Reviews of graphic novels and illustrated non-fiction, manga, anime, comics. en-us http://www.publishersweekly.com/community/Comics/47140.html?nid=3317 2009 Reed Business Information. Subject to its http://www.publishersweekly.com/info/337409.html Terms of Use. Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:09:43 MST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6706271.html?nid=3317 Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:18:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704973.html?nid=3317 In an unusual acquisition deal, Tor.com, an experimental Macmillan website/publishing venture focused on launching original science fiction, fantasy and comics, has acquired web-only publishing rights to two full-length 192 page graphic novels and will serialize them over 6 months through the Tor.com website. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:26:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704969.html?nid=3317 Mark Waid started out in the superhero camp, as an editor at DC and then as a freelance writer, shaping such iconic series as The Flash and Captain Marvel. Now, as editor-in-chief of independent comics publisher Boom! Studios, Waid is transforming the paradigm of monthly comics publishing. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:19:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704957.html?nid=3317 The growing array of comics available for iPhones got a Hulk-sized addition last week when Marvel Comics, the leading US comics publisher, announced deals with four iPhone applications. Comics both recent and classic are now available for download from Comixology, iVerse and Panelfly. Scrollmotion, another leading app for iPhones that distributes books, will also have Marvel Comics available. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:57:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704954.html?nid=3317 Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:49:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704937.html?nid=3317 In 2004, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author Michael Chabon gave the keynote speech at the Eisner Awards. Speaking about the maturation of the industry, he referred to some of the excesses of the 1990s as comics "adolescence": "An excess of desire to appear grown up is one of the defining characteristics of adolescence. But these follies were the inevitable missteps and overreachings in the course of a campaign that was, in the end, successful." Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:16:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6704404.html?nid=3317 This week's reviews include picture books from Alexandra Day, Peter H. Reynolds, and Andrea Davis Pinkney and Brian Pinkney; starred reviews for new fiction from Katherine Sturtevant and Jean-Claude Mourlevat; comics from Lark Pien and Holly Black; and books to invigorate minds and imaginations. Mon, 02 Nov 2009 07:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703967.html?nid=3317 Superstar singer, rapper and producer Kanye West has reunited with animator/cartoonist Bill Plympton to create Through the Wire: The Words and Lyrics of Kanye West, a hardcover book collection of West’s hit lyrics, illustrated by Plympton, that will be released in November by Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:35:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703966.html?nid=3317 An American journalist based in Tokyo, Patrick Galbraith combines a scholarly devotion to studying Japanese popular culture with a, well, otaku-like enthusiasm and love of cosplay. This month Kodansha International published Galbraith’s The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider’s Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan with a foreword by renowned Japan expert and translator Frederik L. Schodt. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:23:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703965.html?nid=3317 W. W. Norton executive editor Robert Weil is best described as an editor’s editor. Which is to say that he publishes books of great intellectual depth and literary substance that also manage to sell quite well. Weil has overseen the publication of Crumb’s new work, The Book of Genesis Illustrated, a dazzling effort by Crumb to transform the words of Genesis into comics. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:13:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6703948.html?nid=3317 Graylight is by Naomi Nowak, the creator of Unholy Kinship and House of Clay. In this preview, a young woman divulges to her friends a surreal occurance from her childhood. Graylight is due out from NBM in December. Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:35:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702980.html?nid=3317 Cartoonist and animator Guy Delisle has lived and worked in both Shenzhen, China and Pyongyang, North Korea. He recorded his experiences living in these cities (and in their respective national cultures) in two well-received book-length comics works, Shenzhen (Drawn &Quarterly 2006) and Pyongyang (D&Q 2005), utilizing his unique dry humor, conversational tone, and focus on the everyday to capture the contradictions of the place and the experience of a foreigner encountering them for the first time. Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:05:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702808.html?nid=3317 Com.x, an independent comic publisher operating out of London, England and Venice, California, launched in England in 2002 with the beautifully designed and drawn comics Cla$$War and Razorjack. But then a long operational hiatus set in. Now armed with new investors and new projects, they’ve had an extremely busy 2009. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:57:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702803.html?nid=3317 Much like other publishers focused on the kids' and teen educational market, Canadian house Orca Book Publishing added a line of graphic novels to its list in hopes attracting teen readers as well as their teachers and librarians. In 2007 Orca launched the Graphic Guide Adventure Series, a line of fictional adventure graphic novels aimed at middle graders, focusing on the environment, skateboarding, soccer and, now, media literacy. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 16:22:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702805.html?nid=3317 Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:34:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6702574.html?nid=3317 Although it's been a tumultuous month in the comics industry, retailers and publishers got down to business at the Diamond Retailer Summit, held October 11–12 in Baltimore. Organized and run by Diamond Distribution, the exclusive distributor for the top four comics and graphic novel publishers, the yearly meeting drew nearly 600 retailers from around North America. Mon, 19 Oct 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701642.html?nid=3317 Jeff Kinney’s Wimpy Kid: Last Straw is king; Robert Kirkman’s Walking Dead: What We Become just won’t die; and Bill Willingham follows with Fables: The Dark Ages. Bleach vol 28 and Naruto vol. 45 are next while Patricia Briggs's Mercy Thompson: Homecoming, Kazu Kibuishi’s Amulet Book 2 and Brian Azzarello’s Filthy Rich round out the list. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701641.html?nid=3317 If the last century saw the state of Mississippi as the cradle of the blues, this century may see the region’s University Press of Mississippi set the course for modern comics scholarship. Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:52:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6701637.html?nid=3317 Despite intense industry speculation of changes at Marvel and DC after recent ownership and management shake-ups, the doubleheader of the Baltimore Comic-con and the Diamond Retailer Summit managed to stick to an agenda of celebrating comics and finding ways to sell more of them Mon, 12 Oct 2009 16:10:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6700404.html?nid=3317 Diamond to Distribute Tokyopop in U.K.: Harvey Awards Tickets On Sale; ALA Great Graphic Novels for Teens List Nominations; Viper Talent Contest Winner; Wizard Exec Starts GeekChicDaily Site; The Yes Men and Migdal Comic Book Release Party; This Week @ The Beat; and This Week @ Good Comics For Kids Mon, 05 Oct 2009 18:23:00 EST