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Bookmarks: books over Baghdad, Anne Frank: The Musical, and more

We're back! Some book-related links: The Baghdad book revival (Associated Press) Anne Frank: The (Spanish) Musical (CBC Arts) Book clubs as self-help (The Guardian) Toronto Star literary critic Philip Marchand says so long and thanks ... Read More »

January 7, 2008 | Filed under: Book links, Libraries

Wonder Woman turns 66

By Stuart Woods

A couple of literary-themed birthdays are being reported in the media this week. Reuters has picked up on Wonder Woman's 66th birthday “ not much of a milestone, admittedly, but 2007 is, incredibly, the first ... Read More »

December 11, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Doctorow to publishers: learn to share, dummies!

By Stuart Woods

With all the hoopla surrounding the launch of the Kindle, Amazon's portable e-book reader, it's easy to forget that for some authors the digital revolution has already happened. First among them would be science-fiction author ... Read More »

November 20, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Spider-Man, Superman conquer the Internet

By Stuart Woods

Ever notice that kids these days just aren't into ol' fashioned, ink-and-paper comic books? Well, apparently comics publishers have, and they're worried that new fangled technologies like the Web and video games are diverting kids ... Read More »

November 13, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Tomine to Lethem: butt out, smartypants

By Stuart Woods

Comics artist Adrian Tomine tells The Believer that excessive praise for his just-released graphic novel Shortcomings – which was serialized in his popular comic Optic Nerve – makes him uneasy. Specifically, he raises doubts that ... Read More »

October 2, 2007 | Filed under: Book news

Bedtime reading for struggling artists

By Nathan Whitlock

CBC's story of comic book artist Troy Little's new success may warm the hearts of many a struggling artist. The Kensington, P.E.I. resident self-published his book Chiaroscuro and sold it at a loss at an ... Read More »

September 12, 2007 | Filed under: Authors, Industry news

Bringing Popeye back

By Leigh Anne Williams

Comic-book publishers have always been archivally minded, but they're getting more and more so lately. Capitalizing on the buzz around graphic novels and cartooning, some houses are putting together lovingly packaged multi-volume collections of yesteryear's ... Read More »

May 17, 2007 | Filed under: Industry news

Friday photo: Bookish graffiti

By Nathan Whitlock

This week's Friday photo is from a Flickr photographer identified only as gbalogh, who documents Toronto neighbourhoods, architecture, and grafitti. Quillblog speculates that the artist who painted this wall may be a fan of Silver ... Read More »

April 13, 2007 | Filed under: Bookselling

Reissue! Repackage! Re-evaluate the words!

By Leigh Anne Williams

On the Book Standard website, Bookslut's Jessa Crispin looks at one of the fond traditions of the holiday season -- publishers trying to sell us things we already have. She's referring to new deluxe editions ... Read More »

December 7, 2006 | Filed under: Bookselling

Lost Girls to be found in Canada

By Leigh Anne Williams

Our short national nightmare is over: Canada Customs has decided that Alan Moore's controversial graphic novel Lost Girls is not actual porn, just pornish.As BlogTO reported last week, Customs had initially barred the book, which ... Read More »

November 9, 2006 | Filed under: Industry news

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Search Results by tag: comics and graphica

Bookmarks: books over Baghdad, Anne Frank: The Musical, and more

Wonder Woman turns 66

Doctorow to publishers: learn to share, dummies!

Spider-Man, Superman conquer the Internet

Tomine to Lethem: butt out, smartypants

Bedtime reading for struggling artists

Bringing Popeye back

Friday photo: Bookish graffiti

Reissue! Repackage! Re-evaluate the words!

Lost Girls to be found in Canada

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