Crowd-funding, the technical term for fund-raising sites like Kickstarter.com, has been an increasingly popular way for cartoonists to raise money to publish independent comic and graphic novel projects. While Kickstarter has just hit a new high point with the funding of the first $600,000... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
In what looks to be the graphic publishing literary event of the year, Seven Stories Press will publish the first volume of the Graphic Canon: Gilgamesh to Shakespeare to Dangerous Liaisons in April, the first of a three-volume anthology of graphic interpretations of the world’s literary... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2012-02-03 00:00:00 UTC ]
Comic book fans gather in the French city of Angouleme to celebrate the 39th international festival of comic books. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The Phoenix story comic, which launches on 7th January 2012, will be distributed nationally by... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
Jim Lee, co-publisher of DC Entertainment, showcases the graphic novel "Superman: Earth One" on the Kindle Fire. Continue reading >> [ Source: The New York Times | 2011-10-18 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Publication Date: Fri, 30/09/2011 - 15:26 The British Museum Press is teaming up with Japanese star Hoshino Yukinobu to publish its first manga book, featuring the artists most famous character, Professor Munakata. Marketing and publicity executive Sarah Morgan... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-09-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Caroline Horn Publication Date: Fri, 29/07/2011 - 14:15 The former DFC comic is being revived as The Phoenix, under an independent company backed by an anonymous investor. read more Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-07-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
PCWorld managed to snag previews of some of the pages, although they are a work-in-progress as the pages have not yet been colored or had speech bubbles put in. Continue reading >> [ Source: PC World | 2011-06-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Timonium's Diamond Comic Distributors to experiment with digital comics distribution with retail partnersDigital entertainment has shaken the retail industry, shuttering your local brick-and-mortar record store, book seller and video rental outlets. Could the neighborhood comic book shop be... Continue reading >> [ Source: Baltimore Sun | 2011-02-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
Using a formula that company president Mike Pellerito sums up as "really sexy girls and really funny guys," the venerable comics publisher Archie Comics has been chronicling the exploits of perpetual teenagers Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Big Moose, and the rest of their Riverdale High... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2011-02-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
Written By: Charlotte Williams Rob Brydon, Steve Coogan and John Bishop are among the latest big-name celebrities to have been snapped up for autobiographies, as comedians look set to dominate the hardback celebrity memoir market again this autumn. Gavin and Stacey star Rob Brydons memoir is... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2011-01-28 00:00:00 UTC ]