Stay up to date on all the latest news coming out of San Diego Comic Con 2014 with Publishers Weekly—daily updates, podcasts and more. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Drawing Party with Telgemeier & Roman in Astoria, NY; Mike Richardson in Beaverton, OR; Eleanor Davis and Esther Pearl Watson in Seattle, WA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
For Michelle Tam, what started as a lifestyle change has turned into a popular blog and app, a bestselling cookbook—and an action figure. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Acclaimed manga artist Moyoco Anno is best known as one of the most influential creators in the josei manga genre—Japanese comics aimed at older women. She talked with PW about her life life creating manga, women in Japan and life married to a Japanese pop culture star, when you’re a pop culture... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-07-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
Florida Supercon in Miami, FL; Mike Mignola in Manhattan Beach, CA; Ed Brubaker in Los Angeles, CA; Matt Smith in Cambridge, MA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Total 2014 half-year figures are up 3.8% over 2013 and 12% over 2012, suggesting a healthier, diversifying market for comics specialty stores. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
Madefire, the "motion book” digital comics platform, has expanded to the Windows 8 operating system, launching with a free 5-installment Transformers comic exclusive to their app. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
BDReader is a comic book viewer with ambition. It doesn’t just zoom to page width and wait for you to scroll: the program also supports “panel view”, which uses computer vision technology to detect the panels in a page, and display them in order. at the maximum possible size for your page. There... Continue reading >> [ Source: Betanews | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marc Weingarten, a comic with 31 years experience, discusses the difference between crafting jokes and writing his first novel. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-06-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tamaki, Moynihan, Kim Signing in Los Angeles, CA; "Truth Is Fragmentary" Launch in Brooklyn, NY; Comics & Medicine Conference in Baltimore, MD; "Dead Boy Detectives" Launch Party in London, U.K.; Albuquerque Comic Expo in Albuquerque, NM Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Children’s book illustrators such as Sarah McIntyre, Viviane Schwarz and Gary Northfield... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-06-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Seven new and notable comics-related projects that are worthy of attention—or support, including "transmedia" storytelling, a "Cringe"-worthy collection, Tezuka on Mars, and the truth behind the fall of Rome. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
"(Super)Hero with 1,000 Faces" in London, U.K.; HeroesCon 2014 in Charlotte, NC; Amazing Las Vegas Comic Convention in Las Vegas, NV; "Stripped" Screening in Santa Rosa, CA Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
The first Special Edition, a new and smaller comics show launched by ReedPop, organizer of the blockbuster New York Comic Con, debuted at the Javits Convention Center this past weekend, June 14-15. PW Comics World was on hand all weekend to photograph the artists, publishers and fans at Special... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Special Edition, a new and smaller comics convention organized by New York Comic Con organizer ReedPOP, debuts this weekend, June 14-15 at Javits North, a smaller hall at the North end of the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
U.S. manga publisher Viz Media and digital comics marketplace Comixology announced an agreement that will bring Viz’s manga line to the Comixology platform in North America. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Fingus Apocalypticon Opening+Reception in New York, NY; Sam Alden and Ohara Hale in Montreal, Quebec; Oslo Comics Expo in Oslo, Norway; Denver Comic Con in Denver, CO; New York Comic Fest in White Plains, NY; Special Edition NYC in New York, NY. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Amazon’s Jet City Comics imprint is serializing the comics adaptation of sci-fi novelist Hugh Howey’s 'Wool' simultaneously on Comixology and Amazon. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
Legendary Comics, a division of Legendary Entertainment, announced that it has entered into a multi-year sales and distribution agreement with Penguin Random House Publisher Services. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Although the category did not have a commanding presence at BEA, graphic novel publishers and imprints were nevertheless spread throughout the show and comics were featured in major panels during BEA and BookCon, BEA’s relaunched consumer event. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-06-03 00:00:00 UTC ]