Looking to use a webcomic to build support for a forthcoming print edition, Dark Horse is launching "The Misfits of Avalon," a new fantasy series by Kel McDonald that will debut online today. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
"B+F" Tour in Seattle, WA; James Robinson Signing in San Francisco, CA; Gail Simone Signing and Q&A in Portland, OR; Kevin Huizenga Reading and Discussion in Bryn Mawr, PA. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
In conjunction with its distributor S&S International, Viz Media is expanding distribution of its English language print manga titles into India. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
It's been two decades since Bill & Ted's Excellent Comic Book hit the shops -- and it's still great after all these years. Continue reading >> [ Source: Wired | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pocket Gems, the San Francisco-based mobile gaming company, has launched Episode, a new mobile gaming platform, that includes a writer’s portal that will enable anyone to utilize the platform to create their own animated story. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
Tezuka Productions and Digital Manga, Inc. have announced a deal to translate and digitally publish hundreds of volumes of manga by revered manga and anime creator Osamu Tezuka. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
ReedPop, which produces New York Comic Con, C2E2 and other pop culture conventions, is launching a new and smaller all comics show to be held at the Jacob Javits Center in New York City, June 14 and 15. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Anyone in the public eye is not supposed to get old, ill, fat or even extremely tired. Not while I'm watching them on the telly, anywayI can't shift the unsettling sight of Davina McCall being pulled limp and apparently barely conscious from the freezing waters of Lake Windermere during the... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-02-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
It’s 2014, and for North American manga publishers, the digital revolution is well underway. Where there once were only a handful of publishers offering their titles online or via ebook apps, now almost all of them are offering, or negotiating to offer at least some of their current and backlist... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
When comics fans invaded the town of Angoulême, France, two weeks ago for the Angoulême International Comics Festival, children were well represented. That's not surprising: Children's comics are big business in France. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
Marvel Entertainment and digital comics vendor iVerse have launched the Marvel Global Comics App, allowing readers to get Marvel digital comics in twelve foreign languages. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
In France, the manga bubble never burst—although it may be starting to deflate a bit. Last year French manga sales declined for the first time. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The latest popular trend in manga looks at the sometimes unconventional romances and culinary habits of some of Japan's greatest writers. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-02-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
Ant Colony Book Signing in Baltimore, MD; Charles Soule in New York, NY; Prison Pit Book Five Release Party in Los Angeles, CA; .A. Zine Fest in Culver City, CA Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
Europe’s biggest comics festival opened in Angoulême, France Thursday with the streets thronged with avid comics readers and the rights center jammed with meetings from publishers around the world. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
The home of Captain America, Spider-Man, and many other beloved comic book heroes is setting them loose on the world. Hulk fans: happy.What's the sound of 8,000 beloved comic book characters storming the globe? We're about to find out.Read Full Story Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Coinciding with the Angoulême International Comics Festival tomorrow, French comics guru Guy Delcourt has announced the opening of a new comic book academy in Paris. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2014-01-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Library chief, Roy Keating, says show will explore field from Misty comics and superhero classics to graphic novelsBoys in the late 1970s probably assumed the girls comic Misty was all boring romance, puppies and ponies. How wrong they were. They were full of "incredibly dark, weird,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2014-01-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
Batman, Superman, and Spider-Man look truly stunning following a traditional, Pacific Northwest makeover.We all know Batman when we see him, but he always looks a little different, depending on the artist. Whereas in the hands of Dick Sprang, Batman is a barrel-chested 1920s strong man, in the... Continue reading >> [ Source: Fast Company | 2014-01-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
The digital comics platform and marketplace Comixology continues to extend the reach of new comics to comics consumers and finished the year as the Top Grossing non-game app for iPad 2013. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2014-01-13 00:00:00 UTC ]