Gene Luen Yang reveals cover, background of ‘Shadow Hero’
Gene Luen Yang, whose two-volume Boxers & Saints was shortlisted just this morning for the National Book Award, has revealed details about his follow-up: a revival of the Golden Age superhero the...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Hayao Miyazaki’s samurai manga may take a while
Manga | Hayao Miyazaki’s samurai manga will be serialized in the Japanese magazine Model Graphix, but progress is reportedly slow: Miyazaki, the director of classic animated films including My...
View Article‘Shadow Hero’ strip offers a preview of Yang and Liew’s new GN
While we eagerly await the release of Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew’s graphic novel The Shadow Hero, a revival of the Golden Age superhero the Green Turtle, Tor.com has posted a seven-part prequel...
View ArticleYang and Liew’s ‘The Shadow Hero’ to get digital serialization
Gene Luen Yang and Sonny Liew’s The Shadow Hero will be serialized digitally each month by First Second beginning Feb. 18. The upcoming graphic novel crafts a new origin for the Green Turtle, an...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Manga market showing signs of ‘modest’ recovery
Manga | In a two-part interview, ICv2 talks at length to veteran Dark Horse manga editor Carl Horn about how the manga market has evolved since 1987, which manga do and do not do well, and what the...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Taking a stand against harassment at cons
Conventions | Samantha Melamed looks at the problem of harassment at comics conventions, particularly of cosplayers, and what some women are doing about it. The article includes interviews with artist...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Judge lifts order blocking Hastings sale
Retailing | A federal judge has lifted a temporary restraining order blocking the $21.4 million sale of retail chain Hastings Entertainment to Joel Weinshanker, president and sole shareholder of...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Ed Kramer may have violated terms of plea deal
Legal | DragonCon co-founder Ed Kramer, who entered a plea deal in December to avoid more jail time on child molestation charges that date back to 2000, could find himself back behind bars for his use...
View ArticleComics A.M. | A half-century of ‘Archie,’ by circulation figures
Publishing | John Jackson Miller mines the circulation statements provided once a year to put together a 54-year sales history of Archie Comics’ flagship title Archie (the publisher is one of the few...
View ArticleSecret identity issues: Yang and Liew’s ‘The Shadow Hero’
In The Shadow Hero, cartoonist Gene Luen Yang collaborates with artist Sonny Liew to tell the story of Hank Chu, the teenage son of Chinese immigrants who run a small store in Depression-era...
View ArticleComics A.M. | San Diego & Salt Lake cons to meet about lawsuit
Legal | A conference has been scheduled for Oct. 27 in San Diego to discuss a possible settlement in the trademark dispute between Comic-Con International and Salt Lake Comic Con regarding the...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Store suffers reported $300,000 loss in burglary
Crime | Wichita, Kansas’ KWCH TV is showcasing the Nov. 19 burglary of comics and collectibles store Riverhouse Traders as its Crime Stoppers crime of the week. The thieves apparently knew what they...
View Article‘Ms. Marvel,’‘Shadow Hero’ among Dwayne McDuffie Award finalists
The finalists have been announced for the inaugural Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity, named in honor of the influential comics and animation writer who passed away in 2011. The winner will be...
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