Comics Get In Front at BEA 2014 - PW Comics World

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Although the category did not have a commanding presence at BEA, graphic novel publishers and imprints were spread throughout the show and comics were featured in major panels during BEA and BookCon, BEA's relaunched consumer event. more



Madefire Expands with Barker, Archie, Lion Forge, and Arcana
Madefire, the Berkeley, Calif.–based digital media company known for producing partially animated "motion book" comics, has added four more publishers to its lineup. more

Dynamite Inks Graphic Novel Deals with Five Novelists Dynamite Entertainment has agreements to publish graphic novel adaptations based on the books and characters of acclaimed novelists Brandon Sanderson, Dean Koontz, Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher, and the late Ernest Tidyman, author of the Shaft novels. more Diamond: Graphic Novels Up, Comics Periodicals Down in 2014 While the first few months of 2014 were tough for comics specialty retailers, graphic novel, and merchandise sales remained solid. more

Jet City, Comixology Offer Digital Comic of Hugh Howey’s ‘Wool’ Amazon’s Jet City Comics imprint is serializing the comics adaptation of sci-fi novelist Hugh Howey’s 'Wool' simultaneously on Comixology and Amazon. more Telling It Like It Is: Roz Chast Bloomsbury has just released, "Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?," a graphic memoir by New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast, that tells the painful story of her parents' aging and physical deterioration with humor and love. more