Duncan the Wonder Dog wins inaugural Lynd Ward Prize; Weing runner up
Via pr this morning, AdHouse publisher Chris Pitzer announced that the already much-lauded DUNCAN THE WONDER DOG by Adam Hines has won the first Lynd Ward Prize for graphic fiction. In a tweet, Drew Weing mentioned that his SET TO SEA had been named a Lynd Ward Prize Honor book. More honors may be announced when the actual PR goes out. Named for the seminal woodcut artist who created some early American graphic novels, the prize is sponsored by the Penn State University Libraries and presented to the "best graphic novel, fiction or non-fiction, published in the previous calendar year by a living U.S. citizen or resident." DUNCAN THE WONDER DOG has already been nominated for the LA Times Book Prize, and been named one of publishers Weekly's Best GNs of 2010. The book is currently sold out in print form but a second printing will be on sale imminently; a digital edition is currently for sale here.
Continue ReadingMangaman is coming from Lyga and Doran
Artist Colleen Doran has been talking about a secret graphic novel project she's been working on for over a year, and it's finally been announced: MANGAMAN, written by Barry Lyga, author of The Adventures of Fanboy and Gothgirl, and Boy Toy The tale is described as a "metafictive" tale of a character from a manga who falls through a "rip" into the real world and falls in love with a real girl. Doran talks about the project here:
Continue ReadingStarbucks teams with Marvel Comics for in-store comics
Would you like Wolverine with that soy vanilla misto? Ubiquitous coffee chain Starbucks is expandingthe offerings in its Starbucks Digital Network, which allows latte-lovers to read free digital content in its stores. New offerings will include ESPN, The Economist, The New York Times, and Marvel Digital Comics.:
Continue ReadingAnother day, another Spider-Man injury
Well, this is sad. T.V. Carpio, who plays the much-dreaded Arachne character, has been on hiatus from the soon-to-be-rebuilt Spider-Nan musical after what some are saying is whiplash:
Continue ReadingAnother day, another Todd Goldman story
Aaron Colter at Comics Alliance rounds up the latest news of t-shirt makers ripping off artists for ideas without paying them, including the granddaddy of them all, Todd Goldman, whose idea thievery is notorious -- his huge David and Goliath novelty company has a long, well-documented track record for necoming "majorly inspired" by other artists' ideas and then paying a little hush money when caught. We had a whole bunch of posts about Goldman's past sins up here once, but his lawyer made us take them down. Let's hope AOL has a few more resources to keep this story up, because he's a total ______ and a ________ too.
Continue ReadingWhy isn’t Jane Goldman a guest at Kapow!?
This post by Kirsty Walker rounds up all the evidence FOR the upcoming KA-POW comics convention in London being a total sausage fest -- all the guests, award nominees and face time people are men.
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Catch The Beat on Comic News Insider
My voice is back enough to podcast! A miracle! Check out this week's Comic News Insider Episode 322 – Walking The Beat with Heidi MacDonald in which I co-host with Jimmy Aquino:
Continue ReadingSPX announces Chast, Woodring, Telnaes and Rugg
The Small Press Expo has announced its first guests for the 2011 show and they are all awesome: Roz Chast, Jim Woodring, Ann Telnaes, and Jim Rugg. Maybe Jim Woodring will bring his giant pen!
Continue ReadingWarren Ellis and Mike Oeming collaborate on new project: HALF MOON
Over at Warren Ellis's blog, a preview of HALF MOON, a new collaboration with Michael Avon Oeming that will feature a space girl:
Continue ReadingMarvel Solicits: Criminal and Incognito
Marvel accidentally left these two books out of their solicitations, but any excuse to run some Sean Phillips art makes us happy.
Continue ReadingReading time: BATTLEPUG
We're on deadline so while we're catching up, just go read Mike Norton's BATTLEPUG.
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits, 3/22/11
Interviews, pinball machines, and the best selling graphic novelist of the decade no one knows.
Continue ReadingDisney Publishing to publish Thor and Captain America kids mags
The plot thickens, as Disney plans to expand it's kids magazine publishing business with new magazines featuring Phineas and Ferb, Cars 2, Thor and Captain America, Sam Thielman reports.
Continue ReadingAn 80th birthday tribute to William Shatner: “I wish I knew what to do!”
It was Forbidden Planet International that tipped us off to this great day, and we couldn't let it pass unnoted. (Comics content: Shatner is the author of many fine comics over the years! And no one is to say otherwise.)
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