kelly Sue DeConnick & Pete Woods "Avengers Assemble" Signing in Portland, OR; 2/23, 2/24 Scott McCloud's 2-Day Making Comics Class in Los Angeles, CA
Rep. John Lewis To Visit BEA, San Diego Comic-Con To Promote ‘March’

By Calvin Reid | 02/04/2013 @ 12:00AM

Slated for publication in August 2013 by Top Shelf Productions, March is a three volume graphic autobiography of longtime Congressman and legendary Civil Rights veteran John Lewis, that will be co-produced by Andrew Aydin, Lewis’ co-writer, and award-winning cartoonist Nate Powell.
Alvin Lu Leaves Viz Media

| 02/01/2013 @ 12:00AM

In an unexpected development, it has been reported by the pop culture news site ICv2.com that Alvin Lu, Viz Media executive v-p of publishing, has left the company.
Digital Comics Are Getting Cheaper

By Todd Allen | 01/31/2013 @ 10:00AM

Digital comics are in a transitional period as they enter the traditional world of e-books, with wider availability but total inconsistency in pricing.
DMI to Shut Down Digital Manga Direct

By Calvin Reid | 01/31/2013 @ 12:00AM

Digital Manga Inc., a California-based manga publishers specializing in the yaoi genre and digital delivery, announced plans to close Digital Manga Direct, its wholesale division. The move follows DMI’s announcement in November that it is suspending all of its print publication until June 2013, while continuing to offer digital editions of its publishing list.
Upcoming Comics Events: 1/28/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 01/28/2013 @ 03:00PM

2/3 Ming Doyle Signs Graphic Novel "Mara" in Boston, MA; 2/3 100th Issue of "Invincible" Party with Kirkman and Ottley in Sherman Oaks, CA; 2/9 New Chuck Jones Art & Animation Exhibit in San Francisco, CA.
Spring 2013 Announcements: Comics & Graphic Novels: Childhood Rediscovered

By Heidi MacDonald | 01/25/2013 @ 07:00PM

Although new works by Bryan Lee O’Malley and Paul Pope will come later in the year, early 2013 boasts two past winners of the PW Graphic Novel Critics Poll: Dash Shaw and Rutu Modan. One recurring theme of the Spring season’s best books is an examination of childhood: the momentary joys and terrors of an average child’s day told with the detachment and sympathy of passing time.
Upcoming Comics Events: 1/21/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 01/21/2013 @ 03:00PM

1/26 Rick Remender "Captain America" and "Uncanny Avengers" Signing in Huntingdon Beach, CA; 2/3 Ming Doyle Signs Graphic Novel "Mara" in Boston, MA; 2/9 New Chuck Jones Art & Animation Exhibit in San Francisco, CA.
Viz’s ‘Weekly Shonen Jump’ Debuts New Era of Simultaneous Releases

by Calvin Reid | 01/21/2013 @ 12:00AM

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.
DC Comics Looks to the Library Market in 2013

By Calvin Reid | 01/15/2013 @ 12:00AM

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.
Upcoming Comics Events: 1/14/2013

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 01/14/2013 @ 01:00PM

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.
Diamond Releases Top Graphic Novels Charts for 2012

| 01/09/2013 @ 11:00AM

Diamond Comics Distributors released its annual figures ranking the top performers in the direct market in 2012.
Ware's 'Building Stories' Tops PW Comics World's 2012 Graphic Novel Critics' Poll

By PW Staff | 01/09/2013 @ 09:00AM

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.
Panel Mania: Wonder Woman Vol. 2

Compiled by Ada Price | 01/09/2013 @ 12:00AM

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.
Panel Mania: Curses! Foiled Again

Compiled by Ada Price | 01/09/2013 @ 12:00AM

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.
Panel Mania: Northlanders Vol. 7

Compiled by Ada Price | 01/09/2013 @ 12:00AM

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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