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Super Folk: DC’s Outed Hero, Digital News, New from Image, Dark Horse, IDW, and More

By Matt White | 06/05/2012 @ 12:00AM

This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World's superhero news central, DC Comics’ gay character revealed, new and series from Image, Dynamite, IDW, Hermes, digital news: a Kickstarter for Cerebus, Marvel news, and more.
Upcoming Comics Events: 6/04/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 06/04/2012 @ 02:00PM

6/7 Chip Kidd "Batman: Death By Design" Signing in New York, NY; 6/13 Aline Kominsky-Crumb & Dominque Sapel at MoCCA in New York, NY; 6/13-6/17 Denver Comic Con & Literary Conference in Denver, CO.
Midtown Comics Opens in FAO Schwarz

| 06/01/2012 @ 12:00AM

Midtown Comics, which has been in Manhattan's central neighborhood since 1997, is opening a store inside FAO Schwarz's Fifth Avenue location. The retail spot will feature graphic novels, hardcovers, apparel, collectibles and other items.
Yen Press Plans Graphic Novels Based on Monster Galaxy Videogame

| 05/31/2012 @ 12:00AM

Yen Press, the Hachette Book Group’s manga and graphic novel imprint, has reached an agreement with social gaming publisher Gaia Interactive to create a series of graphic novels based on GI’s popular Monster Galaxy videogame franchise.
Super Folk: Marvel’s Same-Sex Wedding, DC Rumors, Digital News, National Cartoonist and Eagle Awards

By Matt White | 05/29/2012 @ 12:00AM

This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World’s superhero news roundup, X-Men’s gay wedding, gay speculation from DC, Boom Studios, digital updates, the National Cartoonist Society, Eagle Awards, and more.
Upcoming Comics Events: 5/28/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 05/28/2012 @ 02:00PM

5/30 "Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist" Screening in Pittsburgh, PA; 6/2 Patric Reynolds Art Opening at Things from Another World in Portland, OR; 6/7 Chip Kidd "Batman: Death By Design" Signing in New York, NY.
Occupying Democracy: Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco

By Casey Burchby | 05/25/2012 @ 07:00PM

Individually, journalists Chris Hedges and Joe Sacco have reported from some of the world's most chaotic war zones, including Bosnia, Gaza, and Iraq. In their first book-length collaboration, Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt (Nation Books, June), Hedges's words and Sacco's pictures form a mosaic portrait of the United States at a low point of economic dysfunction.
Andrews McMeel to Launch AMP! Comics for Kids Line at BEA

By Calvin Reid | 05/24/2012 @ 10:00AM

Andrews McMeel Publishing, a humor, comics strip collections, giftbook and nonfiction house, is launching AMP! Comics for Kids, a line of paperback graphic novel stories aimed at middle grade readers.
Panel Mania: Best of Sonic the Hedgehog

| 05/24/2012 @ 12:00AM

In this excerpt from the new hardcover collection, Best of Sonic the Hedge, Sonic wants to be turned into a robot to fight Dr. Robotnik, but Princess Sally rejects the risky scheme. The Best of Sonic the Hedgehog will be published this month by Archie Comics.
The University of Chicago Hosts a Gem of a Comics Conference

By Erich Beasley | 05/23/2012 @ 12:00AM

An amazing comics convention took place at the University of Chicago. Comics: Philosophy & Practice, hosted by the Richard and Mary L. Gray Center of Art and Inquiry, featured such acclaimed and subversive artists as R. Crumb, punk cartoonist Gary Panter, graphic memoirist Alison Bechdel and comics giant Art Spiegelman, to name just a few.
Trajectory Releases Classic Illustrated Digital Comics on Kobo

By Calvin Reid | 05/23/2012 @ 12:00AM

After announcing it will release more than 120 Classics Illustrated comics as e-books on the Apple platform, Trajectory is now releasing the line through the Kobo e-bookstore and the 7-inch Kobo Vox tablet e-reader.
Super Folk: New from IDW, BOOM, and Dynamite, Digital DC, Kapow! Con and the Glyph and Stan Lee Awards

By Matt White | 05/22/2012 @ 12:00AM

This week Super Folk, PWCW’s superhero news rundown, looks at new series from IDW, Dynamite, Image and BOOM, DC’s online store, the Kapow! Con and the Glyph and Stan Lee Awards.
Upcoming Comics Events: 5/21/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 05/21/2012 @ 02:00PM

5/22, 5/23 Francoise Mouly & Art Spiegelman Discuss "Blown Covers" Live in New York; 5/23 Epic of Gilgamesh Release Party Portland, OR; 5/30 "Will Eisner: Portrait of a Sequential Artist" Screening in Pittsburgh, PA
Trajectory To Publish Original Classics Illustrated Comics in Digital Formats

By Calvin Reid | 05/17/2012 @ 12:00AM

Trajectory Inc., a Boston-based e-book and app developer and publisher, has acquired the digital rights to the original Classics Illustrated comics and will release the works as downloadable digital comics for the iPad, iPhone and iPod touch.
Super Folk: Marvel’s “First X-Men,” DC Annuals, Hellboy in Hell, New Series from IDW and Dynamite

By Matt White | 05/16/2012 @ 12:00AM

This week in Super Folk, PW Comics World's superhero news column, looks at Marvel’s First X-Men, an Avengers villain, upcoming DC Comics annuals, new Hellboy, Joe Shuster Awards Nominations, and more.
How Cartoon Network Became a Haven for Some of the Best Independent Comic Book Creators Working Today

By Shannon O'Leary | 05/15/2012 @ 12:30PM

The spirit of indie comics has not only influenced some of the Cartoon Network's biggest recent hits—it's led to a wave of indie cartoonists moving into the animation field on shows including Adventure Time and Regular Show.
Upcoming Comics Events: 05/14/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 05/15/2012 @ 10:00AM

5/16 Jeffrey Brown Darth Vader & Son Signing in San Francisco, CA; 5/18-5/20 University of Chicago's "Comics: Philosophy & Practice" with Bechdel, Clowes et al in Chicago; 5/22, 5/23 Francoise Mouly & Art Spiegelman Discuss "Blown Covers" Live in New York
Dark Horse Plans Two Hardcover Editions of Carla Speed McNeil's ‘Finder: Talisman’

by Calvin Reid | 05/15/2012 @ 12:00AM

Dark Horse, plans to release both a regular hardcover edition and a deluxe limited hardcover edition of Carla Speed McNeil’s much acclaimed novella, Finder: Talisman.
Upcoming Comics Events: 6/11/2012

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 05/11/2012 @ 03:00PM

6/13 Brian Wood's The Massive #1 Release in New York, NY; 6/13 Aline Kominsky-Crumb & Dominque Sapel at MoCCA in New York, NY; 6/13-6/17 Denver Comic Con & Literary Conference in Denver, CO
Literary and Kids' Comics Shine at Toronto Comic and Art Festival

By Heidi MacDonald | 05/08/2012 @ 01:00PM

Comics and reading forged an Avengers-like alliance at the 2012 Toronto Comics and Arts Festival. Held at the Toronto Reference Library in downtown Toronto, the event drew over 15,000 people--including sessions aimed at librarians and teachers--to buy stacks of comics from cartoonists and publishers from around the world.

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