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Comic-Con: Fantagraphics to Release Love & Rockets e-Books via Comixology
Fantagraphics Books announced an agreement with digital vendor Comixology at the San Diego Comic-con International to release the first four issues of the Hernandez brothers’ Love and Rockets New Stories in digital editions for the iPad.
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Comic-Con: Yen Press to Publish Comics Adaptation of 'Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children'
At a panel at the San Diego Comic-Con International, Hachette Book Group graphic novel imprint Yen Press announced plans to publish a graphic novel adaptation of Ransom Riggs's bestselling novel, Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children in 2013.
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Archaia’s ‘Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand’ Takes Home Three Eisner Awards
Archaia grabbed three Eisner Awards for Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand—the book's artist Ramon Perez took home Eisners for best graphic book-new and best penciller and Eric Skillman won for the book’s design—at the 24th annual Will Eisner Comics Industry Awards, held at the San Diego Comic-con International last night.
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Comic-Con: Digital Distribution, Crowdfunding and More Neil Gaiman
Digital distribution continued to make news at the San Diego Comic-con with a a new comics-specific crowdfunding venture from iVerse, digital first titles from Archaia and e-book news from Abrams ComicsArt, Viz Media and digital vendor Comixology.
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SDCC 2012: Abrams ComicsArts Goes Digital with Comixology
Abrams ComicsArts used its panel at this year’s San Diego Comic-Con International to announce an agreement with digital vendor Comixology to begin digital distribution of its graphic novel and graphic nonfiction titles. Abrams ComicsArts will launch its digital program with four full-length graphic novels and one Art book, with more titles to come.
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SDCC 2012: Viz Media Expands Digital Manga to Android Smartphones
Manga publisher and anime distributor Viz Media confirmed plans to expand its digital manga program to the Android operating system for smartphones today at its panel at the San Diego Comic-Con international.
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GEN Manga, Editora Abril Ink Deal for Print Distribution in Brazil
GEN Manga, a print and digital publishing venture specializing in doujinshi, or Japanese self-published and indie manga titles, announced an agreement with Editora Abril to distribute its titles in print in Brazil. Portuguese versions of GEN Manga titles will be available in Brazil beginning this summer.
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Preview Night at San Diego Comic-Con International 2012
It’s the biggest pop culture event in North America and preview night at the San Diego Comic-con International, held from 6 pm to 9 pm the night before the show opens, is easily one of the biggest opening nights in entertainment.
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Nate Powell Tabbed to Draw Rep. John Lewis’ Graphic Autobio
Nate Powell, Ignatz and Eisner award-winning graphic novelist, has been chosen to be the artist for the forthcoming March, a graphic autobiography of U.S. Congressman John Lewis, a former SNCC chairman and legendary veteran of the Civil Rights Movement. The announcement was made today at the San Diego Comic-con and the historical graphic work will be published by Top Shelf sometime in late 2013.
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Is Kickstarter the #2 Graphic Novel Publisher?
Kickstarter now generates so much funding for graphic novels, its place in the industry needs to be discussed in terms of revenue, not pieces published, and there’s an argument that it might effectively be the #2 U.S. graphic novel publisher.
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What To Do at the San Diego Comic-con International
You say you’re going to the San Diego Comic-con International, held July 11-15 at the San Diego Convention Center, and want a little guidance on what to see? PW Comics World is here for you with a listing of a few choice panels and presentations at this year’s show.
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Kevin Huizenga’s ‘Gloriana’: Glenn Ganges, Euphoria and the Uncertainty of Life
Kevin Huizenga’s newest book is Gloriana, a collection of four early Glenn Ganges stories that combine humor and impressionistic speculation using an overlapping narrative structure. Gloriana has just been published by Drawn and Quarterly.
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Amanda Moon Takes Over Hill & Wang’s Novel Graphics Imprint
Farrar Straus Giroux/Hill & Wang’s Novel Graphics, a line of serious nonfiction comics is now under the editorial direction of Amanda Moon, named to head the imprint after H&W publisher and Novel Graphics founder Thomas LeBien left for a new position at Simon & Schuster at the end of 2011.
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Panel Mania: God and Science: The Return of Ti-Girls
Originally serialized in Love and Rockets: New Stories, acclaimed cartoonist Jaime Hernandez's "Ti-Girl Adventures" features new characters, older side character from Jaime's universe, and well known character's such as Peggy Century and Angel, Maggie's roommate and an aspiring super-heroine. God and Science: Return of the Ti-Girls will be released in July by Fantagraphics.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 7/9/2012
7/11-7/14 Trickster in San Diego, CA; 7/12, 7/14 CBLDF Welcome Party and Art Auction, San Diego, CA; 7/19 "No Straight Lines: Four Decades of Queer Comics" Release Party San Francisco, CA
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Comics Reviews: July 2012
New books by Chris Ware, Harvey Pekar, new Juanjo Guarnido, Ellen Forney, and Joe Sacco make it another great month for graphic novels.
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Super Folk: Marvel NOW, Fall DC Updates, Diamond Digital Launches, June Sales
This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World’s superhero news hub, Marvel NOW shakes things up this fall, DC Comics’ upcoming titles, annuals and creator changes, new from Dark Horse, Image and Boom, Diamond Digital Launches and June Sales.
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Diamond, iVerse Set to Launch Diamond Digital Service For Comics Shops
After more than a year of beta testing, delays and at least three layoffs, Diamond Comics Distributors and digital comics vendor iVerse Media announced plans to launch Diamond Digital, a digital storefront service that will allow comic shop retailers to sell downloads of digital comics, on July 23
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Panel Mania: Wizzywig
Wizzywig follows Kevin "Boingthump" Phenicle, a genius hacker whose exploits are hotly debated from his experiments with phones as a kid to his run-ins with the FBI as an adult. Creator Ed Piskor drew on the stories of real life hackers for inspiration for the character and story. Wizzywig will be released by Top Shelf in July.
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Panel Mania: Bloody Chester
Chester Kates is a skinny teenage orphan fighting to survive in a gruesome, filthy, disease-ridden old west. He is hired to burn down a ghost town to make way for a railroad, however there are three living residents who refuse to leave. Bloody Chester is written by JT Petty and illustrated by Hilary Florido and will be released by First Second in July.



