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Comics Reviews August 2011

| 08/08/2011 @ 12:01PM
Comics Events: 8/08/11

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

Mike Mignola in Manhattan Beach, Wizard World Chicago Comic Con & Eduardo Risso exhibit in Chicago
Comics Enter Big Box Stores Under a Cloud of Mystery

By Todd Allen | 08/05/2011 @ 09:00AM

Although publishers are keeping their plans private, comics are reappearing in Walmarts and other big box stores, in both specially targeted lines and as multi-packs.
More to Come 4: Surviving Comic-Con with the PW Comics World Podcast

By Kate Fitzsimons | 08/03/2011 @ 08:00AM

In the fourth episode of the PW Comics World Podcast, Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons look back at this year's San Diego Comic-Con.
Comics Events: 08/01/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 08/01/2011 @ 12:00PM

Robert Kirkman & Rob Liefeld in Anaheim, Grant Morrison in San Francisco & more
Fork in the Manga Road

By Calvin Reid | 07/29/2011 @ 07:00PM

During the recent Comic-Con International, Viz Media launched VizManga.com, a for-pay manga portal offering access to top-quality titles. At the same time, a coalition of 39 Japanese manga publishers announced an August launch for JManga.com, a promotional manga site aimed at offering mostly free but limited access to an unknown number of titles and other content.
Comics, Digital Delivery and a Few Movies Rule Comic-Con 2011

By Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald | 07/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

Even the failure of a major book retail chain couldn’t put a damper on this year’s San Diego Comic-con international. Attendance is capped at about 130,000—still not a bad crowd—and the show featured big announcements about forthcoming graphic novels, digital delivery and more than a few blockbuster movies and TV shows. And publishers contacted by PW Comics World seemed happy with the sales of books at their booths and the number of media outlets on hand to write about them.
Kids, Comics, and Comic-Con International 2011

By Calvin Reid | 07/28/2011 @ 04:00PM

Comics aren't just for adults at Comic-Con International. Big announcements for children's comics share time with blockbuster movies and roaming hordes of costumed fans.
Comic-Con 2011: ComicsPRO Retailers Survey the Market

By Heidi MacDonald | 07/27/2011 @ 12:00AM

The comics retailer advocacy group ComicsPRO presented a slate of retailer-themed programming at Comic-Con International, starting with a breakfast and a State of the Industry panel with representatives from Marvel, DC Comics, IDW, Dark Horse and Diamond Comics Distributors.
The 'PW' Comic-Con Panel: Graphic Novels and Comics After Borders

By Calvin Reid | 07/27/2011 @ 12:00AM

Organized in the wake of the financial implosion of Borders, the Publishers Weekly/PW Comics World panel on Sunday at Comic-Con International brought together a panel of comics publishing professionals to respond to the bankruptcy of the #3 national bookselling outlet in the U.S.
Photo Mania: San Diego Comic-Con International 2011

| 07/26/2011 @ 12:00AM

The 2011 San Diego Comic-con International offered great comics and graphic novels, movie presentations and more programming than anyone person can attend. A short list of artists on hand would include Dave Gibbons, Craig Thompson, Guilermo Del Toro and Brian K. Vaughan; so many great talents that its impossible to list them all.
Comics Events: 7/25/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 07/25/2011 @ 12:00PM

Denny O'Neil and Danny Fingeroth in New York, Grant Morrison in San Francisco and more
Comic-Con International Faces The Digital World

by Heidi MacDonald | 07/25/2011 @ 12:00AM

Comic-Con International: San Diego wound down Sunday, following four and a half days of pageantry and announcements. Completely sold out since the spring, some 130,000 fans thronged the San Diego Convention Center to hear about the latest comics and graphic novels, watch movie presentations, get freebies and attend an extensive slate of panels and presentations.
Japanese Publishers Launch Jmanga.com Manga Portal at Comic-Con

By Calvin Reid | 07/22/2011 @ 12:00AM

Six of Japan’s most prominent manga publishers were on hand at the San Diego Comic-con International to announce the launch of Jmanga.com, an online portal offering access to thousands of manga titles unseen in North America, beginning in August for the U.S. market.
Viz Media Debuts Online Manga Portal and More from Comic-Con

By Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald | 07/22/2011 @ 12:00AM

Digital delivery drove the news coming out of San Diego Comic-Con International as Viz Media launched VizManga.com, an online portal providing for-pay access to 40 different manga series on the iPad, iPod Touch, and iPhone at the launch.
Liveright Acquires New David Small Graphic Memoir

By Calvin Reid | 07/22/2011 @ 12:00AM

Liveright & Co. editor-in-chief Robert Weil has acquired Murphy, a new graphic memoir by David Small, the author's first graphic work since his 2009 graphic memoir, and National Book Award finalist, Stitches.
ICv2 Report: Graphic Novel Sales Up Slightly in 2011

By Heidi MacDonald and Calvin Reid | 07/21/2011 @ 12:00AM

Despite a tough retail environment, graphic novel sales were up slightly, at 3%, in the first half of 2011, it was reported yesterday at the ICv2 Comics, Media and Digital Conference.
A Few Good Things To See at Comic-Con International

By Calvin Reid | 07/19/2011 @ 12:00AM

The San Diego Comic-con International: So big and sprawling and full of of every imaginable layer of pop culture that you can only hope to keep it from overwhelming you. Here, in our humble opinion, is a very short and a very selective listing of events of unusual interest.
Bryan Lee O’Malley Takes Next Graphic Novel To Villard

By Calvin Reid | 07/19/2011 @ 12:00AM

Bryan Lee O’Malley, creator of the bestselling Scott Pilgrim graphic novel series, upon which the 2010 film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World is based, will publish his next graphic novel at Random House’s Villard imprint.
Morgan Spurlock Produces a Book and Film About Comic-Con

By Calvin Reid | 07/19/2011 @ 12:00AM

Turns out that academy award-winning documentary film director Morgan Spurlock, director of Super Size Me, is also a huge comic book fan. Spurlock has created Comic-Con Episode IV: A Fan’s Hope, a documentary about the huge pop culture convention.

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