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NEWS ABOUT: graphic novel

graphic novel stories: 10 news summaries

 Stephen King Bites Into 
 Vampire Comic 

Horror maestro to lend hand on Vertigo's American Vampire

Oct 26, 09 10:12 AM CDT
(Newser) - Stephen King is truly sinking his teeth into his official comic book debut, writing half of the first five issues of Vertigo’s upcoming American Vampire. The brainchild of King buddy Scott Snyder, the series tells the stories of a line of uniquely American blood suckers. King will be... More »

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horror • Stephen King • DC Comics • graphic novel • vampires • Stephen King comic • Stephen King American Vampire • American Vampire

(Newser) - Alan Moore’s Watchmen was supposed to be unfilmable. But with the director’s cut hitting stores today, that pretty obviously wasn’t the case. Scott Thill lists some supposedly unfilmable geek bibles for Wired:
  • Sandman: “It’s not film-shaped,” says creator Neil Gaiman. “
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film • Neil Gaiman • graphic novel • movies • comic books • Watchmen • Thomas Pynchon

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 Watchmen Just Watchable 

Film 'bites off more than it can chew'

Mar 5, 09 10:54 AM CST
(Newser) - The task of putting graphic-novel classic Watchmen onscreen may be more than any filmmaker can handle, critics say—though director Zack Snyder did win over Roger Ebert. Some impressions:
  • "Stumbles and sometimes falls on its top-heavy ambitions. But there are also flashes of visual brilliance and performances that
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film • superhero • movie review • graphic novel • movies • Watchmen

Blind Comic Artist Battles
On, Like Daredevil
 

Andre Campbell, visually-impaired since birth, is still chasing his dream

Dec 14, 08 6:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Life as an independent comic artist is never easy. It's even harder when you’re legally blind, the Washington Post reports. Baltimore's Andre Campbell, vision-impaired since birth with a retinal-degeneration condition, has only sold about 100 copies of his company’s comics since the mid-'90s. But the artist, who idolizes... More »

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blindness • comics • graphic novel • vision impairment

A 'Prose Guy' Explores the Comics Boom

How graphic novels went from nothing to something

Aug 23, 08 3:44 PM CDT
(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”... More »

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literature • publishing • comics • graphic novel

 Watchmen
 Dazzles at
 Comic-Con

Film adaptation of classic graphic novel wows thousands of fans

Jul 26, 08 6:40 PM CDT
(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... More »

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San Diego • comics • graphic novel • Zack Snyder

 Hollywood 
 'Discovers' 
 Graphic Novels 

Film industry loves gritty comics, but what does it mean for the medium?

Jun 23, 08 11:30 AM CDT
(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... More »

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film • Spider-Man • Disney • comics • graphic novel • 300 • Zack Snyder • X-Men • Sin City

 Blogger Keeps Quake in Focus 

Chinese graphic novelist tells stories from the disaster zone

Jun 21, 08 8:30 PM CDT
(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... More »

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China • Beijing • blogging • blog • artist • blogger • graphic novel • blogs • China earthquake • blog posts • Coco Wang • Earthquake Strips

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

Rising medium attracts established authors

Mar 25, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(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,... More »

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Marvel Comics • DC Comics • comics • graphic novel • Jodi Picoult • MF Grimm • Percy Carey

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Persepolis an Animated Triumph

Critics enthralled with 'landmark in animation'

Dec 25, 07 12:24 PM CST
(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... More »

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Iran • movie review • comics • graphic novel • Persepolis • Marjane Satrapi • movies • animated movie

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