Tags: viz 11:20:42 am, by ComicList Categories: DC Comics, Marvel Comics, Image Comics, Fantagraphics Books, Viz Media LLC, Oni Press, Top Shelf Productions, Drawn and Quarterly, First Second Books, Renaissance Press, Archaia Studios Press, Awards, Conventions, San Diego Comic Con, Eisner Awards 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. 01:39:29 am, by ComicList Categories: Fantagraphics Books, Viz Media LLC, 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. 09:42:49 pm, by ComicList Categories: Viz Media LLC, 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. 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. Tag cloudaam markosia advanced solicitations archie archie comics avengers baltimore comic-con batman boom boom studios comiclist comiclist critiques comiclists dark horse dark horse this week dark tower dc comics dc this week dynamite entertainment final crisis free comic book day geek goggle reviews green lantern hero initiative hulk idw publishing image comics iron man manga marvel comics marvel this week nbm new york comic con papercutz platinum studios previews radical publishing sales charts san diego comic con secret invasion skrulls spider-man star wars superman suspended animation top cow twomorrows viz media watchmen wolverine x-men |