Category: Comics
Sony to expand investment in Japan’s Kadokawa with 50 billion yen, 20 billion of which will be used to to ‘create, develop and acquire new IP
We are witnesses to, and participants in, a New Global Renaissance quite unparalleled in human history, and the era of AI will help that renaissance shift up a gear as it liberates human creativity and potential.
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Centre Pompidou’s Embrace of Comics: A New Era for the 9th Art
British girls’ comics held a special fascination for me, and while the storylines all too often reflected twentieth century British class divisions, the art in many girls comics, and especially those from the DC Thomson camp, was a joy to behold.
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Along Came A Spider-Manga – east meets west in a new comics collaboration
The Manga will be released simultaneously in English on Viz Media’s Viz Manga app starting August 13 (U.S. time) and in Japan by Shogakukan on August 14 (Japan time).
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Archie Comics a hit in India. Latin America next?
“It isn’t simple so much as it is elegant: to localize an internationally recognized intellectual property to bring in more fans.”
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“15 Harsh Realities Of Reading Old Superman Comics”
Per the headline, it’s not always easy reading. “With over 80 years of comics, some...
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The Virtual Philippine International Comics Festival is set to launch
The event is spearheaded by Komiket, a Filipino comics distributor, which explains that the...
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$6.5 million funding for AI-focussed comics outfit GlobalComix as Amazon sidelines Comixology
” This includes delivering AI-powered tools that drastically improve creator workflow and...
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Taiwan – Taipei Comic Exhibition expected to pull 500,000 visitors, generate more than $9.5 million revenue
Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an said he was expecting more than 500,000 visitors, spending more, with a...
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Luxembourg – 29th International Comics Festival
The event attracted 8,000 comics-lovers – pretty impressive in a country with a population...
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Manga Industry Program Boosts Creative Arts in Saudi Arabia
The Manga Industry program is expected to play a vital role in fostering the art scene in Saudi...
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South Africa – Comic-Con Cape Town debuts April 27
Comic-Con Cape Town is a debut event, and it remains to be see if Cape Town can attract fewer, as...
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Goodbye to a dinosaur – Marvel Comics is free of Ike Perlmutter. But where next for Marvel Comics?
Marvel Comics are a legend in their own right, and of course the feeder for the far more lucrative...
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