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  • Yen Press Hires Lee, Adds ICE Kunion List

    Yen Press is absorbing manhwa publisher ICE Kunion's licenses and will begin publishing them in spring 2008.

  • Fans Turnout for Otakon ’07 Despite Early Date

    Despite awkward timing, this year's Otakon fan attendance was up, although publisher attendance was down.

  • Josh Simmons’s House of Horror

    House is Josh Simmons’s first full-length graphic novel, and throughout this work of horror he conveys a deep sense of dread without a single line of dialogue.

  • Panel Mania: Elephant Men: Wounded Animals

    Genetically engineered to be super-soldiers, powerful mutant animals—called Elephant Men no matter their species—must now live uneasily among humans. In this preview, Miki the cab driver visits agents Hip Flask and Ebony Hide in the hospital. Elephant Men: Wounded Animals by writers Richard Starkings and Joe Kelly, will be published by Active Images in August.

  • Karin Slaughter Launches Graphic Novel Imprint at Oni

    International bestselling thriller writer Karin Slaughter is launching a new graphic novel imprint at Oni Press, starting with her own The Recidivists, slated to appear in spring 2009.

  • Elfquest Creators Go Solo

    Elfquest creators Wendy and Richard Pini decided not to renew their contract with DC Comics earlier this year.

  • That 8.3 Million Copies Sold
    Was Just the Beginning

    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows has set records for Scholastic, Random House, Borders, Barnes & Noble and Amazon as the fastest-selling book (or CD) in history. Independent bookstores also reported record sales, with scattered reports of shortages.

  • Nonfiction Reviews: Week of 7/23/2007

  • Fiction Reviews: Week of 7/23/2007

  • Comic Book Novels

    Classic superheroes like Batman and Spider-Man are the subjects of the biggest blockbuster films, but the genre has had an impact on prose fiction as well. Here are four novels, two for adults and two for younger readers, that transport the reader to a comic book world of superheroes and fantastic deeds.

  • Christian Retailers Association Wrestles with Change

    The International Christian Retail Show wrapped up last week in Atlanta with CBA, the association of evangelical Christian retailers, reporting total attendance flat with last year's Denver convention, at 9,266. Even as evangelical Christian publishers continue to see healthy sales through expanding retail channels, the story for Christian retailers—and for CBA itself—is one of ongo...

  • Children’s Book Reviews: Week of 7/23/2007

  • Web-Exclusive Reviews: Week of 7/23/2007

  • Audiobook Dealer Using Potter to Promote New Offering

    V-Burny.com, a privately held online retailer selling downloadable audiobooks, is introducing its Player2Go, a subscription service for player devices that come with audiobooks. As a promotion, the company will reimburse anyone who becomes a Player2Go member and has already ordered Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows.

  • Turning Civilians into Comic Book Geeks

    Comics serials like Joss Whedon’s Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Stephen King’s Dark Tower are bringing first-time comics readers to comics shops and turning them into regular customers

  • Neil Gaiman at the Movies

    Book tie-ins abound for two Neil Gaiman written films opening this summer: Stardust, based on his illustrated novel, and Beowulf, a CGI adaptation of the classic.

  • Comics Briefly

  • Fantagraphics Plans Special Edition of Palestine

    Fantagraphics will publish a special hardcover edition of Joe Sacco's acclaimed nonfiction work Palestine, complete with new supplemental material.

  • Cold Cut Offered for Sale

    Cold Cut Distriibution, a 13 year-old wholesale distributor of small press and independent comics in Salinas, California, is soliciting offers to buy its operations.

  • Tom Beland Reveals his True Story

    The shamelessly romantic story of Beland and wife Lily continues in a new collection from Image.

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