Toronto Comic Arts Festival Makes In-Person Return

After a three year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, held June 17-19, welcomed in-person artists and fans to the Toronto Reference Library for an international presentation of new titles and artists. Continue reading at 'Publishers Weekly'

[ Publishers Weekly | 2022-06-23 04:00:00 UTC ]

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Arm CEO: Apple ‘woke up the industry on the art of the possible’

As Qualcomm-powered Windows on Arm PCs begin appearing here at Computex, ushering in a generation of AI-infused Copilot+ laptops, it seemed appropriate to interview a major player in the push. No, not Qualcomm. (We’ve already spoken to them.) Instead, I mean Arm, the semiconductor... Continue reading at PC World

[ PC World | 2024-06-03 18:35:42 UTC ]
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Don Perlin, Comic Book Artist Who Found Success Late, Dies at 94

His Moon Knight was a hit in the 1970s, 30 years after he began his career. Bloodshot, another popular superhero, followed two decades later. Continue reading at The New York Times

[ The New York Times | 2024-05-26 21:24:09 UTC ]
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The Complex Truths That Make Up a Family

This memoir by a gay Appalachian man is about reckoning with a homophobic family but one full of love, forgiveness, and understanding. Continue reading at Book Riot

[ Book Riot | 2024-05-24 13:00:00 UTC ]
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Hay Festival 2024

The events will showcase writers and speakers from countries in Latin America and Sub-Saharan Africa to UK audiences, and feature up-and-coming UK writers selected as part of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists 2023 list.This specially selected event series brings together our work with the... Continue reading at British Council global

[ British Council global | 2024-05-24 10:51:02 UTC ]
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Comics Blockbusters

As film and streaming studios scout comics of all genres for development, graphic novels also take inspiration from cinema—well beyond capes and tights. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Will Human-AI Partnerships Make Publishing Workers More Innovative?

The journey is just beginning, but we can already see that publishing workflows are especially ripe for AI integration that enables the automation of rote tasks—and AI-driven support for more humans making more complex decisions and judgments. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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Comics Are Ready to Get Retro

Graphic novel publishers are capitalizing on nostalgia with titles that tie into decades-old media properties, both rebooted and rediscovered. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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MrBallen Makes a Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Graphic Novel

PW talks with John B. Allen—aka YouTuber and podcast host MrBallen—about the comics adapted from his viral storytelling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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7 Comics That Call for Extra Popcorn

As film and streaming studios scout comics of all genres for development, graphic novels also take inspiration from cinema—well beyond capes and tights. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

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Comics Are Ready to Get Retro

Graphic novel publishers are capitalizing on nostalgia with titles that tie into decades-old media properties, both rebooted and rediscovered. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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7 Comics That Call for Extra Popcorn

As film and streaming studios scout comics of all genres for development, graphic novels also take inspiration from cinema—well beyond capes and tights. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

[ Publishers Weekly | 2024-05-24 04:00:00 UTC ]
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MrBallen Makes a Strange, Dark, and Mysterious Graphic Novel

PW talks with John B. Allen—aka YouTuber and podcast host MrBallen—about the comics adapted from his viral storytelling. Continue reading at Publishers Weekly

Charges dropped against 4 in Toronto Indigo bookstore vandalism

Charges have been dropped against four of the 11 people charged with mischief and criminal harassment, which police called "hate-motivated," after an Indigo bookstore was vandalized last fall. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-05-22 13:48:29 UTC ]
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Officials seize around $500K worth of baby eels at Toronto airport

Federal officials say they've made what they describe as a major seizure of baby eels after finding 109 kilograms of elvers at Toronto's Pearson International Airport earlier this week. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-05-18 12:10:01 UTC ]
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Peel police arrest another suspect tied to Toronto airport gold heist

Peel police have arrested a 36-year-old Brampton man in connection with the heist of nearly $24 million in gold and cash from Toronto's Pearson airport a year ago. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-05-09 19:55:15 UTC ]
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Russian dissident wins Pulitzer for columns he wrote 'at great personal risk' from prison cell

Vladimir Kara-Murza, 42, won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary for his Washington Post columns about Russian politics and society — all of which he wrote in prison. Continue reading at CBC

[ CBC | 2024-05-08 19:11:21 UTC ]
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Marvel’s making an ‘interactive story’ based on the What If...? show for Apple Vision Pro

As a bona-fide hater of actual reality, virtual reality is very appealing to me. However, I’m not that into 100 hour AAA games like Asgard’s Wrath 2 or Half Life: Alyx. I’m into short interactive experiences that can’t be had anywhere else. Good news for me? The Apple Vision Pro is getting a... Continue reading at Engadget

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Luis Miranda Jr. reflects on giving, the arts and his son Lin-Manuel in the new memoir 'Relentless'

Long before his son Lin-Manuel's Tony Award-winning musical “Hamilton” brought his family international recognition and unexpected fortune, Luis A Continue reading at ABC News

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Frankfurt Joins European Network for Youth Reading Events and Festivals

A new concerted effort, opened during Bologna Children's Book Fair by the Montreuil Children’s Book Fair, has 15 publishing event producers. The post Frankfurt Joins European Network for Youth Reading Events and Festivals appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading at Publishing Perspectives

[ Publishing Perspectives | 2024-05-03 01:02:49 UTC ]
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It’s the last Free Comic Book Day at the place where it was created

Celebrate Free Comic Book Day one more time at Flying Colors Comics store in Concord, which is where Joe Field originally came up with the idea. Continue reading at Baltimore Sun

[ Baltimore Sun | 2024-05-02 16:09:44 UTC ]
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