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Comic Riffs Archive: The Comic Book
NEW STEPHEN KING COMIC: Bluewater teams with the master of macabre
(image courtesy of Bluewater Comics) First came the sizzle, now comes the steak. And given the author, make that steak blood-red. Earlier this week, Bluewater Comics announced that -- timed to the current trendy heat around Charlie Sheen --...
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Michael Cavna
| March 10, 2011; 5:00 PM ET |
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The Comic Book
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Bluewater Comics, Stephen King
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NEW CHARLIE SHEEN COMIC: First look at Bluewater's bio book
(image courtesy of Bluewater Comics) Why is Bluewater Comics releasing a Charlie Sheen bio-comic? Duh! Given the continued fascination from a large segment of the "can't-look-away" public, Sheen's ratings are still win-ning! (Or so Charlie might tweet.) The Vancouver,...
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Michael Cavna
| March 8, 2011; 3:30 PM ET |
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The Comic Book
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Bluewater Comics, Charlie Sheen
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Amid revolution, Arab cartoonists draw attention to their cause
Note: A somewhat truncated version of this article appears in the print edition of today's Washington Post. Comic-book translator DALIA ZIADA (image courtesy of Dalia Ziada) It was August of 2006 when Dalia Ziada, a young Egyptian writer, discovered her...
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Michael Cavna
| March 7, 2011; 10:30 AM ET |
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General, The Comic Book, The Political Cartoon
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Amr Okasha, Arab cartoonists, Babak Rahimi, Dalia Ziada, Egypt cartoons, Emad Hajjaj, Jordan cartoons, Sherif Arafa
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'ZUCKERBERG' writer likes 'Social Network's' Oscars chances tonight
Jerome Maida's mission wasn't entirely dissimilar from that of Oscar-nominated "Social Network" screenwriter Aaron Sorkin: By dint of research and glint of imagination, their job was to create a fleshed-out story that spins the largely mysterious person and caricatured...
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Michael Cavna
| February 27, 2011; 1:00 PM ET |
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General, Interviews With Cartoonists, The Comic Book
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Aaron Sorkin, Bluewater Comics, Hayden 5 Media, Jerome Maida, Mark Zuckerberg, Sal Field
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RIP, ANANT PAI: 'Father of Indian comics' dies at 81
There long was such a poignant quality to Anant Pai's creative rise through the power of the cartoon. Orphaned by age 2, the multilingual scholar rose to become a parental teacher of sorts for millions of children and, in...
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Michael Cavna
| February 25, 2011; 4:17 PM ET |
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General, The Comic Book
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.Rang Rekha Features, Amar Chitra Katha, Anant Pai, Indian Comic-Con
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RIP, DWAYNE McDUFFIE: Shocked fans, friends mourn the comics/animation force [UPDATED]
Tomorrow, Dwayne McDuffie had written on his blog, he planned to be celebrating the launch of Reggie Hudlin's new website at a signing alongside such Hudlin friends as Rashida Jones, Eriq LaSalle, Ziggy Marley and McDuffie's Milestone Media co-founder,...
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Michael Cavna
| February 22, 2011; 4:53 PM ET |
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General, Superheroes, The Comic Book
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DC Entertainment, Damage Control, Dan DiDio, Dwayne McDuffie, Marvel Entertainment, Milestone Media, Reggie Hudlin, Static Shock, Tom Brevoort
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