Dave Elliott is the cofounder of Radical Publishing, for whom he is cowriting with Sam Sarkar the sequel to Caliber: First Canon of Justice, Book of the Dead. He is also writing a column on similar lines to this piece for bleedingcool.com and is editing Fall Out Toyworks, based on a concept from Fall Out Boy’s Pete Wentz and top designer Dr Romanelli, which will be published by Image Comics in September.
Every year, southern California hosts the largest anime and manga convention in the country, Anime Expo. Over 44,000 guests attended this year’s convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center from July 2nd to 5th. For the avid graphic novel reader, a day in the exhibit hall is like a day at Willie Wonka’s factory. That is…if Willie Wonka was a cosplaying, manga-reading fanboy. And hey, there’s nothing wrong with that.
July 16, 2009
Welcome to another update of GraphicNovelReporter.com. We’ve been busy putting a lot of content together in between plane trips around here (seriously, I feel like this has been my most traveled summer ever). As you may recall from the last newsletter, my most recent trip was a sad one as I went home for my father’s funeral. I want to say thank you to everyone who wrote me after that newsletter came out. I was so touched by the outpouring of responses that came in. Your well-wishes, thoughts, and prayers were really appreciated, and I am grateful to all of you who shared your own stories and kind words. It's really great to know we have such thoughtful readers.
Handling the PR and marketing for Image Comics is only one of the many things that keep Joe Keatinge busy. Just nominated for a Harvey Award for Popgun, Volume 2, which he coedited with Mark Andrew Smith, Keatinge has just written an open letter explaining why the Harveys matter—and why they should be supported throughout the comics industry. He’s also set to announce he’ll be coediting another original graphic novel, this time with illustrator Jim Rugg and a writer he describes as someone “whose made his name well-known in another medium.” While we wait for that announcement, read up on Joe and his love of the graphic format.
July 10, 2009
Some people spend their summers at the beach or on vacation. I spend most of July each summer at book conferences --- my version of tourism business-style. Right now I am at ThrillerFest, the International Thriller Writers Association’s conference, then on to the American Library Association convention tonight and Romance Writers of America next Wednesday, followed by Comic-Con the following week. Getting out to hear from authors, publishers, readers and librarians gives me an excellent opportunity to hear not only about upcoming and recently published books, but also trends and ideas.
What has been your favorite book this summer? (You can name up to three since we know it may be tough to pick just one.)
July 10, 2009
