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  • August 2008
    • A 'Prose Guy' Explores the Comics Boom

      A 'Prose Guy' Explores the Comics Boom

      (Newser) - Bob Thompson is a self-professed “prose guy,” but still can’t ignore the biggest trend in publishing: graphic novels. Thompson sets out for the Washington Post to discover how literature that uses word balloons can be book world's sole growing sector. He discovers that many “little see-saws” tipped at once to start the revolution—most notably, in comic theoretician Scott McCloud’s words, “Comics. Got. Better.” More »

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      literature   publishing   comics   graphic novel

  • July 2008
    • Watchmen Dazzles at Comic-Con

      Watchmen Dazzles at Comic-Con

      (Newser) - Thousands of Comic-Con fans cheered yesterday after seeing comic books' holy grail on the big screen, MTV reports. Director Zack Snyder showed an uncut trailer of his dark, violent film adaptation of Watchmen , the only graphic novel to win a Hugo and make Time 's list of the 20th century's greatest novels. The San Diego crowd—many dressed as characters in the movie—then posed questions to the film's stars. More »

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      San Diego   comics   graphic novel   Zack Snyder

  • June 2008
    • Hollywood 'Discovers' Graphic Novels

      Hollywood 'Discovers' Graphic Novels

      (Newser) - Still tallying the proceeds of the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises, Hollywood is turning to darker, underground graphic novels like Wanted for movie adaptations—and comics auteurs have mixed feelings, Time reports. Some argue the mainstream success of ultraviolent adaptations like 300 and Sin City can only mean good things for the graphic-novel underworld, but others worry the interest will suck the medium dry. More »

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      film   Disney   comics   Spider-Man   graphic novel   300   Zack Snyder

    • Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus

      Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus

      (Newser) - A Chinese graphic novelist determined to keep the aftermath of last month's earthquake on the front burner is using her new blog to get the message out, and fellow citizen journalists on the other side of the world are catching on. "We love you, Coco Wang," a blogger at New York-based Jezebel writes to the Beijing-based artist. More »

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      China   Beijing   blog   China earthquake   blogger   blogging   artist   blogs   graphic novel   blog posts

  • March 2008
    • Big-Time Writers Lured to... Comic Books?

      Big-Time Writers Lured to... Comic Books?

      (Newser) - Comic books have officially arrived as a literary medium, NPR reports, and big names are coming out of the woodwork to write them. “In all the years I've been writing, there's only one genre that's really debuted in the New York Times Book Review , and that's the graphic novel,” says novelist Jodi Picoult, who recently tried her hand at Wonder Woman. More »

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      comics   Marvel Comics   graphic novel   DC Comics

  • December 2007
    • Persepolis an Animated Triumph

      Persepolis an Animated Triumph

      (Newser) - Persepolis isn’t just a good animated movie. “It’s a small landmark in feature animation,” writes Nick Pinkerton of the Village Voice . Rendered with handcrafted charm in black and white, it tells the poignant-yet-funny story of a girl growing up amidst the Iranian revolution. But “bare synopsis doesn’t begin to convey [its] imaginative breadth,” says Newsweek ’s David Ansen. More »

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      Iran   movie   movie review   comics   animated movie   graphic novel   Persepolis

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