Reviews of graphic novels and illustrated non-fiction, manga, anime, comics.
2008 Graphic Novel Sales Up 5%; Manga Off 17% by Calvin Reid - 02/06/2009
Total graphic novel sales rose 5% in 2008, its slowest growth since 2001, hurt by a 17% decline in manga sales. Overall graphic novels sales in the U.S. and Canada for 2008 were $395 million. More
Eddie Campbell’s Life-Sized Comics by Bill Kartalopoulos - 11/09/2009
Emerging from the British small press scene of the 1980s, Eddie Campbell has since produced a body of thinly-veiled autobiographical comics featuring his stand-in character “Alec” (the pseudonym has been dropped in recent years). These works are distinguished visually by Campbell’s fluid, pen-and-ink technique, which marries the observed realism of classic continuity strips with the loose efficiency of a courtroom sketch artist (a vocation Campbell has practiced).
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Comics Programming Grows at the Miami Book Fair By Calvin Reid - 11/10/2009
After adding a full slate of programming focused on comics and graphic novels for the first time at last year’s fair, The Miami Book Fair International, scheduled November 8-15 in downtown Miami, returns with new additions to its slate of comics events, panels and workshops.
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Del Rey To Publish ‘The Talisman’ as Comic Book Series by Ada Price - 11/09/2009
In what may be a first at a major trade book publisher, Del Rey Books is releasing its first serialized periodical comic, an adaptation of Stephen King and Peter Straub's The Talisman. The series will be released under a new imprint called Del Rey Comics.
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Maid in the U.S.A: Kaoru Mori’s ‘Emma’ By Kai-Ming cha - 11/09/2009
In 2006, when CMX, DC Comics’ manga imprint, released volume one of Kaoru Mori’s Victorian Era manga series, Emma, American manga readers had their first taste of Japan’s fascination with both maids and romance. Three years later, Emma will come to a close in December when CMX releases the final volume in this series.
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Back To The Future: Tor.com Buys Book-Size Webcomics to Serialize By Calvin Reid - 11/02/2009
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.
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Marvel Makes Theirs iPhone by Heidi MacDonald - 11/02/2009 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. More
