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. Fri, 17 Jul 2009 03:23:02 MST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6670822.html?nid=3317 Graphic novel publisher BOOM! Studios has a new distributor. Starting today, Simon & Schuster will handle sales, distribution and fulfillment for all new and backlist titles to trade and specialty accounts in the U.S. BOOM! was previously distributed by Perseus. Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:56:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6670768.html?nid=3317 Marvel Comics and Random House’s Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group have reached an agreement to allow The Stand: Captain Trips, the hardcover graphic novel adaptation of Stephen King’s The Stand, to be distributed in the general bookstore market beginning in January 2010. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:52:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6670757.html?nid=3317 The first Asian American Comicon opened its doors at the newly built Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA) in downtown New York City to a long line of attendees. The space, designed by Maya Lin, architect of the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington D.C., quickly filled up well beyond its capacity. More than 500 people visited the museum for the show. Many came specifically to meet guest of honor Larry Hama, who has penned Marvel's G.I. Joe series for the past 20 years. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:47:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6670752.html?nid=3317 Did you ever wonder how many copies a graphic novel could sell in the library system? Figuring out what a graphic novel could do is a bit of a puzzle. Libraries are an up and coming market for graphic novels (or “graphic fiction” or reprint collections; go ahead and pick your terms of choice). Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:25:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6670745.html?nid=3317 One of the most talented comics artists of this generation, David Mazzucchelli first came to prominence as a superhero artist before moving on to make his reputation as a cartoonist of rare literary nuance and significance. This month Pantheon is publishing Asterios Polyp, Mazzucchelli’s first original graphic novel and a book about which not much has been revealed over the ten years or so that he’s been working on it. Mon, 13 Jul 2009 15:09:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6669306.html?nid=3317 The Summit of the Gods by Yumemakura and Jiro Taniguchi, author of The Walking Man, is the story of a Japanese expedition photographer, Makoto Fukamachi. This is the first volume in a series of five volumes about conquering Mount Everest. The Summit of the Gods Vol. 1 will be released in July 2009 by Fanfare/ Ponent Mon. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 19:33:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6669282.html?nid=3317 Jeff Kinney’s runaway bestseller Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Last Straw remains top dog of the list, followed by Alan Moore’s League of Extraordinary Gentlemen; Joss Whedon’s Buffy: Time of Your Life; Akihisa Ikeda’s Rosario + Vampire and lots of Naruto. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:56:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6669279.html?nid=3317 Comic-Con International in San Diego is less than a month away, and I as I mentioned in my last column, publishers are busy preparing for the big show. But comic book creators seeking to break into the industry should be preparing as well. If you're planning on going to Comic-Con to meet publishers, I have a single piece of advice for you: Do your research first. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:48:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6669249.html?nid=3317 The Naval Academy has published a free comic book aimed at attracting minority kids to the service academy. Entitled, Bravo Zulu, the Navy’s codeword for “good job,” the comic follows the lives of five unnamed ‘plebes,’ or Academy freshmen, as they deal with life at the Naval Academy. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:30:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6669251.html?nid=3317 Mark Chiarello, the DC Comics editor behind the art series Solo, is launching one of the most ambitious and unconventional forays into superhero comics with Wednesday Comics, which debuts this week. The 12-issue weekly series features one-page stories by some of the top creators in comics on 20-by-14-inch newsprint pages. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:29:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6669243.html?nid=3317 The first annual Asian American Comicon will be held on Saturday July 11 at the Museum of Chinese in America in New York City. Organized by Jeff Yang, editor of the New Press’s anthology of Asian-American superhero stories, Secret Identities, the AACC is intended to “recognize and celebrate what Asians are doing in comics. ” Mon, 06 Jul 2009 14:13:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6668897.html?nid=3317 Although Vertical Inc., a New York City publisher specializing in translations of contemporary Japanese prose literature and manga, has struggled during the economic downturn, the house has secured a new investor, hired a new marketing manager and plans to make adjustments to its list beginning in 2010. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6668755.html?nid=3317 The San Diego Comic-Con International is full up. With every inch of the San Diego Convention Center booked for the show years ago, and every ticket gone and hotels sold out months in advance this year, the annual comics-themed pop culture extravaganza has gotten as big as it can physically get. Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:00:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6668278.html?nid=3317 Quebecor Leaves Bankruptcy; Diamond Drops Yen Press Books; Asian American Comicon; Eisner Awards iPhone; iPod App; Netcomics at San Diego; Diamond Deal; Frank Frazetta Regains Rights to Art; Transformers Comics Top iTunes; Runaways Theme Song & Video;Bluewater Michael Jackson Comic; Archaia Launches Hardcover Promotion; Prism Comics Press Grant Call; Oni; Viper; Starz Talent Search; ICv2 Confab; G4 at San Diego; and This Week @ Good Comics for Kids Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:09:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6668203.html?nid=3317 Milton Griepp, longtime comics and pop culture business analyst and CEO of ICv2, a pop culture trade news website, decided to take a closer look at the powerful connections between comics, the Hollywood film industry, TV and the videogame industry and has organized the Comics and Media Conference to be held on July 22, just before preview night at the San Diego Comic-con International. The new conference will focus on the lucrative business of turning comics into other kinds of media. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:08:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6668195.html?nid=3317 I'm in Tokyo to be fitted for my zero gravity wedding dress, but that's another story. I meet up with Ed Chavez, an American-born manga translator, freelance writer and now marketing director at Vertical Inc., for the Manga Taisho Award ceremony. We're waiting outside the Nippon Housou Building with a small group of other journalists. It's cold for March in Tokyo, and the sakura (cherry blossoms) have not fully bloomed, much to my disappointment. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:04:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6668139.html?nid=3317 Earlier this year, Diamond Comics Distributors, the dominant distributor to the roughly 3,000 store comics shop market, raised its minimum sales order and if a comic doesn’t reach the new advance minimum sales order, Diamond will not distribute it. The change sparked an immediate outcry from small comics presses, self-publishers and some retailers, who complained that the new minimum forces them out of the marketplace. Tue, 30 Jun 2009 09:03:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6668102.html?nid=3317 A selection of comics available from the mini-comics publisher and distributor Sparkplug: Reich #6 by Elijah Brubaker, Rock That Never Sleeps by Olga Volozova and Juliacks, and Windy Corner #3 edited by Austin English. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 20:25:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6668096.html?nid=3317 This July, Fantagraphics Books once more unleashes the works of best-selling Hate comics creator Peter Bagge in Everybody Is Stupid Except For Me (And Other Astute Observations), a decade’s worth of cartoon reporting for Reason magazine. Armed with a Libertarian-leaning viewpoint and his signature bemused approach to his exploration of human foibles, Bagge skewers the early-twenty-first century American zeitgeist. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:11:00 EST http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6668095.html?nid=3317 Petite model Isobella Jade has already written a memoir, Almost 5’4”, and now she's written a fictional graphic novel based on her experiences in modeling. Model Life, illustrated by Jazmin Ruotolo, will be published by Soft Skull Press in October. Mon, 29 Jun 2009 16:46:00 EST