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Sonny Liew's The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is already a classic in his native Singapore, as the first graphic novel to win a...

Here's am impressive state of the graphic novel in schools and libraries piece by Shannon Maughan for Publishers Weekly that talks to all the major players – Telegemeier, Yang, Volin, and several dedicated teachers – and includes a great resource list.

Old New While I was running around last week, Newsarama rolled out its redesign, which isn't really that different from the old site, as you can...

At the end of the month, the thriving scene of artists studios centered in the Gowanus part of Brooklyn will be no more. As reported last year (but not imediately connected to the comics world) a massive collection of old warehouses that have been turned into artists studios, in the classic NYC sense, are now being turned into...well condos, probably. The area is located near the toxic Gowanus Canal and not considered safe for habitation but that won't stop anyone. Maybe a bank or a organic dog treat store or a prozen yogurt shop will open up.

Dean Haspiel gave the keynote speech at the Harveys and although there were a lot of joking catcalls from the audience, his speech had most people stunned by the end. It was a heartfelt tribute to the power of the comics community, while also refelcting the uncertain times that artists have in New York and, really, any community where real estate has soared beyond their reach. With eprmission, here's the entrie text of the speech.

A few months ago Ted McKeever, who has a resume as long as my arm and two legs put together, announced he was moving...

Phil Hester is the artist on Shipwreck, the upcoming book written by Warren Ellis about a very strange shipwreck, so he seems to be...

It seems that in response to long time rival CBR.com rebranding and getting a redesign and new logo, Newsarama.com is also getting a makeover...

Oh speaking of comics media consolidation, which we do weekly here at Stately Beat Manor, comicbookresources.com, the longest running and biggest site about comics,...

Evan Dahm is a webcartoonist of some note, with Rice Boy completed (and printed) and the cast Vattu underway (761 pages in). What I did not know is that in his spare time he does illustrated versions of classic books. He's already done The Wizard of Oz and now working on Moby Dick.

This one hurts. Panels.net a wonderful site about comics that focused mostly on graphic novels, representation and the kind of books that are the...

Oh yeah, speaking of zines (look it up kids) something called The Poopsheet Foundation is now online, and it's one of those 90s things...