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October 27, 2009

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• Editing R. Crumb’s ‘Genesis Illustrated’
  W. W. Norton executive editor Robert Weil is best described as an editor’s editor. Which is to say that he publishes books of great intellectual depth and literary substance that also manage to sell quite well. Weil has overseen the publication of Crumb’s new work, The Book of Genesis Illustrated, a dazzling effort by Crumb to transform the words of Genesis into comics.
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• Geek-Speak Japanese Style: ‘The Otaku Encyclopedia’
  An American journalist based in Tokyo, Patrick Galbraith combines a scholarly devotion to studying Japanese popular culture with a, well, otaku-like enthusiasm and love of cosplay. This month Kodansha International published Galbraith’s The Otaku Encyclopedia: An Insider’s Guide to the Subculture of Cool Japan with a foreword by renowned Japan expert and translator Frederik L. Schodt.
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• Kanye West, Bill Plympton Create Book of Illustrated Lyrics
  Superstar singer, rapper and producer Kanye West has reunited with animator/cartoonist Bill Plympton to create Through the Wire: The Words and Lyrics of Kanye West, a hardcover book collection of West’s hit lyrics, illustrated by Plympton, that will be released in November by Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster.
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• Manga’s “Paper Theater” Ancestor
  As the manga boom continues to assert a popular presence on the shelves of the nation’s bookstores and comics shops, Abrams Comicarts has treated readers to a fascinating in-depth look at one of the form’s antecedents with Manga Kamishibai: The Art of Japanese Paper Theater.
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Funnies Business

• The Secret Origin of a Web Comic 
  Having written the book The Economics of Web Comics, I occasionally get asked why I haven’t done a comic, myself. As fate would have it, I've recently started doing a Web-based comic.  It was suggested people might find it useful to hear how it was arranged and set up.
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Reviews

• 3 Story: The Secret History of the Giant Man
  MATT KINDT. Dark Horse, $19.95 (192p) ISBN 978-1-59582-356-4
  3 Story is a modern fable, exploring the life of the "giant man," Craig Pressgang, through the experiences of three women—his mother, wife and daughter. The promotional material claims that Pressgang's "life is well documented in his official CIA biography, Giant Man: Pillar of America," and the opening pages present his early life in such a straightforward manner that it is easy to believe it is a real story. As Pressgang reaches extraordinary heights, however, the story takes off into the realms of fantasy.
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• Air, Vol. 2: Flying Machines
  G. WILLOW WILSON and M.K. PERKER. DC/Vertigo, $12.99 (120p) ISBN 978-1-4012-2483-7
  An ancient device is discovered that enables people to fly using mental control. The main character, Blythe, a flight attendant afraid of heights, has an exceptional predisposition to use this device. With the help of Amelia Earhart, alive because of an accident with the device in the 1930s, Blythe attempts to find a similar device lost by her potentially terrorist lover, Zayn, and of course the fate of the world is at stake. During this search, Blythe enters Zayn's memories and relives them from his childhood until the device goes missing.
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• What a Wonderful World! Vol. 1
  INIO ASANO. Viz, $12.99 paper (208p) ISBN 978-1-4215-3221-9
  Asano's beautifully drawn anthology follows up his Harvey and Eisner–nominated Solanin with more short stories about sullen teenagers and 20-somethings. If anything, the short story format makes Asano's mopey protagonists far more sympathetic. Some of the characters are more likable than others; in two related shorts, appealing punk rocker Horita gives up his dreams of becoming a rock star to put on a suit and tie, only to recant later in the book. In "A Town of Many Hills," a bullied teen believes a talking crow is a death god encouraging her to commit suicide.
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Panel Mania

• Panel Mania: Graylight
  Graylight is by Naomi Nowak, the creator of Unholy Kinship and House of Clay. In this preview, a young woman divulges to her friends surreal occurances from her childhood. Graylight is due out from NBM in December.
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