Manga/Graphic Novels
| Archaia Studios Press partners with the Jim Henson Company | |||
| News > Publishers | June 25, 2009 | ||
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Archaia Studios Press has recently signed partnership deals with Roddenberry Productions and the Jim Henson Company not only to adapt their existing properties, to co-create new titles...
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| Patricia Briggs's Alpha and Omega to be comic book series | |||
| News > Subsidiary Rights | June 12, 2009 | ||
 Dabel Brothers will adapt Patricia Briggs's werewolf fantasy Alpha and Omega as a comic book mini-series, which Ace Books will then republish as a graphic novel...
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| MoCCA Festival this weekend | |||
| News > Exhibits | June 5, 2009 | ||
 This weekend's Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art's Festival will feature artists, writers, publishers, panels...
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| Unthinkable's West Coast Release Party | |||
| News > Other Stuff | June 4, 2009 | ||
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Meltdown Comics in Los Angeles is hosting the 10 June "West Coast Release Party" for Mark Sable's Unthinkable...
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| Detroit Metal City combines death metal rock with real demons | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | May 28, 2009 | ||
 Kiminori Wakasugi's Detroit Metal City follows a Japanese death metal band devouring souls...
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| Shojo Beat closing, being replaced by Ikki online | |||
| News > Magazines | May 22, 2009 | ||
 Viz Media is closing its three-year-old Shojo Beat magazine, while at the same time debuting a US web version of Ikki, which will serialize manga on the web for free...
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| Papercutz to publish new Disney Fairies stories as graphic novels | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | May 19, 2009 | ||
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Papercutz will begin publishing graphic novels of new Disney Fairies stories next April. They expect to issue four new books per year...
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| Ellis and Pugh's Hotwire follows violent ghosts powered by the internet | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | May 14, 2009 | ||
 Hotwire: Requiem for the Dead, is based on a story by Warren Ellis, in which ghosts are everywhere, but most are harmless. The few who are out to cause trouble, however, must answer to Detective Exorcist Alice Hotwire...
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| Super Para Natural Manga Day in NYC on 17 May | |||
| News > Other Stuff | May 12, 2009 | ||
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As part of the run-up to this September's convention, the New York Anime Festival is hosting a day of Japanese comics and animation at Kinokuniya Bookstore this Sunday...
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| Secret agent teddy bear now Twittering | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | May 6, 2009 | ||
 Mr. Stuffins, the secret agent teddy bear, is now Twittering frequently. Creators Cosby and Stokes aren't quite sure what he's up to...
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| IDW hires Jeff Webber to "app"ify the company | |||
| News > Publishing Personnel | May 5, 2009 | ||
 IDW Comics hired Jeff Webber to its newly created position of Director of E-Publishing. In this post, Webber will be exploring ways to follow up their success with the iPhone app sales of Star Trek: Countdown...
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| Dark Horse's new iPhone app available to read older Terminator comics | |||
| News > Bookselling | May 4, 2009 | ||
  Dark Horse Comics has developed its iPhone app to read Dark Horse comics. The first title released for the new platform is a four-volume Terminator series from 1998, tying in to...
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| Free Comic Book Day #8 | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | April 27, 2009 | ||
 On 2 May, independent comic shops across the US and Canada will be giving away free comic books. In addition, stores in the more than 30 states, four provinces, and four other countries, will be hosting signings...
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| Cursed Pirate Girl release party tonight | |||
| News > Activities | April 24, 2009 | ||
 Chicago's Challengers Comics and Olympian Publishing are hosting a launch party for Jeremy Bastian's Cursed Pirate Girl tonight, featuring signings and free "Monkey Fish Ale"...
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| Death Note, Ai Kawashima, and cosplay celebrations in NYC | |||
| News > Performances & Podcasts | April 24, 2009 | ||
 New York City's Kinokuniya bookstore will host a day of Death Note: L, change the WorLd events, followed by another day with Japanese pop star Ai Kawashima. Following both is the Sakura Matsuri festival in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, where Japanese culture...
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| Farscape: Script Book offers the story behind the story of the comic | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | April 17, 2009 | ||
 If the original four-issue Farscape comic wasn't enough for you, BOOM! Studios is now publishing creator Rockne S. O'Bannon's original story notes as a stand-alone book, as well as...
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| Rumiko Takahashi's new Rin-Ne to debut simultaneously in Japan and the US | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | April 16, 2009 | ||
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Rumiko Takahashi—who created Ranma 1/2 and Inuyasha—will see her new manga series, Rin-Ne, debut simultaneously in Japan and the US on 22 April...
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| Design the mascot for the 2009 New York Anime Festival | |||
| News > Contests | April 16, 2009 | ||
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The New York Anime Festival, along with co-sponsors theOtaku.com and Del Rey Manga, are asking the public to design the mascot for this year's event, with the winner receiving...
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| Naruto Shippuden Episode 103 to stream live in the US simultaneously with Japanese release | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | April 6, 2009 | ||
 Building on the positive response they received last time around, VIZ Media will again simultaneously stream an episode of Naruto Shippuden with its original release...
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| Asylum Press now selling direct to retailers | |||
| News > Bookselling | April 3, 2009 | ||
 In response to increasing minimums demanded by Diamond Comics, Asylum Press is offering direct distribution to retailers, starting with Fearless Dawn #1...
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| The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft coming to the big screen | |||
| News > Media Sales | March 27, 2009 | ||
 Image Comics is releasing the first issue of The Strange Adventures of H.P. Lovecraft in April. Later, Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment will turn it into a feature film...
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| BOOM!'s Unthinkable posits SIGMA-like group thinking the unthinkable | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | March 24, 2009 | ||
 BOOM! Studios is publishing Unthinkable, a mini-series comic that starts with a group of writers advising the government on nightmare terrorism scenarios, and then stumbles into the world where the group has disbanded, but the attacks are real...
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| Naruto Shippuden Episode 101 to stream live in the US simultaneously with Japanese release | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | March 19, 2009 | ||
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Naruto Shippuden, the newest chapter in the Naruto anime series, will release simultaneously in Japan and the US on 26 March. Streaming live for free on the web site...
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| Fantagraphics to bring French graphic novelist Tardi to the US in a big way | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | March 13, 2009 | ||
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French graphic novelist Jacques Tardi, who's original and adaptation works have garnered numerous awards in France, will be published in an ongoing English-language hardcover series by Fantagraphics Books...
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| DC using Watchmen to market other comics | |||
| News > Manga/Graphic Novels | March 10, 2009 | ||
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DC Comics is using the box office success of Watchmen to introduce new readers to other classic comic lines...
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