Graphic Novel Review January Issue Now Online

Just in time for the new year, it’s the fourth issue of The Graphic Novel Review! Our sneak preview this month is a 15-page full-length story — “inner sanctum” by Michael Gagné — from the upcoming second volume of the Flight anthology.

MORE FEATURES: Joe Zabel interviews Harvey Pekar, Andrew Leal reviews P. Craig Russell’s adaptation of The Fairy Tales of Oscar Wilde, and Hubert Vigilla reviews Less Than Heroes by David Yurkovich. Cover by Will Eisner and Gary Chaloner.

PLUS: In Brief reviews of Crazy Love Story, Vol. 1, Club Zero-G, Carnet de Voyage, and Waterwise. Continue Reading

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Modern Tales launches SmallPressSwapmeet.com

Joey Manley, publisher of Modern Tales, the leading online comics site, announced today that its WebcomicsNation initiative has begun in earnest, with the launch of SmallPressSwapmeet.com.

http://www.SmallPressSwapmeet.com

This online marketplace for independent comics, minicomics, graphic novels, and related merchandise is open to any cartoonist or small press publisher with items for sale who wishes to reach Modern Tales’ large online audience. Continue Reading

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Modern Tales Seeks Banner Ad Salesperson

Modern Tales is adding another branch to their family tree (currently consisting of ModernTales.com, serializer.net, Girlamatic.com, GraphicSmash.com, TalkAboutComics.com, AdventureStrips.com, WebShowGuide.com). Let’s welcome Graphic Novel Review (GraphicNovelReview.com), an editorial webzine focusing on new and classic graphic novel releases — a niche equivalent of “The New York Review of Books”.

Unlike any of their previous efforts, GraphicNovelReview.com will be solely supported by banner advertisements. As such, they are looking for an individual or set of individuals with good connections in the burgeoning field of graphic novels, particularly on the marketing and/or sales front, to serve as our banner ad salesperson for GraphicNovelReview.com. Continue Reading

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3 New Series Debut on ModernTales.com

Three new series have debuted on ModernTales.com over the past few days:


Picture Story Theatre
by Alexander Danner and Bill Duncan

Something … Whatever by Dan Hernandez

Genre City by Benjamin Birdie

These are only first pages (because of the way we serialize things on MT). So don’t let yourself get confused. Bookmark, and return, to read the latest pages as they’re posted, for free. Or subscribe, and return at your leisure to read through hundreds of archival pages.

Look for more surprises — at least one huge surprise — as we roll out our new season over the next several weeks. Continue Reading

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