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Wow, there are a lot of good comics coming out

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Tom Spurgeon is running a listing of 2013 comics that deserve more attention, and there are a lot of them. And they are all...

Separated at Birth: Superheroes! and The Silver Age of Comic Book Art

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The three-hour PBS mini series Superheroes: The Never Ending Battle aired last night, and because I'm a dumbass I forgot to watch it or...

Miami Book Fair International features Paul Pope poster

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No one is quite sure how the Miami Book Fair International—held in a city known for its wild and crazy lifestyle—got to be the...

Comics Art, a new book by Paul Gravett

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Well, speaking of wandering around the comics landscape, if there's one tour guide who seems to know what he's talking about, Paul Gravett is...

Brooklyn Book Festival spotlights graphic novels with Tomine, Feiffer, Modan, more

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Fall's Brooklyn Book Festival, to be held September 22nd this year, has evolved into the biggest public book event in NYC—authors range from Edwidge Danticat to Chuck Klosterman—and each year it features a pretty extensive graphic novel presence as well. This year is no exception, with a full slate of panels which you can see in the link. Cartonist guests thi syear include Adrian Tomine, Jules Feiffer, Rutu Modan, Francoise Mouly, Audrey Niffenegger, Paul Pope, Jeff Smith, Art Spiegelman, and Gene Yang.

Online graphic novel price war underway

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ICv2 reports on Overstock.com's price war with Amazon. Basically the online retailer is matching Amazon's deep discounts on books—despite losing money on these discounts—in an effort to become more of an alternative to Amazon.

SDCC: Rep. John Lewis’s MARCH: Book One

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by Pam Auditore  Among the faux Heroes in spandex came a true, real life one, in suit and tie, to San Diego's Comic-Con one Saturday...

That Cancer Vixen movie now has Julie Delpy attached to script

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CANCER VIXEN is a very important graphic novel. When it came out in 2006, it earned what must have been the biggest advance ever...

Neil the Horse to be reprinted by Hermes Press

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For several dozen people out there, this will be the biggest news of the year. Katherine Collin's Neil The Horse is going to be...

Nice art: Scott C. does Bob Dylan

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In September the great Scott C. (Great Showdowns) has a kids book he illustrated coming out written by Bob Dylan. Yeah that Bob Dylan....

INTERVIEW: Matt D. Wilson’s Second Guide for World Domination

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With the launch of The Supervillain Field Manual this month, Matt D. Wilson has now provided the world with two sets of notes for...

Book Con! Cool Books I Discovered at the Library Conference!

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Twice a year, the American Library Association holds a conference.  Awards are given, training is taught, and much fun is had.  (A lot of...

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