2018 North American Comics Sales Rise to $1.09 Billion

Led by sales of the graphic novel format, total sales of graphic novels and periodical comics in the U.S. and Canada were approximately $1.09 billion in 2018, according to a joint estimate by trade news sites ICv2 and Comichron. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2019-05-03 00:00:00 UTC ]

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Photo Mania: San Diego Comic-Con 2016

The San Diego Comic-Con International, held July 21-24, brings together the full spectrum of the pop culture world from comics and graphic novels to movies, TV and animation. Publishers Weekly was there to capture images of the events, artists, publishers and fans attending the biggest pop... Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
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San Diego Comic-Con 2016: Graphic Novels, Movies and Margaret Atwood

There were plenty of new graphic novels of all kinds at this year's Comic-Con, including one by acclaimed Canadian novelist Margaret Atwood. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Scholastic Posts Solid Fiscal 2016 Results

Led by a 14% increase in revenue in its trade division, total sales at Scholastic rose 2% in the fiscal year ended May 31, 2016 over fiscal 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-20 00:00:00 UTC ]
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North American Comics Market Reaches $1.03 Billion

The $1.03 billion figure represents the combined sales of periodical comics and graphic novel or book format comics in both the general book trade and the comics shop specialty marketplace. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-07-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Ace Atkins’ Nick Travers Novels Being Adapted as Comics

Alabama comics house 12-Gauge Comics has teamed with the novelist to adapt his Nick Travers Southern crime noir series into graphic novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-06-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comixology Launches Comics Subscription Service

Comixology Unlimited offers subscription access to thousands of comics, graphic novels and manga from independent publishers—there are no titles from DC or Marvel—for $5.99 per month. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-24 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Hachette and Kadokawa Partner on Manga and Graphic Novels

We take a look inside the manga and graphic novel imprint Yen Press, a partnership between Hachette and Kadokawa. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-05-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
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To Boost Sales, Japanese Bookseller Kinokuniya Experiments With New Book Covers

The bookseller will sell limited-edition, exclusive versions of graphic novels with variant covers at its stores around the world. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2016-02-26 00:00:00 UTC ]
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TV War and Peace puts Tolstoy's book on bestseller list for first time

Epic novel, whose length has long discouraged readers, has made it on to the Bookseller’s top 50 after the BBC’s acclaimed new adaptationBritain is racing to address the fact that only 4% of Britons have read War and Peace, with Leo Tolstoy’s doorstopping epic entering the UK’s book charts for... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2016-02-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Publishers Weekly’s Top Comics Stories of 2015

These are the ten most popular stories about graphic novels and comics published on publishersweekly.com in 2015. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-12-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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2015 market growth underpinned by colouring, courgettes and YouTubers

Regular readers of The Bookseller will be aware of the three trends driving the print renaissance: adult colouring books, clean eating titles and psychological thrillers. Thus far in 2015, total sales are up 6% year on year through Nielsen BookScan, with a good deal of that down to 2015 breakout... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Google Play Books Adds New Comics Features

The Google Play Store adds landscape scrolling, curated series pages and personal recommendations for comics and graphic novels. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-11-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
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New York Review to Launch Comics Imprint in 2016

New York Review Comics will launch in March with plans to release six graphic novels per year. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-22 00:00:00 UTC ]
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NYCC 2015: Publishers Chase Growth in Kids', Girls’ Graphic Novels

Led by girl-focused comics, sales of kids' and YA graphic novels continue to grow and publishers used New York Comic Con to launch a spate of new properties targeting girls and young women. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-10-15 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Are GIFs The Future Of Novels?

Novelist Dennis Cooper's latest books use found GIFs to tell creepy horror stories.Novels are made of words. Graphic novels are made of pictures, and often words. But what does a novel composed of GIFs look like, and can it be called a novel at all?Read Full Story Continue reading at Fast Company

[ Fast Company | 2015-09-11 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Heroes are no zeroes

How do the numbers stack up in Graphic Novels? Superhero movies have had a grip on Hollywood since Marvel Studios broke all box office records with “The Avengers” in 2012 and, during the summer, hardly a week has gone by without the release of another big comic book adaptation, crowded with... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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The new top draw: graphic novels' fortunes transformed

Last year was the best year for sales of graphic novels in the UK since BookScan records began in 1998, with the genre bringing in almost £20.5m worth of print sales. Publishers and retailers are crediting the boom to a broadening of range and a diversification of characters and writers within... Continue reading at The Bookseller

[ The Bookseller | 2015-08-30 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Neil Gaiman: 'my parents didn’t have any kind of rules about what I couldn’t read'

Neil Gaiman is no stranger to having his books banned. Here the author of Coraline and The Graveyard Book talks about controversial books in libraries, censorship threats to graphic novels and why freedom of speech is not the freedom to harassDo you remember reading any books as a child that... Continue reading at The Guardian

[ The Guardian | 2015-08-29 00:00:00 UTC ]
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At Jewish Lights, Two Graphic Novels Exceed Expectations

Two graphic novels by Steve Sheinkin and former 'Village Voice' cartoonist Stan Mack each took the publishing world by surprise after becoming bestsellers for Jewish Lights recently. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Comic-Con: New Directions for DC, More Graphic Novels for B&N

As the first full day of Comic-Con unfolded in San Diego, one of the biggest stories is the continuing push, from publishers, to release more diverse material for a wider audience. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2015-07-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
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