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Panel Mania: Big Questions

Compiled by Ada Price | 09/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

In this excerpt from Anders Nilson’s massive and much-anticipated new graphic novel, Big Questions, a lone mute figure wanders as a flock of interested birds observe and comment on his actions. Big Questions was published in August by Drawn & Quarterly.
Life, Love and Storytelling: Craig Thompson's 'Habibi'

By Beth Scorzato | 09/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

Craig Thompson, follows his bestselling autobiographical work, Blankets (2003), with the long-awaited Habibi, a 672-page epic love story, that will be published by Pantheon this month.
Beyond Peter Beagle: Conlan Press Expands

Calvin Reid | 09/02/2011 @ 07:00PM

Originally launched in 2005 as a vehicle to publicize and distribute the works of Peter Beagle, author of the bestselling fantasy novel The Last Unicorn, Conlan Press is expanding its list and the authors it publishes.
Frank Miller: Comics and Patriotism

By Calvin Reid | 09/02/2011 @ 07:00PM

Superstar comics artist Frank Miller is back with a new publishing house, Legendary Comics, and a new graphic novel, Holy Terror, conceived as a response to the 9/11 attacks.
More To Come 6: Baltimore Comic Con and The Fall of Atomic Comics

Produced by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/30/2011 @ 10:30PM

On this week's podcast: Baltimore Comic Con and the Harveys, DC launches "The New 52" (with midnight parties) this week, the bankruptcy of Atomic Comics, Comixology's Digital Storefront program, JManga.com launch, Sparkplug's Dylan Williams and scary manhwa web comic.
Comixology Launches Retailer Digital Storefronts, Upgrades App

By Brigid Alverson | 08/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

Last week was a big one for digital comics distributor Comixology, after it unveiled a major upgrade to its iOS devices app and launched its Digital Storefront Program--a project that allows physical comics shops to sell digital comics--with over 100 participating retailers.
Comic Events 8/25/2011

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/28/2011 @ 12:00PM

Small Press Expo in Bethesda, MD and Lark Pien, Susie Cagle at Comics Reading in San Francisco,
JManga.com Opens Web portal to Japanese comics

By Brigid Alverson | 08/24/2011 @ 12:00AM

Last week the Digital Comics Association, a group of 39 Japanese manga publishers, launched the web manga portal JManga.com with plans to make a catalog of 10,000 titles available by 2013. The site serves both as a promotional vehicle for publishers and a destination site for readers looking for manga they can read and buy online.
Comics Events: 8/22/2011

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/22/2011 @ 10:30AM

Kagan McLeod's Infinite Kung Fu Launch in Toronto, Evan Dorkin in New York and more.
Baltimore Comic-Con Attendance Way Up

By Heidi MacDonald | 08/22/2011 @ 10:00AM

Amid the general economic gloom, and uncertainty over comics sales' shift to digital delivery, attendance was up sharply at this weekend's Baltimore Comic-Con.
More To Come 5: The New Spider-Man Unmasked

Produced by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/16/2011 @ 04:00PM

This episode, our three hosts cover the new Ultimate Spider-Man, Womanthology, MoCCA vs. Stumptown and more.
ComicsUnited: An Ad Network for Independent Comics

By Todd Allen | 08/15/2011 @ 09:00AM

The Bonfire Agency has announced a new ad network, ComicsUnited, that will sell across five prominent comics publishers.
Valiant Comics Looks To Return In 2012

By Beth Scorzato | 08/09/2011 @ 12:10PM

After nearly 10 years off the shelves, the assets of Valiant Comics have been acquired by new owners and attracted funding from the private investment firm of Cuneo & Co. The revived comics publisher will be relaunched in 2012 with distribution by Diamond Comics Distributors.
Inside the Digital Manga Guild

By Brigid Alverson | 08/09/2011 @ 12:01AM

Digital Manga Publishing's experiment in fan translation, the Digital Manga Guild, is about to release its first book, a yaoi romance. This is just the first of 54 titles in the process of being translated, edited, and lettered by 18 different localization teams.
'Age of Bronze Seen' iPad App to Debut at New York Comic-Con

By Calvin Reid | 08/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

This October at New York Comic-Con, Throwaway Horse, the venture behind graphic adaptations of Joyce’s Ulysses and T.S. Eliot’s The Wasteland, will debut Age of Bronze Seen, an iPad app for Eric Shanower’s acclaimed graphic novel series that retells the epic story of the Trojan War.
Ramon Perez Brings Early Jim Henson Script To Life

By Brigid Alverson | 08/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

All collaborations have their own challenges, but the one that faces Ramon Perez, the artist for A Tale of Sand, due out this fall from Archaia, is especially delicate: He is drawing a graphic novel based on an unproduced movie script by Muppets creator Jim Henson.
Panel Mania: Underwire

Compiled by Ada Price | 08/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

Underwire is a collection of short auto-biographical comics by Jennifer Hayden. Originally serialized on the webcomic collective, Act-I-Vate, Underwire offers a witty look at her everyday life, womanhood, parenting, and rocking out. This preview includes two comics from the collection: “Watercress” and “Lose the Balloons.” Underwire will be released by Top Shelf in October.
Massive, Eccentric, Ambitious: Anders Nilsen's 'Big Questions'

By James Romberger | 08/09/2011 @ 12:00AM

This month Drawn and Quarterly will publish Anders Nilsen’s massive graphic novel Big Questions, a book fourteen years in the making.

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