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Two-Fisted Tiki Tales

by Chris Arrant | 08/04/2008 @ 08:49PM

If you’ve ever seen South Pacific or been to a Trader Vic’s, Tiki Joe Mysteries might be for you. Mixing Polynesian pop culture and Las Vegas kitsch, this graphic novel is part murder mystery, part hard-boiled thriller strummed on a ukulele. Debuting this month, the black-and-white graphic novel comes from cartoonist Mark Murphy and San Jose-based SLG Publishing.
Comics Briefly

by Ada Price | 08/04/2008 @ 08:48PM

Lolita Fashion at NYAF; Third Volume of Plain Janes; Obama and McCain Bios from IDW; Fantagraphics August Events; David B. from NBM; Typhon Signing at Jim Hanley’s and Sam Henderson at Desert Island
Bull’s-eye

| 08/04/2008 @ 06:00AM

The Dart League King Keith Lee Morris . Tin House (PGW, dist.), $14.95 paper (280p) ISBN 978-0-9794198-8-1 In this absorbing and intelligent novel, Morris (The Greyhound God) follows five characters through a handful of hours culminating in a dart contest on a Thursday night in Garnet Lake, Idaho: Russell Harmon, who lives for the dart league and his cocaine habit; teammate Tristan Mackey,...
Children's Books

| 08/04/2008 @ 06:00AM

Picture Books Pete & Pickles Berkeley Breathed . Philomel , $17.99 (48p) ISBN 978-0-399-25082-8 A pig named Pete leads a perfectly predictable and sensible existence until Pickles, the runaway circus elephant, turns it upside-down. Pickles possesses the joie de vivre of Auntie Mame (and the extensive wardrobe to carry it off with élan).
Fiction Reviews

| 08/04/2008 @ 06:00AM

Blindspot Jane Kamensky and Jill Lepore . Spiegel & Grau , $24.95 (600p) ISBN 978-0-385-52619-7 Professors Kamensky and Lepore try for playful historical romance, but deliver instead a novel that is, if rich in period detail, also overwrought, predictably plotted and at times embarrassingly purple.
Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 8/4/2008

| 08/04/2008 @ 06:00AM

This week's Web: a schlub's moment in the sun, habits of the consumer class, a friendly owl, art iconoclast Jeff Koons, George Costanza channels Kirk Douglas, and a UK fantasy behemoth makes it to the U.S. Plus: When you're sick, you get sad, and you get high.
Publishers Find Fans and Trends at Comic-Con

by Calvin Reid | 08/04/2008 @ 06:00AM

Every year more traditional book publishers make the pilgrimage to the San Diego Comic-Con International, and 2008 was no exception. Harry N. Abrams used the 2008 Comic-Con to launch Abrams ComicArts, a new imprint for comics and comics-related books; Del Rey has come to Comic-Con for years to promote fantasy and sci-fi titles and, more recently, a burgeoning manga program; and DK Publishing st...
Nonfiction Reviews

| 08/04/2008 @ 06:00AM

Thames: The Biography Peter Ackroyd . Doubleday/Talese , $40 (512p) ISBN 978-0-385-52623-4 For a river with such a famous history, England's Thames measures only 215 miles. Acclaimed novelist and biographer Ackroyd (Hawksmoor; Shakespeare) invites readers on an eclectic, sprawling and delightful cruise of this important waterway.
Comic-Con International 2008 Bursts at the Seams

by Douglas Wolk, Calvin Reid and Laura Hudson | 07/29/2008 @ 06:30PM

Once you got past the glitz, the foundation of Comic-Con was still visible and sold quite well.
San Diego Is Manga Country

By Kai-Ming Cha, Ed Chavez and Erin Finnegan | 07/29/2008 @ 06:29PM

This year's San Diego Comic-Con drew some of the newest and hottest manga creators in Japan and set them down in San Diego to meet their American fans.
San Diego and the Future of Comic-Con

By Calvin Reid | 07/29/2008 @ 06:29PM

This year’s Comic-Con International was another impressive showing, but all the great features of Comic-Con become moot if you can’t buy a ticket to the show or find a hotel room.
Devil’s Due lands Humanoids and Triggerstreet

By Heidi MacDonald and Laurel Maury | 07/29/2008 @ 06:27PM

French publishing giant Humanoids is making a reappearance on US shelves thanks to a new deal with Devil’s Due. The announcement was made at a panel on Saturday at the San Diego Comic-Con.
Photo Mania Comic-Con International: San Diego

| 07/29/2008 @ 01:48PM

Photos of the events and personalities at the San Diego Comic-Con 2008
Comics Briefly: San Diego Comic-Con 2008

PWCW staff | 07/29/2008 @ 11:49AM

Comic-con Briefly: Broccoli Looks at the Market; Yaoi Works for DMP; Big Ambitions at Netcomics; ‘Surrogates’ Sequel from Venditti; Wright Shows Off ‘Spore’; Mobile Comics, ClickWheel; iPhone Format for Uclick; Black Panel Represents; Black Panther on B.E.T.; Eisner For Rutu Modan; Mondo Marvel and Barbara Vey Does Comic-con
San Diego Comic-Con 2008: Bigger and Better

By Calvin Reid | 07/28/2008 @ 09:07AM

Once again, the annual San Diego Comic-Con, held July 24-27, can only be described as bigger and better than ever.
Web Exclusive Reviews: Week of 7/28/2008

| 07/28/2008 @ 06:00AM

On the Web this week: the Dark Knight in the Ivory Tower, an Irish hero in Palestine, a London mom in the country, the progressive solution in modern politics, and the long, turbulent history of equines in America. Plus: behind every founder of French Impressionism...
Kochman To Head New Abrams Comics Imprint

by Calvin Reid | 07/26/2008 @ 04:00PM

In Spring 2009, Harry N. Abrams will launch Abrams ComicArts, a sub-imprint specializing in comics and comics related books, headed by executive editor Charles Kochman.
Gerard Way Unfolds His Second ‘Umbrella’

By Douglas Wolk | 07/26/2008 @ 03:59PM

Dark Horse announced that alt-rocker Gerard Way and artist Gabriel Bá would be re-teaming for a second Umbrella Academy miniseries, The Scarecrow Blues, beginning in November. And Way's got plans for the project far beyond that.
Boom! Launches Disney Imprint

By Laura Hudson | 07/26/2008 @ 03:58PM

Boom! Studios announced the formation of Zoom, a new children's comic book imprint for licensed Disney properties, at San Diego Comic-Con on Friday. The new line, which launches in spring 2009, will publish original comics based on Pixar films and The Muppet Show.
Darwyn Cooke to Adapt Parker Novels

By Heidi MacDonald | 07/26/2008 @ 03:57PM

Eisner Award-winning artist Darwyn Cooke will adapt the first four Parker novels by Richard Stark (aka Donald Westlake, a Grand Master of the Mystery Writers of America) as graphic novels, IDW announced today. The adaptations will be released at a rate of one every two years, starting in 2009 with The Hunter.

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