Sales of comics for kids and YA readers continue to grow in the book trade along with the number and variety of kids comics on display from such publishers as Andrew McMeel, Papercutz, Toon Books, Scholastic and others. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-06-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Midwest Tape, which distributes various media to libraries, has announced the roll-out of its new ebook offerings through its hoopla platform. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Alexander McCall Smith has won this year’s Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Fatty O’Leary’s Dinner Party, published by Birlinn imprint Polygon. This is the first time McCall Smith, the author of No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency series published by Little, Brown, has appeared on the comic... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-05-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comic book-inspired films such as The Avengers have increased interest in comics in general, Christchurch comics fans say. Continue reading >> [ Source: Stuff | 2015-05-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Held in the Toronto Reference Library building, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival reinforced its reputation as one of the best comics arts festivals in the world, attracting an international slate of artists, publishers, fans, and comics-loving librarians Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In collaboration with Reading With Pictures and a number of publishers, the United Nations is planning The Comics Guide to Global Goals, a series of 17 comics that address the world's toughest development problems. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-05-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
Want to know what to look out for during today's Free Comic Book Day? We've got you covered. The post What You Should Pick Up on Free Comic Book Day appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2015-05-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jordanian entrepreneur Suleiman Bakhit produces superhero comic books for the Arab youth, to counter radical Islamist ideologies. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC World | 2015-04-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amid debate over its usefulness, teachers and students who attended the enormous AWP conference in Minneapolis had only good things to sayMore than 11,000 writers, publishers, students, teachers and dreamers thronged the Minneapolis convention center last week for the annual conference of the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
The U.S. manga market is growing again and publishers are turning to related products--from prose tie-ins and games to accessories and apparel--to reel in even more consumers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comics had an "explosive" launch on Scribd's subscription ebook platform in February. And here's an exclusive look at who's using the service and what they're reading. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Chicago indie publisher Iron Circus raised $65k on Kickstarter to fund the mammoth 520-page omnibus edition, coming in 2015. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Japan, the land of ramen and sushi, also has a thriving subgenre of food and cooking manga. Here is a sampling of recently released comics about cooking and eating. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
For Earth Day, here are 14 environmentally-conscious comics that cover topics from climate change to pollution, deforestation, rising sea levels, and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-04-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
North American manga publishers continue to recover from the double whammy of recession and a market correction in the late 2000s, citing strong sales in print and digital and looking to the future with a cautious optimism. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
With the abundance of comic book movies being made there’s bound to be backlash, but will it be Marvel or DC that pushes us over the edge? The post Who Will Make You Sick of Comic Book Movies, DC or Marvel? appeared first on WIRED. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Veteran comics creators including Paul Tobi and Steve Niles are on board for the debut of the new American Gothic Press line of comics this summer. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Optimism over rising sales and signs of the diversifying audience for comics set the tone at the annual meeting of the largest organization for comics retailers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
From Japanese cooking competitions to fine French restaurants, baking bread and vegetarian dishes, we've put together a tasty list of 13 great comics about all kinds of food and cooking. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Can manga-style versions of classics like ‘Pride and Prejudice’ become the Cliffs Notes of a new generation of readers? Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2015-03-03 00:00:00 UTC ]