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+++++ ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHER LAUNCHES COMICS IN THE CLASSROOM WEBSITE Superhero ABC, Franklin Richards, Lions, Tigers and Bears, Zoom Suit and Bone Among Early Selections Contact: Scott Tingley comicsintheclassroom@gmail.com January 5, 2006, New Brunswick, Canada - Canadian elementary school teacher, Scott Tingley, has started a website designed to help fellow teachers and parents choose comics for both eager and reluctant readers K through 8. Tingley, a parent, teacher and a longtime fan of the comics medium, is an early years teacher in the New Brunswick (Canada) public school system and the creator of Comics in the Classroom (www.comicsintheclassroom.net). His goal with Comics in the Classroom is to share the positive experience that he's found using comics to help in the learning process. "I am hoping that my knowledge of differentiated learning and my love of comics will help Comics in the Classroom visitors in the motivating and teaching of the children in your lives," said Tingley. Tingley's selections run the gamut from Bob McLeod's Superhero ABC to the older skewing Zoom Suit, aimed squarely at the PSP and X-Box 360 crowd. Along with these two, selections include Marvel Entertainment's Franklin Richards, Lions, Tigers and Bears by Mike Bullock and the perennial seller, Jeff Smith's Bone. These and other selections are currently featured on the CITC homepage. Some choices such as Superhero ABCs are simple. Others such as Lions, Tigers and Bears (an Image comic) or Zoom Suit may not be as obvious. Tingley explains, "The goal of the site is to get kids to read. Comics that have a film, television or video game look such as Lions, Tigers and Bears and Zoom Suit are great gateway books for reluctant readers." Tingley expects the site to grow at a rapid pace. "I may be new and small, but I am one of the few sites of this type," he said. "The response has been very strong, but we are always looking to recommend publications that we believe are a good fit. But space is filling up. Creators or publishers that would like their books reviewed should send review copies as early as possible." Tingley's next goal is to find a sponsor to help him spread the word. He plans to offer advertising space sometime during 2006. Parties interested in submitting review copies or sponsorship opportunities should contact Scott Tingley at comicsintheclassroom@gmail.com +++++ From THE PULSE by Heidi MacDonald and Jennifer Contino at: http://www.comicon.com/pulse/ DIAMOND HIRES SCOTT HATFILL AS DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL SALES Diamond Book Distributors Welcomes New Director of International Sales; Continues Commitment to Excellence by Hiring Experienced Book Market Professionals Diamond Book Distributors (DBD) is pleased to announce the hiring of Scott Hatfill in the newly created position of Director of International Sales. His duties will include growing DBD's business in such regions as the UK, Canada, Asia, Australia, Europe, India, South Africa and the Middle-East. Scott is formerly the International Vice President at A1books, responsible for business development activities of the online bookseller. Before that, this proven industry veteran spent 16 years at Ingram Books, most recently serving as the Director of Sales and International Market Development for one of the world's largest book wholesalers. "We at Diamond Book Distributors see the enormous potential of the international book market and Scott's experience will be a major asset in that regard," said DBD Vice President of Sales & Marketing Kuo-Yu Liang. "We are proud to welcome such a respected industry player into the Diamond family." "I couldn't be more excited to join Diamond," said Hatfill. "Popular culture's global reach and acceptance is at an all time high; and since pop culture is one of our country's greatest exports, we are eager to share these products with the rest of the world!" In addition to hiring Hatfill, DBD announced that Allan Greenberg will be joining DBD in early 2006 as a Sales Manager focusing on library and school sales. After nearly 16 years in the Sales Department of Diamond Comic Distributors, Allan will continue to be Diamond's main contact with the library community and will maintain close relationships with various organizations, publications and trade shows. Libraries and schools represent some of the fastest growing areas for DBD, and this move demonstrates its commitment to