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The Slate Book Review and the Center for Cartoon Studies have teamed up for a new cartooning honor: The Cartoonist Studio Prizes. There are two categories—Best Graphac Novel and Best Web Comic—with 10 finalists in each category. Winners will each receive a $1,000 prize

Remember how DC is having their mature and genteel "WTF Month," where the cover is supposed to fold out and make you swear in shock...

Good news from Peter David, the popular writer who had a stroke while vacationing at Disneyland. Because of the incredibly unfortunate timing (not that there is ever a good time to have a stroke) he has been rehabbing in a Florida treatment center, far from his New York home. Wife Kathleen has been updating everyone on his progress and David has been using Dragon Dictation to post to his blog and keep up with work. He's been making good progress, and now some very good news.:

Hey, have you ever wondered if a British writer was going to write a new series for Boom? But have you been unable to...

If you somehow didn’t know it already, then this is breaking news for you: this year marks the 50th anniversary of the longest running...

§ Viz evp of Publishing Alvin Lu has left the company after 13 years, ICV2 reports.

Or rather, as seen in this gorgeous Peter Gross/Mark Buckingham-drawn teaser image, the cast of Fables literally drag Tommy Taylor into their world.   Vertigo...

The only cons I like better then ones that I can ride my bicycle to are cons that only take an hour and a half  drive.  Sometimes the commute is intimidating and it's much easier to just stay home.  Amazing Arizona Comic Con gave me too many reasons to not miss this event.

News has been piling up like cordwood...this is where we stack it up in the woodshed.

§ The 25 Comic Books You Need To Read Before You Die -- this piece should be called "The 25 Vertigo Comics you Need to Read Before Your Library Card Expires" but not a terrible list for what it is.

It seems that Hollywood studios are now so desperate for material that they are turning to smart, nuanced graphic novels with intelligence and insight...

For those of you that don't have cable or watch television, CBR broke the heart breaking news that Green Lantern and Young Justice was...