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Comic convention draws enthusiastic crowd (Dayton Daily News):
The group of mostly men came from as far away as Cleveland and Columbus and Cincinnati. Some dressed as colorfully as the characters in the comic books they had come to purchase.Read full post Click Here Especially interesting comic books to consider (Corpus Christi Caller-Times):
– "Kirby: King of Comics" (by Mark Evanier, $40, Abrams): As I say in a much longer review on my home newspaper's "Shelf Life" books blog (www.theshelflife.com/category/comics), there probably isn't anybody more important to the history of American comic books than writer/artist Jack Kirby, and probably nobody better suited to write about him than Evanier, a former Kirby assistant and ...Read full post Click Here Planet Comicon brings the comic books, the creators and the celebrities to Overland Park (The Kansas City Star):
Some come to buy, sell and trade comic books and related collectibles. Some come to meet a favorite comic creator or Hollywood guest.Read full post Click Here Comic relief: Collector-turned-artist draws on hobby for career (Memphis Commercial Appeal):
Frankenstein at the age of 3? Yep, Lin Workman drew that. And then, there came the hobby of collecting comic books. Imagine what a thrill it must have been when Workman combined his two passions. Read full post Click Here 30 Days Of Night Artist Keen On Game [Comic Books] (Addict 3D):
30 Days Of Night artist Ben Templesmith does damn fine work - fine enough to land him a gig penciling the comic book prequel to EA's Dead Space, as well as doing some design work for the game itself.Read full post Click Here Books (Haaretz Daily):
A city that was and is no longer Is there another small city in the world that has inspired so many books and articles? What is about Czernowitz that continues to captivate so many, long after it ceased to be a center of Jewish-German culture?Read full post Click Here Howard Zinn tells history, in comic form (AP via Yahoo! News):
"A People's History of American Empire" (Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Co., 276 pages. $17 paperback/$30 hardcover), by Howard Zinn, illustrated by Mike Konopacki, edited by Paul Buhle. Zinn is famous for his 1980 book, "A People's History of the United States." If history is usually written by the victors, Zinn tells it from the view of the oppressed, be they workers exploited by robber ...Read full post Click Here The art of illustrator Gilbert Monsanto (Philippine Daily Inquirer):
MANILA, Philippines—Comic books and magazines may be huge commercial successes overseas, but in the Philippines, the komiks trade has yet to keep up with the pace.Read full post Click Here Botswana: Book Review: A kid Who had Lived in the Bush at Night (AllAfrica.com):
Peter Carey (2008). His Illegal Self, London, Faber and Faber, 272 pages, paperback, P162, ISBN 978-0-571-23153-9. Available at Exclusive Books, Riverwalk.Read full post Click Here Davis Adapting DiGilio's North Wind (Coming Soon):
Davis Entertainment ( I, Robot , Alien vs. Predator ) has acquired the rights to Boom Studios' sci-fi comic book series "North Wind," bringing writer David DiGilio aboard to adapt the five comics for the screen, says The Hollywood Reporter .Read full post Click Here |
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