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First Second Comics Anthology Updates Classic Nursery Rhymes
A wide range of cartoonists from Dave Roman to Mike Mignola have been recruited to update classic nursery rhymes in First Second’s Nursery Rhyme Comics: 50 Timeless Rhymes from 50 Celebrated Cartoonists, an anthology edited by Chris Duffy that will be published this month.
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Comics News Stands Out From the Crowds at New York Comic-Con 2011
After attracting 105,000 fans that packed the Jacob Javits Convention Center, last weekend’s New York Comic Con was not only the second biggest U.S. comics convention of the year, it was a colorful, at times chaotic, mix of all that pop culture has to offer.
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Manga at NYCC 2011: Viz, Yen Press, Kodansha, Vertical and 'Homestuck'
Although Viz Media stole the spotlight at New York Comic Con with news of "near-simultaneous" Japan/U.S. publishing of its new digital weekly, Yen Press made an announcement of its own about a "real simultaneous" dual language publication.
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Photo Mania: New York Comic Con 2011
PW Comics World joined the other 105,000 fans that swarmed through the Javits Center October 13-16 to attend this year's New York Comic Con. We brought back lots of photographs of the action, "the talent," the craziness and all the fun. So, take a look and tell us what you think!
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Comics Events 10/18/2011
Master class with Howard Chaykin in NYC, Halloween with Jill Thompson in Chicago and more.
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Kids’ Comics: Small but Mighty at NYCC 2011
This year's New York Comic-Con may have been the biggest ever, but children's comics were a smaller presence. There were no industry panels on children's comics, as there have been in previous years, and only a handful of panels and new-product announcements.
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Big Crowds, More Digital Delivery at New York Comic Con
Big crowds and the growing transition to digital delivery were the big stories coming out of New York Comic Con, held this past weekend at the Jacob Javits Convention Center in New York City. Although official figures have not yet been released, in his blog, ReedPop v-p and show organizer Lance Fensterman said the 2011 New York Comic Con attracted a record crowd of 105,000 people, easily surpassing the 90,000 fans that attended last year.
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Kodansha Debuts Manga iPad App at New York Comic Con
In the latest digital news to come out of New York Comic Con, Kodansha USA Publishing, in conjunction with its distributor Random House Publisher Services, announced plans to release a Kodansha Comics iPad app featuring a selection of the publisher’s manga backlist.
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DC Extends Returnability for The New 52
DC Comics will stick with what works and keep their new 52 comics relaunch returnable through April, it was announced at Thursday's Diamond Retailer Breakfast at New York Comic Con. The move is to keep retailers from simply cutting their orders as perceived interest drops off, DC v-p of sales and marketing Bob Wayne told PW.
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Viz Media to Launch Near-Simultaneous Japan/U.S. Digital Manga Weekly
In a move that will brings its manga program very close to simultaneous English and Japanese publication, Viz Media plans to launch Weekly Shonen Jump Alpha, a weekly digital serialized manga anthology.
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The DC Relaunch Bests Marvel on Line Average Sales
DC Comics relaunched their entire superhero line in September with new #1 issues for 52 titles. The event has certainly been a best-case scenario for sales with multiple printings and sell-outs. DC even edged out Marvel for overall sales for the first time in recent memory. How did DC and Marvel really stack up for September sales? For that answer, we need to look at line averages.
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Abrams Acquires U.K. Graphic Novel Publisher SelfMadeHero
Art and illustrated book publisher Abrams has signed a letter of intent to purchase SelfMadeHero, a London-based graphic novel publisher.
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BAM Joins B&N, Removes DC Graphic Novels Over Kindle Fire Deal
Book retailer Books-A-Million has joined with Barnes & Noble and notified DC Entertainment that they are removing the 100 graphic novels from their shelves that DC plans to sell exclusively through the Kindle Fire.
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More to Come 9: Kindle Fire's DC deal and the changing world of distribution.
In this podcast, Amazon's Kindle Fire and its DC exclusive deal, Haven Distribution closing and more.
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Art Spiegelman On The Future of the Book
In an era for publishing so utterly defined by the race toward digital, Art Spiegelman’s fixation with the book as an object has never once wavered—if anything, the years have seen his demands on publishers grow more complex.
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Comics Reviews: October 2011
A strong month of releases includes books by Richard Sala, Dan Clowes, Seth, Amanda Palmer and Brian Wood.
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Panel Mania: Joe the Barbarian
Produced by acclaimed comics writer Grant Morrison and artist Sean Murphy, Joe The Barbarian is the story of Joe, a sickly 13 year-old with diabetes, a pet rat, and a room full of toys. But one night he's transported to a strange new world of warriors and kingdoms, a world that seems to waiting for him arrive and save it. Or is it all the hallucinations of a very sick boy? Joe the Barbarian will be published in a deluxe hardcover edition in November by Vertigo.
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Shanower’s 'Age of Bronze Seen' App Goes Live for New York Comic Con
Cartoonist Eric Shanower and Throwaway Horse, the venture behind the graphic adaptations and iPad apps for James Joyce’s Ulysses and T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, have teamed up to release an iPad app for Shanower’s Age of Bronze, an award winning comics series that retells the epic story of the Trojan War.
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Charlaine Harris; Stieg Larsson Estate Ink Graphic Novel Deals
Charlaine Harris, author of the bestselling Sookie Stackhouse prose novels, signed a deal with Penguin’s Ace Books imprint to publish Cemetery Girl, an original graphic novel trilogy; and DC Entertainment’s Vertigo imprint announced plans to publish graphic novel adaptations of the late Steig Larsson’s bestselling Millenium trilogy prose novels.
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Amanda Hocking Inks Deal to Publish Comics
Amanda Hocking, the popular YA author who has sold millions of digital copies of self-published paranormal, fantasy and zombie novels, will team up with comics publisher Dynamite Entertainment to release comics adaptations of her Hollowland prose novel series in 2012.
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