10 of the Best Fantasy Comics Fit to Print

For your own escapism needs, here are the 10 of the best fantasy comics you can safely snag from your local comic book store. Continue reading at 'Book Riot'

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The 10 Best Design Books Of 2013

Infographics both retro and modern, futuristic transportation, and cartoons of Professor Lucifer Gorgonzola Butts are all featured inside these 10 gems of design books.No matter how convenient Kindles are, they will never do justice to beautifully printed, full-color art and design books. (And... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-12-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comixology Brings French Digital Comics to U.S., Canada

Continuing to expand its inventory of French-language comics, Comixology, the digital comics platform and marketplace, is releasing 700 French comics in the North American marketplace. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Why Do Americans Shun European Comics?

Japanese manga has proven popular in America, but Franco-Belgian bande dessinée, which has a long a tradition and are just as appealing, remain ignored. Why? Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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DC Releases a Choose Your Own Adventure-Style Digital Comic About Batman

If you loved choose your own adventure books as a child - the ones where you had to turn to page 34 to ride the unicorn or page 75 to enter the Cave of Time - you may find the narrative format of the latest DC Comics digital graphic novel familiar. Today, DC launched Batman: Arkham ...     Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-12-19 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Online start-up branches out into print

An online start-up in south London is launching a crowdfunded print version tomorrow. The Croydon Citizen is publishing a free news magazine, which will be distributed at the borough's railway stations and main shopping areas.Editor-in-chief James Naylor says the 16-page magazine, which will be... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-16 00:00:00 UTC ]
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10 grammar books to read before you die of boredom | Mind your language

A seasonal selection of new (and not so new) books about language that are anything but dullBooks about English fall into various categories, mostly offputting ones: the academic, rarely of much interest, and often incomprehensible, to the general reader; the lament for a (mythical) golden age... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Paizo’s RPG Design Contest Opens December 10

Tabletop game publisher Paizo Publishing is opening its 8th RPG Superstar Design contest, an annual competition to find the best new game designers. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The Slate Book Review Top 10 of 2013

Monday: Slate staffers pick their favorite books of 2013. Tuesday: The overlooked books of 2013. Wednesday: The best lines of 2013, and the best poetry of 2013. Thursday: Dan Kois’ 15 favorite books. Friday: The Slate Book Review Top 10. Continue reading at Slate

[ Slate | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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10 Famous Creative Minds That Didn't Quit Their Day Jobs

Kurt Vonnegut worked at a car dealer after publishing his first novel, and Philip Glass worked as a plumber while crafting his music. So while you may be itching to ditch your 9 to 5, take a lesson from these legendary creatives and pursue your passions while still collecting a pay check.No... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-12-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek's Long, Strange Return to Print

Newsweek's return to print is the latest development in an odd timeline for the once-storied magazine. It's changed ownership four times, employed four CEOs and had three editors-in-chief since 2010. It's awkward liaise with the Daily Beast and swings between layoffs and hiring flurries add to... Continue reading at Folio Magazine

[ Folio Magazine | 2013-12-05 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek to print weekly edition again one year after calling it quits

Editor in chief Jim Impoco announced the magazine will begin producing a weekly 'premium' print edition as early as JanuaryAmanda Holpuch Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Newsweek to Bring Print Edition Back From the Dead

Newsweek's new owners think they can succeed at something its previous owners failed at: printing a weekly magazine in the United States. IBT Media, the obscure media company that bought Newsweek in August, said Tuesday that it intends to rev ... Continue reading at Editor & Publisher

[ Editor & Publisher | 2013-12-04 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Obama's tech wizard hones his media weapons to help Miliband get to No 10

He was the scourge of Mitt Romney in the 2012 US election, now Obama's 'backroom Brit' is heading Labour's digital response team for its 2015 campaignIn his new book about the 2012 US presidential election campaign, the Time journalist Mark Halperin singles out the role played by a young Briton... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Dillon wins Best Book at Comic Awards

Glyn Dillon’s graphic novel, The Nao of Brown (SelfMadeHero), has won the Best Book prize... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-28 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Young adult readers 'prefer printed to ebooks'

Survey finds that 62% of 16 to 24-year-olds prefer traditional books over their digital equivalentsSixteen to 24-year-olds are known as the super-connected generation, obsessed with snapping selfies or downloading the latest mobile apps, so it comes as a surprise to learn that 62% prefer print... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2013-11-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NFL Stars Cam Newton And J.J. Watt Star In Gatorade "Freaks" Digital Comics

Calling J.J. Watt a "freak" to his face is probably not a good idea, but Gatorade decided to chance it.Football and comic books go together like chocolate and, er, pumpkin bread--they're not a bad combination, but we don't see them put together very often. The on-field heroics of stars like... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Pitchfork To Launch $19.96 Print Publication, "The Pitchfork Review"

Pitchfork, the web's most established voice in music criticism, offers an exclusive look inside its new print magazine--and explains why it'll be the one to (finally) get print right.When Pitchfork launched in 1996, Internet music criticism (or Internet anything) was virtually non-existent, and... Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2013-11-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.'</em>s Latest Comic Book Easter Eggs

This week's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. had a lot more Easter eggs in its basket than previous episodes. Here's a breakdown.     Continue reading at Wired

[ Wired | 2013-11-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Indie booksellers pick Christmas 'top 10'

Independent booksellers have chosen the 10 "less ordinary" books they think will become... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Alex Ferguson print run hits one million

Hodder has now printed more than 1m copies of Sir Alex Ferguson's memoir, My Autobiography... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2013-11-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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