Congratulations to IDW Publishing, which today was announced as a Diamond Comic Distributors Premier Publisher. What does that mean? They get to be in the front half of the Previews catalog, which has always been rumored to get a company more eyeballs and sales. (Speculation has it that some retailers stop reading after the premier section.) IDW products are also able to be featured on the catalog cover, in rotation with the other premier publishers (DC, Marvel, Image, and Dark […]

Joelle Jones, whose art I have adored in 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, Token, and You Have Killed Me, is now working on something very high profile: a graphic novel co-written by Janet Evanovich, the best-selling mystery writer, and her daughter Alex. Troublemaker, coming from Dark Horse on July 20, is expected to have an initial print run of 100,000, which is at least four times the usual number printed. Since Evanovich is credited with selling over 90 million […]

Yen Press announced that they would be publishing a Twilight manga adaptation last July. Now, more details on Twilight: The Graphic Novel are available. Of note: the title clearly labels it a graphic novel, which is probably better than calling it manga (which comes with all kinds of assumptions attached). The book will be hardcover, list price $19.99, although Amazon already has it at 45% off, for a price of $11. The release date is March 16, 2010. At the […]

On his blog, Kean Soo, author of the webcomic and graphic novel series Jellaby, has posted that [T]he first volume of Jellaby will not remain in print. This means that it will becoming increasingly difficult to find copies of Jellaby in the more traditional retail outlets like book or comic stores. It’s the story of Portia and Jason, two kids with the big purple monster Jellaby as their friend. Jellaby 1 came out February 2008, with the second book released […]

What do you do with your flagship character after you’ve married him off — twice! — even if it was an imaginary story? You hook him up with a rock’n’roller! Josie and the Pussycats — another Archie brand they’re working on gaining more attention for with TV show proposals — tours with the Archies, and Archie gets busy with Valerie. Archie #608 will be in stores in April. I’m glad they didn’t pick Josie, since that would be predictable, and […]

Here’s what I thought were the best graphic novels of 2009, in order. For more information on any of the following titles, the links take you to my reviews. Johnny Hiro — Thoughtful adventure and an impressive love letter to New York City. Masterpiece Comics — Amazing comic/literature mashups that had me marveling at R. Sikoryak’s skill at art mimickry. Sinfest — The best webcomic out there, collected into book form this year by Dark Horse. Nothing Better: Into the […]