Comments on: ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference Report

By: Journalista - the news weblog of The Comics Journal » Blog Archive » Feb. 26, 2007: Prophetic by exactly two days

Mon, 26 Feb 2007 13:25:09 +0000

[...] While one additional piece of interesting news surfaced at the convention — see “Comics Industry,” below — what’s most curious about the weekend coverage is how little coverage was given to the one truly momentous announcement made during the show: industry analyst Milton Griepp’s assertion that the graphic-novel market was now larger than the comics-pamphlet market, news that met with silence from news-sites far more obsessed with writer Steven King’s tenuous connection to a licensed comic book than an epoch-changing event almost certain to determine what the comics industry will look like ten years from now. Bloggers from Heidi MacDonald to Tom Spurgeon to Brigid Alverson reported the news with the importance that it deserved, and the online manga press was all over it — MangaCast even has audio of the presentation in question available for download (42.6MB MP3 file, relevant coverage starts 13 minutes in) — as was Publishers Weekly, where the report is currently at the top of the magazine’s homepage, but Comic Book Resources? The Pulse? The Buyers Guide? Silver Bullet Comics? Missing in action. Broken Frontier — well, they’ve gone without updates for several weeks now. (So much for that big cash infusion from Platinum Studios, I suppose.) Newsarama blogger Graeme McMillan caught the news, but the main site missed it altogether. Bizarrely, the only major comics-news source to actually report on Griepp’s announcement was Wizard Magazine, which would seem to confirm Len Wein’s suspicion that David Lynch is currently directing reality. [...]

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Confernceing Web » ICv2 Graphic Novel Conference Report — Sat, 24 Feb 2007 03:44:59 +0000

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By: Blog@Newsarama » NYCC: It’s already started.

Blog@Newsarama » NYCC: It’s already started. — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 15:51:07 +0000

[...] Heidi does the same, and with photos: We didn’t have a huge takeaway from today. There was no “Ah ha!” moment of triumph, but rather the kind of security and quiet confidence that comes from knowing that graphic novels are here to stay. It was fun to chat about best selling authors doing comics with big time agents, and cool to see generations and genres cross as Steady Beat’s Rivkah chatted with Cancer Vixen’s Marisa Acocella Marcheto… [...]

By: Dirk Deppey

Dirk Deppey — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:51:55 +0000

“Torsten,” sorry. It’s past my bedtime.

By: Dirk Deppey

Dirk Deppey — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:51:29 +0000

Tarsten: I don’t know if this quite fits your definition, but a four-page Chris Ware short story appeared in the Nov 11, 2002 “cartoon issue” of the New Yorker, and I believe that strips by Spiegelman and Crumb have appeared there, as well.

By: Torsten Adair

Torsten Adair — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:34:36 +0000

A librarian and bookseller since 1994, I have watched the industry slowly mature. I sell CASES of mainstream titles such as Cancer Vixen and Embroideries, so this isn’t a surprise.
Benchmarks to come: graphic short fiction appearing in Playboy and the New Yorker; the same appearing in annual prize anthologies such as the Pushcart; Harvey and/or Eisner anthologies; a #1 bestseller, both hardcover and trade paperback; and an american comics MAGAZINE, not a comicbook.

By: Anun

Anun — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 14:09:16 +0000

I actually do have Who the Hell is SHE Anyway? and have never met anyone else who even knows what it is. But I love it all the same.

By: MangaBlog » Blog Archive » ICv2: Graphic novels rule, floppies drool!

MangaBlog » Blog Archive » ICv2: Graphic novels rule, floppies drool! — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 13:33:21 +0000

[...] Links: ICv2: Graphic Novels Outsell Comics ICv2: A Banner Year for Graphic Novels Heidi puts things into perspective at The Beat [...]