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Graphic Novels & Comics

First Look: Jonathan Kellerman’s ‘Silent Partner’ Graphic Novel

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Check it out! We’ve got your first look at the hot new graphic novel based on Jonathan Kellerman’s classic novel of suspense, Silent Partner! Kellerman’s novel is the fourth in a series of books featuring forensic psychologist/detective Alex Delaware, and the first of that series to see adaptation in the graphic novel format. Haven’t read [...]

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Garfield goes digital

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Today, the Random House Publishing Group will be making Jim Davis’ beloved Garfield cartoons available in a digital format for the first time ever.

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comics, ebooks, fat cat, garfield, garfield brings home the bacon, jim davis
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Cole Haddon’s ‘The Strange Case of Mr. Hyde’ Moving Toward Movie Adaptation

spacer In a storyline reminiscent of The Silence of the Lambs, Scotland Yard investigator Thomas Adye is forced to seek the deranged insights of imprisoned madman Dr. Henry Jeckyll in order to stop a serial murderer on the prowl in Whitechapel.

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A Look at Epic Graphic Novel Series Flight – Plus an Excerpt

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There it was, standing on a book shelf. I was immediately drawn into its world. For me, it was not just a cover for a comic book. Instead it was a door to an epic adventure. I’m speaking about Kazu Kubuishi’s beautiful cover illustration for Volume One of a graphic novels series that should soon [...]

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11 Reasons I Can’t Wait for the Return of ‘The Walking Dead’

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The Walking Dead is cueing up for its second season, and as a huge fan of the show and a major zombie nerd in general, I just can’t wait! Really, I’m jonesing. After trying unsuccessfully to get my zombie fix by hanging out at the DMV, I’ve taken to writing about the show in my [...]

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amc, Halloween, television, The Walking Dead, zombie survival guide, zombies
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Excerpt: Art Spiegelman’s ‘MetaMaus: A Look Inside a Modern Classic, Maus

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In the pages of MetaMaus, Art Spiegelman re-enters the Pulitzer prize–winning Maus, the modern classic that has altered how we see literature, comics, and the Holocaust ever since it was first published twenty-five years ago.
He probes the questions that Maus most often evokes—Why the Holocaust? Why mice? Why comics?—and gives us a new and essential [...]

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These boots are made for Kim Harrison fans!

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Who won the boots in our Kim Harrison giveaway contest?

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Blood Work, graphic novel, Hollows, Kim Harrison
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BadAss Comic Book Cover: War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath #2

Every week I’ll be bringing you a comic book cover that I feel eclipses others out there—to the point I might just have to own it when released!

This week: War of the Green Lanterns: Aftermath #2! Gotta love it!

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Manga

New York Comic-Con 2011: The Manga Wrap-up

New York City Comic-Con is a whirlwind four-day ride through the world of comics, manga, sci-fi, videogames, pop movies, and is a hub for grand, new announcements and networking among talent, made and indie alike. Rumor at the Javitz Center floor was that the convention – which sold out of all tickets by Friday – [...]

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Sailor Moon Transforms for its 20th Anniversary

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Many anime and manga fans will have one or two series that they’ll fondly remember as the titles responsible for opening up their world to Japanese culture. For most female fans from the Toonami Era, that series was Sailor Moon.
September marked the beginning of the Sailor Moon manga’s re-release onto American shores, after six years [...]

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anime, cartoons, Manga, Naoko Takeuchi, Sailor Moon
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New ‘Trigun’ Movie to Be Released in September

“Cowboys & Aliens” may not have been your cup of tea, but in American anime legend lives a title that was the original to mesh the sci-fi and Western genres, capturing the Old West, a hard-pressed gunslinger, and the exploration of space all in one – “Trigun.” This month, a new story will unfold.
Twenty years [...]

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cartoons, Movies, Shonen Captain, television, Trigun, Yatsuhiro Nightow
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Drawing Tips for Getting to the Next Level

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Christopher Hart, best-selling author of many popular art technique books on manga and more, is swinging by Suvudu to offer a bit of his own expertise to those aspiring and developing artists in need or want of a little improvement.

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Ruroni Kenshin on the Big Screen: Classic Samurai Favorite Returns

Tokyohive reported last month that crews from Warner Bros. Japan will begin filming this summer on a live-action movie adaptation of the best-selling manga . Not negotiations, not production,  bona fide filming. This is one manga-related green light you want to know about.
Beyond filming a movie, a TV drama series is also planned, likely hinging on [...]

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adaptations, Bloody Monday, Movies, Ruroni Kenshin, Tokyohive
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Manga University? Yes, You Heard That Right

For those manga fans with career aspirations in the sector, is there ever some good news for you! It was reported earlier this month that the first Japanese university is offering a Ph.D. in manga studies, beginning next year. Kyoto Seika University is the first in either America or Japan to do so, though in [...]

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