Category: News
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American Terror Comic Launches Short Film Kickstarter
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in Comic NewsThe guys at Alterna Comics have launched a Kickstarter appeal to help promote a short film adaptation of Jeff McComsey’s graphic novel series American Terror: Confession of a Human Smart Bomb.
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DC’s “Be a Super Hero. Read!” Wants Kid’s Stories of Real Life Heroes
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in Comic NewsDC Comic’s “Be a Super Hero. Read!” drive is encouraging kids to write about the bona fide superheroes in their lives.
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Hitman Brings it to the Bank in ‘Silence & Co.’
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in Comic NewsYou know that our civilisation is in need of a major overhaul when audiences are up for seeing slick politicians and greedy bankers getting a bullet to the head with the same level of emotional detachment as they might read the colourful exploits of square-jawed heroes battling Doctor Doom and General Zod.
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Brian K. Vaughan’s Latest Series ‘The Private Eye’ is Available for… You Decide
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in Comic NewsBrian K. Vaughan’s latest series, The Private Eye, has been released, DRM-free at the bargain price of… well, whatever you think it’s worth.
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Kickstarter: Smaller Art Boards for the Modern Comic Artist
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in Comic NewsNathyn Masters of Chicago-based Epitah publisher Night Phoenix Press has created a Kickstarter project that hopes to level the playing field for the digital comic creator: smaller 8 x 11. 5 drawing boards designed with the standard-sized home scanner in mind.
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Saints Row IV Puts on Cape, Takes to the Sky
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Those sly folks at Volition/Deep Silver have evidently noticed that the world is lacking in fun superhero sandbox games, and steered the next iteration of the Saint’s Row franchise in a more “comic book” direction.
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Report Backs Learning Through Graphic Novels
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in Comic NewsIn case the graphic novel’s validity as a literary format ever does come into question, Jeremy Short and his co-authors at the University of Oklahoma have conducted a study which suggests that, when it comes to directly recalling read material, sequential art is often more effective than traditional prose textbooks.
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Aegis Creative Becomes Wayward Raven
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Aegis Creative Enterprises has become Wayward Raven Media after expanding its mission by venturing into children’s books, novelty books and a webcomic.