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PvP Comic Book Goes Monthly

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Scott Kurtz’s PvP will be moving from a bi-monthly to a monthly schedule beginning this July. The move, starting with PvP #9, follows the June release of the first PVP trade paperback, which collects the first six issues of the Image comic. While not entirely unexpected, the success of PVP at Image has delighted Kurtz, and the move to monthly status is an tribute to that success.

“I can’t believe I just finished my first year with Image Comics,” said Kurtz. “I was so terrified the market wouldn’t support a black-and-white humor book that Frank Cho didn’t draw, but lo and behold, sales have been great and reaction has been overwhelming. Retailers and fans alike have been asking me to go monthly, and I finally feel secure enough to take that plunge.” Continue Reading →

Trisha L. Sebastian Interviews Plan 9 Publishing’s David Allen

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For eight years, David Allen and the gang at Plan 9 Publishing have been bringing the best and brightest of the webcomics world to readers’ bookshelves, releasing collections of such popular titles as Sluggy Freelance and Kevin & Kell. Now, the North Carolina-based company is branching out into prose and non-fiction by tickling our funny bone, and even tackling national political issues. Trisha Sebastian sat down with publisher and owner David Allen at Ubercon in New Jersey to get the full scoop. Continue Reading →

Free Comic Book Day Set for Summer

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Webcomics continue to make inroads into Free Comic Book Day. Newsarama has the press release for this year’s event (timed to coincide with this summer’s Spiderman movie). Putting out books this year include Dork Storm Press and Keenspot, which has three books, including a Keenspot sampler, a Keenspace sampler and a Sore Thumbs book (the new Keenspot series from Crosby and Gieni). Continue Reading →