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The Newbery Award is the gold standard for children's books; it's awarded to one book each year (along with a handufl of Honor books) and signifies the level of excellence that such past winners as A Wrinkle in Time, Sarah, Plain and Tall and The Graveyard Book imply.

By Mike Scigliano

-- I'm guessing that most of you were wondering when I would get to the marketing aspect of producing a comicon. Marketing is a very important part of the process of putting on a comicon. Much of the success you hope to have will hinge upon how you are able to reach your potential attendees.

As you may know, the metro Manila area has been hit by severe flooding of late, due to monsoon season, and hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced as a result. Local bookstore Fullybooked is organizing a fundraiser for the flood victims.

As previously reported, for its 100th issue, Robert Kirkman's superhero saga INVINCIBLE is following in the "issue 100 = a heartbreaking death" comics tradition, by teasing said heartbreaking death. And here are the teasers that have run since Monday, each featuring a different set of blood-spattered remains strewn around the rubble.

By Todd Allen OK, I admit it.  That cover graphic of all the super heroes going straight down the toilet cracks me up.  It's also...

With Jeff Smith's first post-BONE project, RASL, wrapping up after a four-year run, he's doing a bunch of interviews, and here's a good one from Paste Magazine. HUGE SPOILER WARNING: If you haven't read all of RASL, this is definitely one to save for afterwards as it discusses plot twists and turns in depth.

By: Henry Barajas These Kickstarter projects are history in the making and it’s up to you to make it happen. Project: Route 66 mural project at...

By Steve Morris The Marvel solicitations for November have been released today, showing a number of interesting points. Faint spoilers below! The biggest news from the...

My new logline on all things comics is that in two or three years (probably two) original digital comics will be where comiXology is now—a major player in the game. Over at Publishers Weekly, Matt White provides a foundational, publisher-by-publisher look at what is going on in the digital-first arena, and it's a LOT.

By Todd Allen I was wondering if we had a full-on exclusivity war brewing when I started hearing about publishers, particularly digital imprints going exclusive...

By Todd Allen As you may recall, The Boys is winding down soon.  You might be wondering what Garth Ennis is going to be filling...