Category: Comics

Dick Tracy Attends San Diego Comic Con 2009 With Shocker Toys

Media Release -- May 16th, 2009 NJ- Tribune’s Dick Tracy attends San Diego Comic-Con this year as exclusive Black and White action figures brought to you by Shocker Toys. This is a first for Dick Tracy to appear as hyper-articulated action figures in creator Chester Gould’s black and white comic strip style. The world’s most...

Comic-Con Announces 2009 Manning Award Nominees

Media Release -- Comic-Con, the nation's largest comic book and popular arts convention, announces this year's nominees for the Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award (or The Manning Award as it is more commonly referred). The Manning award has been given out annually at the San Diego Comic-Con since 1982. It is presented to a comics...

CBLDF Disappointed By Guilty Plea in Handley Manga Case

Media Release -- According to a press release issued by the Department of Justice, the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has learned that Christopher Handley, the Iowa manga collector, has pleaded guilty "to possessing obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children and mailing obscene material." CBLDF had served as a special consultant to...

ComicList: Variant Covers for 05/20/2009

ComicList: Variant Covers for Wednesday, May 20, 2009. A list of the variant cover comic books and graphic novels that should be available in your local or online comic book shop this week. Information provided by our friends at Things From Another World. Check out the Comiclist Community Page and FriendFeed ComicList...

Register for The Cartoon Art Museum's Summer 2009 Adult Classes

Media Release -- Classes will focus on cartooning, character design, and comics. Each 2-day session is a new course, so you may register for all three sessions. Classes are designed as 2-day workshops but you may also attend single days as well. Classes are Saturdays and Sundays from 1 to 4 pm. June 13 and...

Impact University Pro Comics and Art Workshop Opens Registration

Media Release -- Online registration is now open for the new Impact University Pro Comics and Art Workshop, a one-day intensive of comics, graphic novel and art educational programming featuring some of the industry’s top names. Sponsored by the publisher of Impact Books, this groundbreaking event takes place Wednesday, July 21, 2009 at the Manchester...

Fantagraphics Books Announces The Acquisition Of THIS SIDE OF JORDAN

Media Release -- SEATTLE, WA, MAY 20, 2009 --- This September, Fantagraphics Books is proud to publish This Side of Jordan, by Monte Schulz, only the second original prose novel (following 2007's Laura Warholic by Alexander Theroux) in the company's 33-year history. This...

Top Cow's CYBERFORCE/HUNTER-KILLER In Stores on July 22

Media Release -- Top Cow Productions, Inc. proudly announced today the crossover of Cyberforce and Hunter-Killer. Slated for a July 2009 release, Cyberforce/Hunter-Killer #1 is the...

Comicbook Artists Guild Announces Iconic Release of New Graphic Novel

Media Release -- Moodus, CT: The beauty of comic book creation is that it is a celebration of two worlds: the literary and the artistic. For the better part of a year, the writer and artist members of the Comicbook Artists Guild have been working steadfastly to bring these two worlds together for the purpose...

White House Leaders Obama, Biden And Bo Featured In Comic Book Series

Media Release -- President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and First Dog Bo Obama will be the next subjects featured in comic books from Bluewater Productions. President Obama and Vice President Biden will be the newest additions to the “Political Power” biographical series...