Thursday, January 09, 2014

Graphic Novels



Graphic Novels In Translation From the Nicolas Grivel Agency 

While literature in translation can be a tough sell to U.S. readers, in recent years the Nicolas Grivel Agency, which represents such acclaimed international comics artists as Ulli Lust, Dylan Horrocks and Blutch, has managed to place a host of impressive foreign titles at U.S. publishers. 


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Off the Page: Comics at Rutgers Gallery and In the Subway 

The Rutgers-Camden Center for the Arts in Camden New Jersey is hosting, “Compulsive Stories: Narratives that must be told,” an exhibition of comics and other works; while Nathan Fox, veteran comics artist and chair at the School of Visual Arts has been commissioned by the school to create posters for the subway promoting SVA. 


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Columbia Acquires Kitchen Sink Press Comics Archive
Columbia University’s Rare Book & Manuscript Library has reached an agreement with comics artist, historian, publisher and literary agent Denis Kitchen to acquire the archive of Kitchen Sink Press, the legendary publisher of underground comics that Kitchen directed between 1969 and 1999. more


Laphams’s ‘Stray Bullets’ Is Back in Print and Digital
Stray Bullets, David Lapham’s enigmatic, brutal and heartbreaking comic about the web of crime, murder and abuse that surrounds several generations of lowlifes, is back. Now coming out from Image, the first 40 issues of the book are available today digitally via the Image Comics website, Comixology, the Image Comics iOS app, and Android, Android, Google Play, iBooks and Kindle more

LaBeouf Skywrites Apology, But Not to Melville House
The odd standoff between Shia LaBeouf, cartoonist Dan Clowes and indie publisher Melville House over the movie star’s plagiarism continues after LaBeouf apparently hired a plane to skywrite an apology to the cartoonist. Melville publisher Dennis Johnson says he is puzzled by LaBeouf's cavalier attitude toward the plagiarism charges. more

Marvel Halts Sales of Periodical Comics in Bookstores
Marvel has ended sales of print single-issue periodical comics through trade bookstore channels. This will not affect the sales of book format graphic novels through those retailers. more

Melville House, Dan Clowes Plan Response to Labeouf Plagiarism
Hollywood star Shia Labeouf faces legal action from both Dan Clowes and indie publisher Melville House, after admitting plagiarizing a Clowes comic for his short film, HaroldCantour.com, and after lifting chunks of novelist Benoit Duteurtre’s novel The Little Girl and the Cigarette for his mini-comics. more

DC, Madefire Partner For New Motion Book Starring Batman
DC Entertainment has entered into a partnership with Madefire to produce all-new "motion comics" a hybrid format that adds sounds and limited motion to comics, while giving the reader a choice in how the story plays out. The first release will be Batman: Arkham Origins – A DC2 MultiVerse Graphic Novel. more

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