Bone movie in production
Jeff Smith, creator of the Bone graphic novel series, sold the movie rights in 2008 to Warner Bros. Looks like…
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Eddie Pittman’s “Red’s Planet” Joins Wishtales
I’ve mentioned before Eddie Pittman’s excellent web graphic novel Red’s Planet. This week Tom Dell’Aringa and Steve Ogden announced that…
Flight announces final anthologies
Kazu Kibuishi, the creator and editor of Flight series, has announced that volume eight will be the last volume of…
Stephanie McMillan graphic novel becomes webcomic
Seven Stories Press has begun running a webcomic version of Stephanie McMillan’s graphic novel “As the World Burns: 50 Simple…
R. Crumb sells 120k copies of Genesis
Tom Spurgeon reports that R. Crumb’s Genesis graphic novel sold 120,000 copies. Two comments: First, after all the hype for…
Sacco’s investigative-reporting war comic book
The LA Times interviews Joe Sacco on his latest book “Footnotes in Gaza” Joe is credited as inventing the genre…
Trailer for Diary of a Wimpy Kid posted
I got a chuckle out of it. Can’t wait to take the kids.
The Cartoonist to air on some PBS stations
The documentary, “The Cartoonist” – about Jeff Smith and his comic Bone, will begin airing on PBS stations around the…
Flight artists moved on to film; graphic novels
Kazu Kibuishi, creator of the Flight comic anthology series, reports on where the artist of the first volume have gone…
Three graphic novel news items of interest
Three stories caught my eye regarding graphic novels and libraries. The good news is that the Milford public Library (NJ)…
News briefs for October 29, 2009
Comic history » A letter written by Walt Disney is up for auction. The typed letter on company letterhead and…
News briefs for October 27, 2009
Awards » The Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award Competition for 2009 is due November 12, 2009. Comic books » Joe…
R. Crumb’s Genesis book plays it straight
For those who wondered if R. Crumb could illustrate the first book of the Old Testament without adding anything blasphemous,…
News briefs for October 12, 2009
Books » The Gazette editorial cartoonist Terry Mosher has a new book collection out called “Aislin’s Shenanigans.” » Ted Rall…
Fourth “Wimpy Kid” released with 4 million copies
Jeff Kinney’s fourth “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” book is being released today with a print run of 4 million….