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Comics A.M. | Manga sales slip in Japan for first time since 2009
One Piece, Vol. 67 Manga | The Japanese market research firm Oricon reports sales of manga volumes (tankobon) slipped 1.5 percent last year, to about $2.886 billion, the first decline since the company...
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Comics A.M. | Singapore cartoonist arrested; crowdfunding scam
Leslie Chew cartoon Legal | Singapore cartoonist Leslie Chew was arrested last week on charges of sedition, held over the weekend, and released on S$10,000 bail. His cellphone and computer were also...
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Comics A.M. | Rick Perry at odds with newspaper over cartoon
Editorial cartoons | Michael Cavna interviews Sacramento Bee editorial cartoonist Jack Ohman about Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s demand that the newspaper apologize for an April 25 cartoon in which the...
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Comics A.M. | Digital comics’‘era of experimentation’
Digital comics | Jason Snell uses Comic-Con International as an opportunity to take a snapshot of digital comics in “an era of experimentation,” and hones in on Madefire, the convention’s embrace of...
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Comics A.M. | Singapore cartoonist’s arrest part of crackdown
Legal | Kevin Lim and Evaline Danubrata add some context to the story of Singaporean cartoonist Leslie Chew, who was charged Thursday with contempt of court for several cartoons critical of the...
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Comics A.M. | BOOM! Studios, movies and ‘creator share’ model
Publishing | As the movie version of 2 Guns heads toward theaters this weekend, BOOM! Studios CEO Ross Richie talks about his company’s “creator share” model and his career in comics publishing, from...
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Comics A.M. | Boston Comic Con a boon to local retailers
Conventions | Retailers in the Boston area talk about the importance of Boston Comic Con to their bottom line. This year’s event will be held Saturday and Sunday. [The Boston Globe] Creators | Leslie...
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Comics A.M. | Singapore cartoonist apologizes, charges dropped
Legal | Singapore cartoonist Leslie Chew apologized today for four comic strips that were formerly posted on his Facebook page Demon-Cratic Singapore. In a statement released by his lawyers, Chew...
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Comics A.M. |‘Blondie’ artist Frank Cummings passes away
Passings | Frank Cummings, an artist for the comic strip Blondie, has died at age 55, according to a posting on Blondie.com. No cause of death is given, but this obituary (in Italian) states he had a...
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Comics A.M. | Archie Comics responds to Singapore ban
Publishing | Archie Comics Co-CEO Jon Goldwater responds to Singapore’s ban of the third volume of Life With Archie, which features the wedding of Kevin Keller and Clay Walker: “Riverdale will always...
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Singapore banned Kevin Keller’s wedding comic but not Northstar’s
An Archie Comics collection was recently banned in Singapore because it features the marriage of gay character Kevin Keller, but Marvel’s Astonishing X-Men #51 managed to escape a similar fate and...
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Comics A.M. | Square Enix halts ‘Hi Score Girl’ amid copyright claims
Legal | The Japanese magazine Monthly Big Gangan has put the series Hi Score Girl on hold following allegations by the game company SNK Playmore that the manga is using its characters without...
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Comics A.M. | Singapore agency pulls grant for Sonny Liew GN
Graphic novels | The National Arts Council of Singapore has withdrawn a $8,000 publication grant for Sonny Liew’s graphic novel The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye, a biography of the Singaporean comics...
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Sonny Liew’s graphic novel sells out after government pulls grant
Call it the Streisand Effect, Singapore-style: Sonny Liew’s graphic novel The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye has sold out at bookstores across Singapore after the National Arts Council pulled its...
View ArticleComics A.M. | Black Keys’ Daniel Auerbach to create comic soundtrack
The musician will record an album inspired by "Murder Ballads," the upcoming Z2 Comics miniseries by Gabe Soria and Paul Reinwand.
View ArticleComics A.M. |‘Valerian’ creator on (possibly) influencing ‘Star Wars’
Pierre Christin discusses the many parallels between his earlier space opera "Valerian and Laureline" and "Star Wars."
View ArticleComics A.M. | Trial delayed in alleged Pokemon gun plot
The trial of two men suspected of planning an armed attack against the 2015 Pokemon World Championships has been delayed until November.
View ArticleComics A.M. | Stu Levy on Tokyopop’s return to print
After shutting down in 2011, the one-time U.S. manga powerhouse is re-entering the print market with three manga based on Disney properties.
View ArticleComics A.M. | Sonny Liew wins Singapore Literature Prize
Sonny Liew's "The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye," which stirred controversy in Singapore, is now the first graphic novel to win the Singapore Literature Prize for English Fiction.
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