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PW’s Best of the Year list includes extra graphic novels
[Editor’s note: Each Sunday, Robot 6 contributors discuss the best in comics from the last seven days — from news and announcements to a great comic that came out to something cool creators or fans...
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Comics A.M. | DMP gives Tezuka Kickstarter another try
Crowdfunding | Digital Manga Publishing’s recent Kickstarter campaign raised some questions as to the proper role of crowdfunding in publishing. When DMP acquired the rights to all of Osamu Tezuka’s...
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Robot Reviews |‘Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant?’
Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? By Roz Chast In Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Roz Chast has produced an amazingly honest and clear-eyed memoir of her relationship with her...
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Comics A.M. | The competition for Comic-Con International
Conventions | With the long-planned expansion of the San Diego Convention Center stalled indefinitely, the Los Angeles Times offers an overview of efforts to keep Comic-Con International in the city...
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Comics A.M. | Heavy Metal to base its comics line in Portland
Publishing | Portland, Oregon, will be the home base for Heavy Metal’s new line of comics, which was announced in October, following the company’s sale to David Boxenbaum and Jeff Krelitz. “I think...
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Comics A.M. | The effect of the ‘Valkyrie Bump’ on sales
Retailing | Susana Polo interviews several members of the Valkyries, the organization of women who work in comic shops, and examines the “Valkyrie Bump,” the sales boost that some comics, such as Sex...
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LA Times Book Prize graphic novel finalists announced
The nominees have been announced for this year’s Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, a list that, unsurprisingly, includes awards-season favorites Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? by Roz Chast...
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Comics A.M. | Roz Chast win National Book Critics Circle Award
Awards | Roz Chast has won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Best Autobiography for her graphic novel Can’t We Talk About Something More Pleasant? Chast’s tale of taking care of her parents...
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Comics A.M. |‘MAD’ veteran Lou Silverstone passes away
Passings | MAD Magazine writer Lou Silverstone has died at age 90. Silverstone was the writer of many of MAD‘s movie and television satires in the 1960s and 1970s, starting with “Bananaz,” a parody of...
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Comics A.M. | Archie’s Paul Kaminski joins DC Comics
Publishing | Paul Kaminski, Archie Comics’ executive director of editorial since 2012, has left the publisher to become an associate editor for DC Comics’ Superman Group. Kaminski joined Archie in...
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Comics A.M. | Roz Chast wins $250,000 Heinz Award
Awards | Cartoonist Roz Chast is one of six recipients of this year’s Heinz Awards, which recognize “exceptional Americans, for their creativity and determination in finding solutions to critical...
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Comics A.M. | Roz Chast wins prestigious Reuben Award
Awards | Roz Chast won the Reuben Award for cartoonist of the year, presented over the weekend in Washington, D.C., by the National Cartoonists Society. Divisional award winners of note include Jules...
View ArticleComics A.M. | MoCCA Arts Festival moves to new venue
The Society of Illustrators has announced the April 2-3 event will be held at Metropolitan West on West 46th Street in New York City.
View ArticleComics A.M. | Square Enix, SNK settle ‘Hi Score Girl’ dispute
Video game company SNK Playmore is dropping year-old criminal charges against manga publisher Square Enix, which is now free to continue publishing "Hi Score Girl."
View ArticleComics A.M. | Artist Jay Scott Pike passes away at 91
Well remembered as a "good girl" artist, Jay Scott Pike drew such comics as "Jann of the Jungle" and "Lorna the Jungle Girl," and created the DC Comics character Dolphin.
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Comics A.M. | Oregon paper pulls ‘Non Sequitur’ cartoon; Daniel Clowes...
Comic Strips | The Portland Oregonian pulled three Non Sequitur strips that made fun of the occupiers of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge after one of the occupiers was killed. “The strip, which...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Japan plans to build national manga museum
The Japanese government hopes the "Manga National Center" will be open in time for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
View ArticleComics A.M. | Rare original ‘Tintin’ art goes up for auction
Original artwork by Herge, including the final spread from the Tintin story "King Ottokar's Sceptre," will go under the gavel April 30 in France.
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Comics A.M. |“Legend of Zelda” creators hint at English-language manga license
Manga | Akira Himekawa, the two-woman team behind the Legend of Zelda manga, hinted on their Facebook page last week that Viz would license the English-language version of their new series, The Legend...
View ArticleComics A.M. | San Diego could get a Comic-Con museum
The San Diego Hall of Champions announced it's been in talks with Comic-Con International to establish a comics-focused museum.
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