Dav Pilkey is Publishers Weekly Person of the Year
Publishers Weekly has named Dav Pilkey their 2019 Person of the Year. Dav is the author/illustrator of the hugely successful…
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Asterix Gets U.S. Publisher (muted applause)
The Hollywood Reporter reports: Asterix, the Franco-Belgian comic book character celebrating his 60th anniversary this year, is finally going to…
Comic Shops May Not Survive The Book Channel
Business Insider reports: The “book channel” – which includes chain bookstores and online retailers – is projected to surpass comic…
Tariff-ic Books and Magazines
With one exception, to please his evangelical base (“America’s Christian publishers no longer have to render to Caesar an…
Comics 101
AMP Kids has reinvigorated their blog with a new series – Comics 101. Amp Kids is Andrews McMeel‘s publishing arm…
Role Reversal for Epic! and Andrews McMeel
Epic, the digital reading platform and library for kids, is teaming up with Andrews McMeel Publishing, home to Big…
Middle School Graphic Novels – It’s a Big Thing
Brian Hibbs, at ComicsBeat, goes in-depth for us examining the BookScan numbers for the 2018 Graphic Novel section. It’s time…
Ed Koren Wins IBPA Gold
Vermont artist Edward Koren’s new book “Koren. In the Wild” is the gold medal winner of the 31st Annual…
Changes coming for The Comics Journal?
Tom Spurgeon cites reports on rumors that Comics Comics will be taking over The Comics Journal “in some fashion” in…
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…
News briefs for October 27, 2009
Awards » The Ranan Lurie Political Cartoon Award Competition for 2009 is due November 12, 2009. Comic books » Joe…
Market and economic good news from NY ComicCon
New York Comic Con was last weekend and Publisher’s Weekly has a couple of articles on what the Con might…
Fantagraphics teams up with Diamond
Tom Spurgeon has an extensive write up and analysis on the announcement that Fantagraphics has signed a deal with Diamond…