librarians and educators. +++++ From the Comics Continuum at http://www.comicscontinuum.com/: PARTS UNKNOWN TRADE PATERPBACK Parts Unknown Book One, created by Beau Smith and Brad Gorby and out of print for a decade, has been recollected by Afterburn Comics and will reach stores this month. Parts Unknown Book One will be more than 100 pages and will cost $12.95. Afterburn Comics is an imprint of Blue Line Pro. Here's how the book, which collects stories originally published by Eclipse Comics/Knight Press: "Scalons are ruthless reptile-like beings that are well versed in the way of rape, pillage and plunder. When the atmosphere of their home planet went bad and killed off the females of their race theses intergalactic barbarians knew the males had to branch out and do so quickly before the toxic air claimed them as well. "The planet Earth became their ideal destination and new home. But like any new home it had to be furnished to satisfy their own twisted needs. That meant spreading their evil seed with Earth women to produce a new hybrid race so they could officially claim Earth as their own. "To do this it means that Earth women would be captured and taken against their will as prime breeders. Anyone that got in the way would die a death too brutal to imagine. "Two members of an elite Chicago Violent Crime unit are going to try and make sure this nasty Scalon plan doesn1t happen. Those two special Police Ops members are Pendelton Spurr and Maria Lucci. Two recovering alcoholic super cops that could fall off the wagon and under the wheel at any time. They are they only two standing between Earth as we know it and a whole new world order." +++++ From Newsarama at http://www.Newsarama.com/ COMIC BUYER'S GUIDE FAN AWARD NOMINATIONS OPEN Press Release It's time once again for Comics Buyer's Guide's annual Fan Awards, where you, the fans, pick your favorites of the past year. For the 24th annual presentation (and after numerous requests), we've initiated a nominating round and ballot -- nominations coming exclusively from visitors to CBGXtra.com! Between now and Feb. 28, follow this link http://www.cbgxtra.com/default.aspx...=16&;postid=7255 and tell us your favorites from 2005 in 12 categories: Favorite Editor Favorite Writer Favorite Penciller Favorite Inker Favorite Colorist Favorite Letterer Favorite Artist Favorite Comic-Book Story (arc or individal issue) Favorite Comic Book Favorite Original Graphic Novel or Album (no TPB collections) Favorite Character Favorite Publishing Company Only material with a 2005 publication date is eligible for consideration. The floor is open -- click the link above and place your nominations! And feel free to post and discuss the works and creators you're supporting. A little campaigning never hurts! KEN PENDERS LEAVES SONIC Finding a comic creator who's stayed put on a company-owned title for more than a year is becoming a rare thing in the industry, while finding a creator who's been on a book for five years is even rarer, and ten years or more...heck, that barely happens anymore. And soon, it will happen even less, as long time Sonic the Hedgehog writer/artist has announced on his website that he'll be leaving the Archie series in early 2006. Penders' first Sonic work was on issue #11 of the ongoing series, in 1994. Since then, he's been one of the major voices on the property. The creator explained his decision in a statement on his website, which reads in part: I've been working in the comics industry for almost twenty years, going back to my first assignment for DC Comics. Back in 1986 I worked for their WHO'S WHO IN STAR TREK mini-series; and, I can state from first-hand experience and the testimony of others that as hard as it is to break in, it's even harder to make a career of it -- unless you're adaptable. You can go from assignment to assignment and then, one morning, wake up wondering why there's no work. That's partly why I became a writer, in response to having to wait for other writers' scripts that I was assigned to illustrate. I figured if I got into the game at the initial stage of creation, I could generate my own assignments. In the case of SONIC, it also offered me a chance to jump onto a book that was looking for one thing (writers) instead of the other (artists). You do what you have to, y'know? What I didn't count on was ever staying as long as I did on the series. I figured I'd do a few issues and move on to something else at Marvel and DC. After all, working on SONIC back then was an issue-by-issue