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ComicbooklandTuesday Jun 16, 2009
Bloomsday 2.0
As we shuffle through this recession, most literary travelers won't make the trip to Dublin this year. Luckily Throwaway Horse LLC has created a hyperlinked graphic novel based on the book--visualizing the novel in full-color for readers stuck behind computers. Here's more about the project: "'Ulysses 'SEEN'' is the inaugural project of Throwaway Horse LLC. Throwaway Horse is devoted to fostering understanding of public domain literary masterworks by joining the visual aid of the graphic novel with the explicatory aid of the internet. By creating 'Web 2.0' versions of these works, we hope to proliferate and help to not only preserve them, but ensure their continued vitality and relevance." (Via Literary Kicks) Wednesday Jun 10, 2009
Chip Kidd To Write Batman Comic
According to Paste, Kidd has written or co-written three books about the Dark Knight. In 2008, the book nerd published "Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan," a loving tribute to wacky world of Batman comics in Japan during the 1960s--a technicolor Manga treatment of the all-American hero. Here's more: "The news came via Twitter (where else?) from one of the audience members at the Chicago Tribune Printers Row Lit Fest, who witnessed Kidd's announcement and promptly spread the good news throughout the nerd world." (Via Afterword) Friday Jun 05, 2009
We're Still Waiting on That Peter Bagge Bag, Though
Seth admits that Times appearance was a career milestone, but, as he told Gothamist this week, "being a cartoonist is not like being in a band. You don't get to see anyone read the work. At best you vaguely perceive the work going out into the world. You're still all alone in the studio. Nobody applauds." Friday May 29, 2009
From BEA: Stitches - A Memoir by David Small
One word. Phenomenal. I didn't really expect to like this book for a number of reasons. First of all, the cover: plain, some would say boring at first glance, until you read this brilliant graphic novel, Stitches (W.W. Norton) by David Small and realize it is so fitting. Full disclosure, I've never read a graphic novel before. So, some may ask, how could I call it brilliant? But a good story is a good story, and Stitches is not a good story, but rather a great one. Thursday May 28, 2009
Judge Sonia Sotamayor's Secret
That's a ringing endorsement from the U.S. president on the 80th anniversary of the teen sleuth, who now has over 200 titles in print from Grosset & Dunlap, Simon & Schuster, and graphic novel publisher Papercutz. The detective joins a number of other authors on the illustrious Barack Obama Book Club. Check out his comments here: "Judge Sotomayor's interest in the law was sparked as a young girl by reading the Nancy Drew series. And that when she was diagnosed with diabetes at the age of 8, she was informed that people with diabetes can't grow up to be police officers or private investigators like Nancy Drew. In essence, she was told she'd have to scale back her dreams." Tuesday May 05, 2009
The Darling Jim Ending Americans Haven't Seen![]() Once you've finished reading Christian Moerk's debut novel, Darling Jim, and checked out the acknowledgments, you'll find this closing expression of gratitude: "I'm indebted to Howard Chaykin for graciously agreeing to lend Niall his talent and his quiver of pencils," Moerk writes. "The poor kid would've never got it right, otherwise. Thanks, pal." Now, we've been Howard Chaykin fans for nearly a quarter-century, ever since we ventured into our first comic book shop and came out with a copy of American Flagg! (which may or may not be turned into a movie some day). So we flipped through the pages of Darling Jim again, but we didn't see any artwork, let alone anything in Chaykin's distinctive style. So we emailed Moerk, and it turns out he's been a fan about as long as we have—he even had a letter in one issue, back when comics had reader mail columns—and he explained that when the book came out in Denmark two years ago, he asked Chaykin to create a drawing that is described in the novel's closing paragraphs. "I thought it was a really cool addition that would drive home the point of the book," Moerk explained. But that artwork didn't make it into the American edition of Darling Jim, so we asked if we could publish it here. Moerk and Chaykin both gave their consent—but here's the deal: If you've read the novel, the illustration fits perfectly, but if you haven't, we would have to tell you more about the novel's ending than you might want to hear. So we've cropped a small section, maybe about one-fourth of the total drawing, and published it above. You can also look at a larger cropping (in a pop-up window) that gives you a fuller sense of Chaykin's vision, OR the complete illustration (another pop-up window). (Both those windows are big, one large enough to require scrolling; we tried reducing the artwork, but this is as small as we felt we could get it and still do right by the artist.) And if you really want to know what the illustration is all about, you can keep reading. Or you could just bookmark this page, go out and buy the novel, and come back to us when you reach the end. However you want to play it is okay by us. Monday May 04, 2009
Daniel Clowes Unveils New Work
According to the Book Bench, the new graphic novel will be about a man who loses his father and tries to forge familial bonds by "joining people together." The blog post also includes a sample panel. Here's more from the post: "Each page of the book is an individual scene, a joke on the format of a Sunday cartoon strip, but cumulatively the scenes create a larger narrative that turns from comic to tragic." Thursday Apr 30, 2009
