A comic book cover featuring Wonder Woman. One of Dynamite’s goals is to further diversify its audience. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2016-07-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
For more than 100 years, steel-hearted drivers have risked it all for racetrack glory. Here are 12 comics that celebrate cars and racing. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
The $1.03 billion figure represents the combined sales of periodical comics and graphic novel or book format comics in both the general book trade and the comics shop specialty marketplace. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
After six straight years of growth, North American digital comics sales dropped 10% in 2015, to $90 million. The decline, documented in a new report issued by the pop culture trade news site ICv2, mirrors a similar decline in the sales of prose ebooks. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The event, held over the July 4 weekend at the L.A. Convention Center, attracted more than 100,000 Japanese pop culture fans, and welcomed top manga artists visiting from Japan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
A comic-artist-by-day come super-villain-wrestler-by-night has been helping inspire the youth of Auckland. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2016-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
We take stock of the changing role of comics publishers at San Diego Comic-Con in light of the ever-increasing presence at the show of film and TV studios. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Five artists illustrated the App Store review guidelines.One of the more unusual things to come out of Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference this year is a lovely comic interpretation of Apple's app review guidelines.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2016-06-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comics have been dealing with daddy-issues nearly since their inception, but over the years books have presented a more nuanced, realistic depiction of fatherhood. Here are 11 great ones for Father's Day. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
BookCon, the literary fanfest, will become a part of New York Comic Con 2016 in October; held during the 4 days of NYCC at a separate event space nearby and offer access to fans as part of their NYCC badge. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alabama comics house 12-Gauge Comics has teamed with the novelist to adapt his Nick Travers Southern crime noir series into graphic novels. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Loot Crate has built a business supplying comic book and sci-fi fans with monthly shipments of goodies typically only found at specialty shops or conventions. Soon, Loot Crate could apply the same formula to sports, music and more corners of entertainment -- getting fans to purchase merchandise... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2016-06-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Gossip site Gawker accuses PayPal founder Peter Thiel of being 'vindictive' and a 'comic book villain' who uses his billions to fund libel suits against the site. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2016-05-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
ComiXology, Amazon's online comic book service, unveiled a new unlimited content subscription option on Tuesday. The $6 per month ComiXology Unlimited plan gives subscribers unfettered access to the service's archive, which includes titles from Image... Continue reading >> [ Source: Engadget | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comixology Unlimited offers subscription access to thousands of comics, graphic novels and manga from independent publishers—there are no titles from DC or Marvel—for $5.99 per month. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comics publishers seemed happy with BookExpo's move to Chicago show, citing the opportunity to meet new Midwestern retailers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Toronto Comics Arts Festival highlights included packed panels on diversity, and guest artists that included Brian K. Vaughan, MariNaomi, Spike Trotman, Raina Telgemeier, and Marguerite Abouet. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
We take a look inside the manga and graphic novel imprint Yen Press, a partnership between Hachette and Kadokawa. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s the groundbreaking comic whose characters have aged along with its readers – and Neil Gaiman is a huge fanAt the turn of the 1980s, if you wanted to read comics, you were pretty much confined to Spider-Man, Superman and their Spandexed stablemates at Marvel and DC. The underground comic... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-05-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Usually, moms only play an ancillary role in comics, however some cartoonists choose to focus on what it means to bring life into this world and nurture it. So in time for Mother's Day, enjoy these 10 mom comics. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-04 00:00:00 UTC ]