Thursday, April 03, 2014

Comic/graphic novel news from PW


A Week of Comics Events Kicks off MoCCA Arts Fest 2014
This year, Comic and Cartoon Art Week, a series of comics-related events that began on April 1 in New York City, will serve as an introduction to the MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual festival of small press comics, held April 5 and 6 at the Lexington Avenue Amory. more

On Deck: 12 Great Baseball Comics
Baseball is back and to celebrate Opening Day, here are a dozen comics inspired by the sport's history, personalities, and drama. The result is a surprisingly strong list of memorable stories, from the real—Satchel Paige and Roberto Clemente—to the imaginary—a barnstorming team faces an opposing team made of monsters. Batter up! more

DC, Warner Bros. Unveil Batman’s 75th Anniversary Plans
DC Entertainment plans a year-long celebration of the iconic Golden Age superhero that will include Batman Day on July 23. more

Sequential Adds NBM Graphic Novels
NBM will add ten titles to the literary comics storefront app including works by Rick Geary, Stan Mack and Margreet de Heer. more
Humanoids Debuts Comics App for iPad
Consumers can now preview more than 60 titles and sync their iPads to content purchased through the Humanoids website. more

Yen Press, Square Enix Ink Global Digital Manga Pact
The new digital manga pact will feature simultaneous Japanese and English language digital serialization for selected Square Enix manga series. more


The Boxer
Reinhard Kleist. Abrams/SelfMadeHero, US$22.95 trade paper (200p) ISBN 978-1-906838-77-5
This graphic novel, which tells the true story of Holocaust survivor Hertzko "Harry" Haft, leaves a deep impression. Haft is separated from his family in Nazi-occupied Poland, sent to a series of concentration camps, and subjected to unimaginable brutality, including being forced by the SS to fight in a terrifying series of boxing matches. more


Aama: The Smell of Warm Dust
Frederik Peeters, trans. by Edward Gauvin. Abrams/SelfMadeHero, US$19.95 hardcover (88p) ISBN 978-1-906-83873-7
At the start of the first volume of this French SF thriller trilogy, a distant-future ne'er-do-well named Verloc wakes in a molten crater, his eyes filled with tears over his lost daughter, and his memories a blur. Moments later, he’s approached by a robot gorilla named Churchill who's thrilled to see him and hands him his journal. more

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