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Comics Reviews July 2011

| 07/18/2011 @ 12:01PM

Reviews of new books from Seymour Chwast, Roz Chast, Dave McKean, Jason and the long awaited Habibi by Craig Thompson.
Comics Events: 7/18/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 07/18/2011 @ 12:00PM

Larry Hama, Amy Reeder, Evan Dorkin, Rebekah Isaacs & M.C. Chris in New York, Bill Plympton in San Francisco and more
Ashley Marie Witter: Bringing Ann Rice’s Vampires to Life

By Brigid Alverson | 07/18/2011 @ 08:00AM

Comics artist Ashley Marie Witter is starting her career with a splash: Her first full-length graphic novel is an adaptation of Anne Rice's best-seller Interview with the Vampire, to be published by Yen Press in 2012.
More To Come: The PW Comics World Podcast Goes to Comic-Con

| 07/18/2011 @ 12:01AM

In the third episode of the PW Comics World Podcast, Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons prepare for the San Diego Comic-Con the epicenter of pop culture for four and a half days in July. Our panelists talk about what's new this year, what they are looking forward to, big news likely to come out of the show and even a few books they had time to check out.
Womanthology Project Blows Up on Kickstarter

By Danica Davidson | 07/18/2011 @ 12:01AM

Looking to address the many talented woman cartoonists who can’t seem to get published, Comics artist Renae de Liz used kickstarter.com to organize Womanthology, a forthcoming anthology of female creators that raised $25,000 in one day.
Can DC Comics Rebuild Itself This Fall?

By David Brothers | 07/18/2011 @ 12:01AM

In a move to regain lost readers and attract new ones, DC Comics is relaunching their entire slate of superhero comics with brand new first issues and plans to release them in print and digital at the same time.
Panel Mania: Americus

Compiled by Ada Price | 07/18/2011 @ 12:00AM

A book-loving boy from the small Oklahoma town of Americus grapples with the travails of high school and takes a stand when it looks as though his favorite fantasy series, starring a young sorceress who hunts monsters and tyrants, might be banned from the local library. That’s the storyline of Americus, written by M.K. Reed and illustrated by Jonathan Hill. The book will be published by Roaring Brook’s First Second Books in August 2011.
Rice's 'Interview with the Vampire' Goes Graphic

By Brigid Alverson | 07/15/2011 @ 08:00PM

Yen Press will adapt Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire into a new graphic novel with the same plot but a new point of view: the story will be told by Claudia, a child who is transformed into a vampire by Louis, the narrator of the original novel.
Depicting Muhammad: Religion, Biography and Bad Faith

By A. David Lewis | 07/14/2011 @ 12:00AM

Maybe comic book and graphic novel readers will one day have a biography of the Prophet Muhammad created for an English-language audience that treats the subject matter with nuance. But The Biography of the Prophet Muhammad Illustrated – Volume 1 is not the book to do it.
D&Q Publishes Shigeru Mizuki’s Classic War Manga

By Kai-Ming Cha | 07/13/2011 @ 12:00AM

The story opens with whores and closes with mass graves. Huge explosions and carnage pepper the body of the narrative and there is a splash of dry humor, albeit on the morbid side. It may sound like a summer blockbuster but Onward Towards Our Nobel Deaths, Shigeru Mizuki’s semi-autobiographical account of life as a soldier in the Japanese Army during World War II, is something crueler and more heartbreaking than any Hollywood movie.
Panel Mania: The Armed Garden

Compiled by Ada Price | 07/12/2011 @ 12:00AM

The creator of the acclaimed graphic memoir Epileptic, French cartoonist David B., presents in The Armed Garden a collection of short stories based on historical legend. This preview includes a selection from the story, "The Veiled Prophet," in which a Persian fabric dyer is enveloped by a piece of white cloth that comes from the sky, and he is declared a prophet. He then proceeds to defeat seven armies sent against him. The other two stories in this collection are "The Armed Garden" and it’s sequel "The Drum Who Fell in Love," about a bloody quest for a paradise on Earth. The Armed Garden will be released by Fantagraphics in August.
Comics events: 7/11/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 07/11/2011 @ 12:00PM

Bill Plympton in San Francisco, Grant Morrison in New York and more!
Viz Kids Line Expands with Original 'Mameshiba' Books

By Danica Davidson | 07/08/2011 @ 10:00AM

VIZ Media may be best known for its teen manga like Naruto and Bleach, but this summer the company is trying something different with the launch of Mameshiba, original manga for U.S. kids.
Comics Events: 7/05/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 07/05/2011 @ 12:00PM

Palle Schmidt in San Francisco, Derby City Comic Con and more.
More to Come #2: The CBLDF's New Case and Comics Tackle the Death of Osama

| 07/05/2011 @ 12:00AM

Welcome to Episode #2 of More to Come, the PW Comics World Podcast, featuring co-editors Heidi MacDonald and Calvin Reid and producer Kate Fitzsimons. This week: the CBLDF and Canadian Comic Book Seizures, a new graphic work about the Bin Laden raid, the death of cartoonist Gene Colan and much more.
Will Comics Take Back Comic-Con?

By Heidi MacDonald | 07/01/2011 @ 12:00AM

As the Comic-Con International: San Diego (better known simply as Comic-Con) has grown in importance and size, each year observers wonder if this is the year things get too big to handle. While the 2011 edition—to be held July 20–24 at the San Diego Convention Center—has scaled back the major media presentations for studio films a bit, it still has no rival as the biggest pop culture event of the year. And publishers—both of graphic novels and traditional books—still find it a key venue to promote authors and talk to fans.
Papercutz, Lego to Launch Ninjago Graphic Novels

By Brigid Alverson | 06/29/2011 @ 03:00PM

Blazing Lego ninja action will come to kids' graphic novel imprint Papercutz this fall, with the publication of the first in a series of Ninjago graphic novels. Ninjago is a line of Lego products featuring ninjas who practice the martial art of Spinjitzu, a tradition found only in the Lego world.
Panel Mania: Feynman

Compiled by Ada Price | 06/29/2011 @ 12:00AM

Feynman is a graphic biography of Richard Feynman, a Nobel-winning quantum physicist, adventurer, musician, and raconteur. This biography spans his childhood in Long Island to his work on the Manhattan Project and the Challenger disaster. Feynman is written by Jim Ottaviani and illustrated by Leland Myrick; it will be released by First Second in August.
‘Anti-Matter’: Web Comedy Series Captures the Secret Life of Comics Shops

By John Seven | 06/28/2011 @ 12:00PM

Comic book colorist and filmmaker Chris Walker has transformed his life as a comic book geek into the video series, Anti-Matter, a web-based situation comedy set in a fictional New York City comic book store. The show follows a nerdy cast of characters throughout their comic-book filled working day, mixing the comic personal interactions of staff and customers with the funny details of life working in a comic book shop.
Comics Events: 6/27/11

Compiled by Kate Fitzsimons | 06/27/2011 @ 12:01PM

Charlie Adlard in Orlando, Works of Chris Ware, Seth at new NYC exhibit, and more.

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