PRESS RELEASE: The nomination list for the 2008 Will Eisner Comic Industry Awards represents the most diverse slate of titles and creators in the 20-year history of the awards (considered the “Oscars” of the comic book industry). The nominees range from literary Japanese graphic novels to comics based on popular TV series, from massive hardcover collections of classic comic strips and comic books to cutting-edge anthologies, from goofy humor titles to works about the Soviet space program, a Chinese vaudeville magician, and the Negro Leagues. In fact, the nominations are so varied that it is difficult to summarize any trends.

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April 5th, 2008 Issue time01:39:29 am, by ComicList Email
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Categories: Fantagraphics Books, VIZ Media, TwoMorrows Publishing, Midwest Book Review

The Comix/Graphic Novel Shelf April 2008

The Midwest Book Review is an organization of volunteers committed to promoting literacy, library usage, and small press publishing. We accept no funds from authors or publishers.

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April 4th, 2008 Issue time09:42:49 pm, by ComicList Email
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Categories: VIZ Media, Conventions, New York Comic Con

Win an issue of Jump SQ. II, featuring a new manga by Shaman King creator Hiroyuki Takei and comics legend Stan Lee!

The worlds of Japanese manga and American comics are about to collide! The creator of Shaman King, Hiroyuki Takei, has teamed up with Stan Lee, the mastermind behind Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four and the Uncanny X-Men, to create an explosive new manga in Japan.

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April 4th, 2008 Issue time09:24:39 am, by ComicList Email
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Categories: VIZ Media, POW! Entertainment

VIZ Media, LLC (VIZ Media), and POW! Entertainment (POWN.PK), at the VIZ Media press event at the 2008 New York Comic-con will be highlighting a historic partnership. Stan Lee will be participating with VIZ Media, one of the entertainment industry’s most innovative and comprehensive publishing, animation and licensing companies, to announce that one of its parent companies (and one of the largest publishers in Japan), Shueisha Inc., will debut the exciting prologue chapter of ULTIMO (KARAKURIDÔJI ULTIMO) — the historic collaboration between comics legend Stan Lee, creator of many iconic superheroes including Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, and the X-Men, and Hiroyuki Takei, the creator of the popular SHAMAN KING manga series, published in Japan by Shueisha and in North America by VIZ Media.

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