Everything You Wanted to Know About Wolverine But Were Afraid to Ask![]() When comics fans think Wolverine, they often think Chris Claremont: The author (seen here at far left) spent 15 years writing the adventures of the X-Men for Marvel Comics, as well as an acclaimed series starring the metal-clawed mutant that was illustrated by Frank Miller. On Wednesday night, Claremont dropped by the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art for a panel discussion with Matthew K. Manning (center), the author of Wolverine: Inside the World of the Living Weapon, an illustrated guide to the character's history that coincides with the release of X-Men Origins: Wolverine tomorrow. Joining Claremont and Manning were Karl Erickson and Peter Sanderson of MOCCA, and Susan Stockman of DK Publishing. (photo: Jennifer Wendell) Monday Mar 23, 2009
Indie Authors Draw Marvel Superheroes
Recently Marvel editor-in-chief Joe Quesada revealed more about the indie project list: "Just to name a few of the talents involved, we've got Paul Pope, Stan Sakai, Paul Hornschemeier, Dash Shaw, Junko Mizuno, Jim Rugg, Corey Lewis ... and a bunch more small press superstars contributing some truly amazing stories. We just got some outstanding pages in from the cartoonist JASON and I gotta tell you, this is going to be one awesome book." Robot 6 posted more news on the project, suggesting that Marvel should add one comic in particular: Jeffrey Brown's take on Wolverine. The artist behind the graphic novel, "Clumsy" did a short piece pitting a slacker Wolverine against hordes of zombies. (Image via Comics Bulletin) Thursday Mar 12, 2009
Sarah Palin, Comic Book Hero
The book is part of the company's "Female Force" series which included a comic about Hillary Clinton. They also plan to release comic books about Michelle Obama and Caroline Kennedy later this year. Before the election, the company planned two versions of the comic. While they ultimately abandoned the triumphant Palin ending, GalleyCat would love to read that comic: "[There were] two prepared endings readied for print. One, if Palin and Senator John McCain are successful in capturing the White House and another if their bid fail[ed]." (Via Colleen Lindsay) PreviouslyHardboiled Peanuts: Charles Schulz Meets Frank Miller "Watchmen" Tops Inaugural NYT Graphic Books Best Seller List Graphic Novels in the Recession Can You Sell Comic Books In This Economy? Believe It Or Not, We're Walking On Air: GalleyCat @ NY ComicCon Dracula's Draughtsman Honored in San Francisco Exclusive Interview: Book-Reviewing Cartoonist Ward Sutton Doonesbury Dominates Comic Strip Books Holy $#!!, Batman! Obscenity-Laden Comic Recalled A Celebration of Jewish Alternative Comics Don't Let Superman's Birthplace Fall Into Ruin Glue Is A Paper Engineer's Best Friend Now Kids Know: Superman's From Ohio, Not Krypton Unbeige: One Hit Comic Strip, Minus Its Star Book Industry Pros @ Comic-Con: Hard Work, But Fun Fans (& Other Billyburgers) Stock Giant Goddess of War Diorama Judge Parker's Fascination With Little Red Book Continues UnBeige: Comic Book Visionary Gets Art Book Retrospective FishbowlLA Has Your Comic-Con Coverage mediabistro.com's Comic Book Guy Distills Six Years of Writing Advice UnBeige: Howard Zinn Now In Comics Format For the Love of Barry Allen: Return of a Comic Book Icon "Superman Loves You... And He's A Lot More Proactive Than God Ever Was!" Literati Take In the Comic Con Scene I Got My Picture Taken With STAN LEE! Are You Dork Enough To Download A PDF Of Michael Chabon's 'Spiderman 2' Script? "Don't Go to Jail for Comic Books" It's Like Giving Max Ernst Photoshop! DC Unveils Sandman Anniversary Bookends (& Lots of Action Figures) @ Toy Fair Biopic of Mad Publisher in the Works The All-New Adventures of Breakup Girl Fall Out Boy Extend Brand Into Comic Books What If... "Occasional Superheroine" Had Gone Bookish? Sci-Fi Spy Epic as Lens on Writer's Life "Girl Wonder" Finally Honored, To What End? Classics Illustrated, Now Manga-Style Why So Many Novelists Writing Comic Books? The Bourgeois Amusement of the Graphic Novel Can Viz Sell Its Hottest Manga Twice? Japanese Comic Books Wow 'Em in Europe Comic Book Club Celebrates 1-Year Anniversary '80s Graphic Novel Reprinted Online Still Benefits Author, Even Though It's Free Jughead's "New" Look Still Beanie-Centric Earl, Who Brightened the Mornings of Millions of Readers, Dies Marvel Offers Limited Access to Superhero Inventory "Obscene Comic" Trial Back @ Square One, Again How to Sell Comics to Mainstream Bookbuyers? Still Not The Way The World Works NYT Op-Ed Comics Artist Coming to NYC Are Comics Artists Painting Themselves Into a Corner? Tragedy Clears Way for Funky Winkerbean Reboot What Scott McCloud Did Before Understanding Comics The Secret Origins of Spider-Man Far Beneath the Ship, The World Is Mourning Britain Finally Embraces the Graphic Novel The Gay KISS Comic That Never Was Telecom Invests Heavily in Comic Books Superheroes to Fight Cold War on DVD DC Moves New Talent Showcase Online Marvel Team-Up: Hulk, Ant-Man, Old Spice? BOO! Lamest Superman Comic Never Published Manga-Style Stories for America's Young Women Now We're Talking Book Trailer File Under: Funny 'Cause It's True Getting the Comics Out, Large and Small Do Normal Women Read Superhero Comics? One Comics Mega-Series Ends, Another Begins Take an Owl Home With You Saturday Here's A Vampire Anecdote to Gnaw On Heroes Unveils 20-Year-Old Plot Twist In Missouri, Graphic Novels Find Acceptance That's Really Super, Supergirl Captain America Is Really Dead, Marvel "Kills Off" Captain America '60s Comics Star Hospitalized After Collapse Action Figures: Tangentially Related to Publishing! Put the Coffee Down Before Reading This One Funny, That Was My Reaction, Too You'll Believe a Mouse Can Fight Stephen King Comic On Sale at Midnight, Betty and Veronica Revamp Only Temporary Dark Tower Looms on the Horizon World's Oldest Teenagers Get Makeovers Insert "Itsy Bitsy Spider" Joke Here Marvel's Civil War Delayed Again |
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