proposition. Even the publishers had no clue at all how long the book would last, hedging their bets by offering only six-issue subscriptions instead of the twelve-issue subs they offered on all their other titles. And when the original SONIC animated series were cancelled, even my then-editor Scott Fulop was pessimistic of the book itself lasting much longer. The history of similarly licensed-titles in the comics industry did not bode well for Sonic. It was at that point that I wrote up an outline of stories designed to take the series to issue 50. The culmination of which was the final epic battle between Sonic and his arch-nemesis Dr. Robotnik. All the while I knew there were no guarantees we would even make it to the 50th issue. The only time I had any sense of stability was probably when I wrote the first twenty-five or so issues of Knuckles. When artist Manny Galan moved on to Nickelodeon, things seemed to fall apart. The book, as you know, was cancelled rather abruptly with issue 32. After that, it became one long roller coaster ride, never knowing how long it would last. Finally, this past October, editor Mike Pellerito told me he wanted to make a change. The MOBIUS: 25 YEARS LATER 2-parter I had recently turned in would be the last story I would write for Archie Sonic in the foreseeable future. He did, however, allow me the chance to continue working on the book in an artistic capacity. I accepted those assignments at first. Then, while working on an assignment, I discovered that there were more pressing family matters as well as other opportunities elsewhere that I couldn't afford to turn down any longer. So, the current Sonic-Shadow story line seeing print in issues #157 through #159 will be my last regular Sonic story in the series. The upcoming M:25YL 2-parter is my swan song from the book altogether. It's now up to new scribe Ian Flynn and others to carry the ball from here on out. At this point, I want to thank editors Paul Castiglia, Scott Fulop, Justin Gabrie, and Mike Pellerito, along with editor-in- chief Victor Gorelick, and publishers Michael Silberkleit and Richard Goldwater for the opportunity to work on the series all these many years. And I must mention my appreciation for being part of a series that has meant so much to so many people all that time. My wish is that it continues to do so for many years to come. BRANSON ENTERS COMICS WITH VIRGIN COMICS, VIRGIN ANIMATION According to Variety, planes, trains, communications, and space travel just isn't enough for Vigin founder Richard Branson. He wants in to comic books too. The trade reports that Branson has joined with Gotham Entertainment group, Deepak Chopra, and filmmaker Shekhar Kapur to launch Virgin Comics and Virgin Animation. The comics arm will be headquartered in New York, with the animation division located in Bangalore, India. The move is apparently the latest evolution/development/partnership for the previously announced Gotham Studios Asia, which was announced with the same players (minus Branson) in late 2004, planned to have its first release ready in 2005, but never materialized. The content created by both groups (Virgin Comics and Animation) will, according to Variety, focus on Asia "as an area to inspire and create content and drive revenue, though the operation intends to reach a global audience." Properties developed will also be translated into full media properties across a wide line of products and media outlets. Chopra's son Gotham (who was an advisor on the Bulletproof Monk comic book miniseries) is named as one of the chief architects behind the project and, with Gotham Entertainment chief Sharad Devarajan, will head the operations to the two Virgin companies. Chopra will serve as chief creative officer, and Devarajan as CEO. Virgin Comics will have three distinct lines: Director's Cut, the Indian themed Shakti, and Maverick. Again, parallels between the Virgin companies and the previously announced Gotham Studios Asia are apparent, as the trade's write up of the news lists roughly the same points as the press release, which was issued over a year ago, namely that the two are now looking to land 150 creators, mostly artists to fill their talent pool. The trade reports that Devarajan will continue to run Gotham Entertainment (which is South Asia's largest comics publisher, and most recently collaborated with Marvel comics to produce Spider-Man India) as a separate entity. The first Virgin offering already has a major name attached. John Woo is slated to create an original