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SDCC ’11 | A roundup of Saturday’s announcements
Three down, one to go … here’s a list of the major comics-related announcements made at Comic-Con International in San Diego on Saturday: • A number of new projects were announced or promoted at...
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Sneak preview | Jim Zubkavich’s Makeshift Miracle
After a week of teasers, Jim Zubkavich launches his new webcomic Makeshift Miracle today. If you’re getting a feeling of deja vu, it’s because Jim first published Makeshift Miracle online, and it has...
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Comics A.M. | Asterix co-creator retires; publisher Sergio Bonelli dies
Creators | Eighty-four-year-old artist Albert Uderzo, who created Asterix the Gaul in 1959 with writer René Goscinny, has announced he’s retiring, saying he’s “a bit tired” after 52 years of drawing....
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Exclusive: Makeshift Miracle interview and art
Jim Zubkavich, the writer of Skullkickers and an editor at comics publisher UDON Entertainment, relaunched his webcomic Makeshift Miracle a few weeks ago with a revised story and new art. I...
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Comics A.M. | Batmobile covered by copyright; more on Archie feud
Legal | A judge refused to dismiss DC Comics’ lawsuit against Gotham Garage, a manufacturer of custom-made Batmobiles, ruling that the design of Batman’s vehicle is indeed copyrightable. DC sued the...
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Nice comic, but is it manga?
In 2005, when manga was the Next Big Thing, a lot of things got called manga that weren’t. But those days are long gone, so it was surprising when this popped up: The Official Firefall Manga, a comics...
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Round 1, FIGHT! UDON to release Street Fighter comics free online
Everyone may be talking ab out this summer’s face-off between the Avengers and this X-Men, but that fight is patty-cake compared to the drawn-out gang war between Marvel and Capcom. As shown in a...
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Don’t miss UDON Entertainment’s ‘Boxing Day Super Sale’
If you’ve been eyeing that Marvel vs. Capcom: Complete Work hardcover for a while now but just couldn’t talk yourself into shelling out a hundred bucks, today’s your lucky day: UDON Entertainment is...
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UDON extends deadline for World of Warcraft tribute book
UDON Entertainment, which produces a lot of game-related art books, is extending the deadline for submissions to its World of Warcraft Tribute Book until Jan. 31. The book, which will be similar to...
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Stranger in a strange land: My day at PAX East
Going to PAX East in Boston over the weekend was like going to a comic convention on another planet. The gestalt was the same — the exhibit floor, the booths, the cosplayers, the panels — but...
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SDCC | UDON Entertainment partners with comiXology
UDON Entertainment, the Ontario-based publisher of manga, artbooks and comics like Street Fighter and Darkstalkers, has entered into a distribution agreement with digital-comics platform comiXology....
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Comics A.M. | Second-best month for comics sales this century
Publishing | John Jackson Miller dissects the latest sales numbers and finds July 2013 to be the second-best month for comics sales in the direct market so far this century—actually, since 1997....
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Christmas is over, but the comics deals continue
Although the United States has never really embraced the Boxing Day tradition, Americans do like a good sale. So it’s lucky for comics fans the world over that a handful of publishers are offering...
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UDON announces line of manga literary adaptations
UDON Entertainment will introduce Manga Classics, a new line of adaptations of literary classics geared toward a young-adult audience. The line launches in August with the release of Victor Hugo’s Les...
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SDCC, Day 3 | The Force is with Marvel
Although Saturday at Comic-Con International was dominated by movies and television — led by Warner Bros. Pictures, Marvel Studios and Legendary Pictures — there was still room for plenty of comics...
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Comics A.M. |‘Annie’ writer Jay Maeder passes away
Passings | Jay Maeder, who was the last writer for the comic strip Annie (formerly Little Orphan Annie), passed away Tuesday at age 67. A former New York Daily News columnist and editor who authored...
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Comics A.M. |‘Big Hero 6′ drives up prices on original comics
Comics | Check your longboxes, folks: Copies of Marvel’s Sunfire & Big Hero 6 #1, from 1998, with a CGC grade of 9.8 are selling for $450 and up ahead of the premiere of the Disney animated film,...
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Cyber Monday deals: From digital titles to comic tees
For comics fans, Black Friday was only the warm-up, as a number of companies are also holding sales today for Cyber Monday. From graphic novels and digital comics to art books and superhero-themed...
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Comics A.M. | Roz Chast’s memoir tops bookstore chart again
Graphic novels | Once again, Roz Chast’s Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? leads the BookScan list of the top-selling graphic novels in bookstores. Volumes one and two of March also did...
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SDCC: Udon licenses Rose of Versailles, Sugar Sugar Rune
Udon Entertainment announced at Comic-Con International in San Diego that it has acquired one of the most sought-after manga licenses ever, Ryoko Ikeda’s “Rose of Versailles,” as well as two other...
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