Last Update: November 20, 2024
"Why the French love graphic novels" – The UK Times – "The French bought 75 million bandes dessinées* last year"
The French are known for their love of the bande dessinée — BD for short — with a passion not matched in the English-speaking world. Last year they snapped up 75 million of them — in the UK, by contrast, we bought only 5.7 million. In a recent survey of French book buyers, comics were cited as the fourth most popular genre, behind DIY, lifestyle/leisure and history, but ahead of spy and crime novels. They are considered an art form and certainly not just for kids...."
*aka "Comics" or "the art form of sequential storytelling."
Looking for a count on the number of graphic novels sold in the USA each year, on average, is fruitless. But, the total revenue is estimated at some $2 billion and more for a years worth of sales, according to ChatGPT.
"The Ten Best" Graphic Novels of 2024 – Washington Post
Article brags on:
- Aya: Claws Come Out by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie, translated from the French by Edwige Renée Dro
- ‘Big Jim and the White Boy’ by David F. Walker and Marcus Kwame Anderson – The Washington Post review from March 2024 "What does it mean that — in Hemingway’s words — “all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called ‘Huckleberry Finn'?"
- ‘Blurry’ by Dash Shaw
- ‘Final Cut’ by Charles Burns – long form review at Washington Post from September 2024
- ‘French Girl’ by Jesse Lee Kercheval
- ‘The Puerto Rican War: A Graphic History’ by John Vasquez Mejias
- ‘Spiral and Other Stories’ by Aidan Koch
- ‘Sunday’ by Olivier Schrauwen
- ‘Vera Bushwack’ by Sig Burwash
- ‘Victory Parade’ by Leela Corman – long form review at Washington Post from April 2024
"Batman Unburied: Fallen City" is set to premiere Nov. 26 exclusively on Spotify – Variety MSN
In addition to Domingo, "Batman Unburied: Fallen City" stars Gina Rodriguez (Barbara Gordon) and Jason Isaacs (Alfred Pennyworth), alongside Morena Baccarin (Allie), André Holland (Harvey Dent/Two-Face), Cheech Marin (Jim Gordon), Tahar Rahim (The Patriarch) and Alan Ruck (Coby Williamson).
In the first season of "Batman Unburied," a serial killer known as The Harvester terrorizes Gotham City, but Batman (Duke) is not coming to the rescue. In fact, Bruce Wayne has no memory of being the Caped Crusader at all. Instead, Bruce is a forensic pathologist, performing the autopsy on the latest victim when he's attacked by the killer himself.
More Batman News
Pattinson is doing a Chris Nolan movie – Comicbook
The Batman II Movie is going to be delayed a bit – Comicbook
Claim: Absolute Batman is the bestselling comic of 2024 – MSN CBR
The Moonray and Medusalem graphic novels, compared, contrasted – The Comics Journal
Are Indy comic books going to be able to survive rising costs – AV Club
For the past 12 years, standard 32-page comic titles were priced at $3.99, with some titles (mainly for kids) still at $2.99. But prices have been steadily rising; more than half of all new comics in 2024 cost $4.99, with some going up a dollar or two more with variant and stock card covers, or in some cases, extra story pages. It might seem like a small difference, but it has big implications, Image Comics co-founder and Spawn creator Todd McFarlane explained. "…For 20 or 25 bucks when we were younger, you used to be able to walk out [of a comic book store] with a pretty thick bag full of comic books. Now you can count them on your fingers."...
McFarlane also talks about being told by Marvel and DC people that some books are going to be put out on cheaper paper to get the prices back down, on some titles, to $3.99. Lookign further down the road in this way of thinking, it will be the height of irony if some portion of the comic book business once again finds itself back on newsprint (the cheapest printing paper that dominated comics for many, many decades). The problem, though, is that newsprint traditionally requires "web printing" which is only manageable for cost when the print run is a large number - - something that most comic titles simply do not have.
Absolute Batman title dominates bestseller lists for comics – Bleedingcool
The Ink Pop line launched from Random House to showcase "manga, manhwa (Korean comics), and print editions of webtoons" – Comicsbeat
The Graphic Novel I'm So Glad We Had This Time Together wins Toronto Book Award of $10K – cbc.ca
Uh huh: Henry Cavill Superman costume destroyed during audition process at DCU – CBR Resources
Speed Racer driving back to print with deal between Tatsunoko Production and Mad Cave Studios – Comicbook
That this is a headline probably says more about the comics movie making business than anything: no, there's no Zoe Kravitz Catwoman movie in the making – Comicbookmovie
Burbank California now has a Green Lantern John Stewart statue – Cosmicbook
Crafted with intricate detail by Burbank’s American Fine Arts Foundry and Fabrication, the statue is based on designs by acclaimed DC artist Jamal Campbell. Weighing over 600 pounds, it joins Burbank’s prestigious lineup of DC statues, standing alongside the city’s tributes to Batman and Wonder Woman...."
The Feb 2025 DC book list Covers – Gamesradar
The Thunderbolts* Movie from Disney will have Ghost in it, but not the Ghost that was already in the Ant-Man III Movie – Superherohype
The very final show of the Arrowverse Superman & Lois finally reaching the end – Polygon
Zatanna getting another series run starting next year – Comic-watch.com
Saudi Arabia Comicon from Thursday, Nov. 28 to Friday, Nov. 29 at the Jeddah Convention Center – Saudi Moments – Google Map of location in Saudi Arabia
DC to expand on their Compact Comics line of 5.5 x 8.5 inch books – Superherohype
James Gunn shoots down talk of Joker Series and rumoured New Frontier Justice League – Bounding into Comics
Saw this at Barnes and Noble on the new hardback display
Comics exhibit at Pompidou Centre, Paris, France – Comics Beat
The Jewish Answer To ‘Percy Jackson’ with the Dark Horse Comic ‘The Writer’ from Josh Gad and The Berkowitz Brothers
Story at Forbes
Golems, shedim, giant shofar blasts (tekiah gedolah, indeed), the Ring of Solomon, giants beasts of the apocalypse, Nazi conspiracies abound in the intoxicatingly Jewish fantasia that is The Writer. In other words, the new Dark Horse comic cooked up by actor Josh Gad (The Book of Mormon, Frozen) and the Berkowitz Brothers — Ben and Max — is the Hebraic answer to Rick Riordan’s Percy Jackson you never knew you needed in your life....."
Cracker Barrel restaurant selling Batman and Wonder Woman birthday cake candles
Jimmy Palmiotti and Amanda Conner make charity campaign for help after Hurricane Milton. – CBR MSN
The Paperfilms office got hit badly by Hurricane Milton. We had to trash over 20k worth of books & put a new floor and remove some of the wall space in the office. We are running a sale to help with expenses. Up to 70% off retail.
— Jimmy Palmiotti (@jpalmiotti) November 3, 2024
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Manga artist Kazuo Umezo has died
Story at The Comics Journal
Belgian publisher Dupuis yanks the graphic novel Spirou and the Blue Gorgon from shops over controversy of visual depictions of women and minorities – WION
Greg Hildebrandt has died – Comicsbeat
The "mixed results" of superhero movies in 2024 – Digital Trends
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