comic under the Director's Cut line. Woo produced the film version of Bulletproof Monk in 2003. "India is an incredibly vibrant market, which Virgin already, through Virgin Atlantic, has the pleasure of working in," Branson said in a statement. "I am delighted that Virgin Comics will not only help to launch the Indian comic market and spin it into the West, but will develop new and exciting talent." +++++ From ComiX-Fan at http://www.comixfan.com/xfan ROBERT CRUMB SUES AMAZON.COM FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT The Los Angeles Times is reporting that illustrator Robert Crumb has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc. In the lawsuit filed in Seattle last week, Crumb accused the Internet retailer of using his images without permission. Jules Zalon, Crumb's lawyer, told the Los Angeles Times that people who searched the website for a product that it didn't carry were shown Crumb's famous "Keep On Truckin' " image, with instructions to keep looking. Crumb's representatives complained about the use of the image to Amazon in 2003. Zalon said the company promptly removed the image. The lawsuit was filed after the two parties were unable to agree on how much Amazon should pay for using the image before its removal. The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages. Amazon has not filed a response. According to the Times, the reclusive artist, who usually goes by R. Crumb, owns a house in southern France, where he is working on an illustrated version of the Book of Genesis. His lawyer said Crumb didn't discover the alleged unauthorized use on his own, but was alerted by his representatives. +++++ From the DC Comics Online Newsletter at http://www.dccomics.com WRITER/ARTIST SAM KIETH SIGNS EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT WITH DC COMICS Sam Kieth, acclaimed writer illustrator of THE MAXX and ZERO GIRL, has signed an exclusive agreement with DC Comics. Kieth will write and illustrate the 5-issue miniseries BATMAN: SECRETS, scheduled to begin in March. "I seriously have no clue why DC offered me a contract, as I've never had one in my life," says Kieth. "I think I talked Dan DiDio into it before he knew what he was doing. But since I've been working at DC for a while, I guess it just sorta made sense. With BATMAN: SECRETS, this is the Batman I was looking to do in SCRATCH - one who's more more serious and realistic (or as realistic as I get). I think I did this Batman project because I was looking forward to working with Scott Dunbier again, and I wanted to draw the Joker, plus I needed the money! I do want to thank Dan and Scott for helping me working out this plot with the Batman/Joker thing." "It's a true pleasure to be working with Sam again," says WildStorm Executive Editor Scott Dunbier. "His stories are quirky and thought-provoking while still being highly entertaining, and his art... well, it's just gorgeous." "Sam brings such incredible creativity to the DCU," says Dan DiDio, Senior VP - Executive Editor, DCU. "His presence shows the extent and the breadth of our diversity." Some of Kieth's work for DC may be found in these titles, all available for reorder: * EPICURUS THE SAGE SC (STAR19525) * FOUR WOMEN TP (STAR16340) * THE MAXX BOOK 1 TP (STAR19326) * THE MAXX BOOK 2 TP (JAN040278) * THE MAXX BOOK 3 TP (MAY040352) * THE MAXX BOOK 4 TP (DEC040312) * THE MAXX BOOK 5 TP (JUN050427) * THE SANDMAN VOL 1: PRELUDES AND NOCTURNES HC (STAR08496) * THE SANDMAN VOL 1: PRELUDES AND NOCTURNES TP (STAR00204) * ZERO GIRL TP (STAR14419) * ZERO GIRL: FULL CIRCLE TP (STAR19564) THE MAXX VOL. 6 TP (DEC050322), collecting Friends of the Maxx #1-3 and a story from The Maxx 3-D Special #1 (printed here for the first time in 2-D) is solicited in the December Previews (Volume XV #12) and is scheduled to arrive in stores on February 22. BATMAN: SECRETS #1 is solicited in the January Previews (Volume XVI #1) and is scheduled to arrive in stores on March 1. DC ANNOUNCES TEN MORE GUESTS FOR NY COMIC CON DC Comics, the largest English language publisher of comic books worldwide and the home of Superman, Batman and Wonder Woman, announced today that ten renowned creators will join the growing roster of celebrities and comic book creators slated to appear at the upcoming New York Comic-Con. The artists and writers added to the show are: Brian Azzarello-The writer of Vertigo's award-winning series 100 BULLETS and the new spaghetti western-noir series LOVELESS. Keith Giffen-The layout artist of DC Comics' highly anticipated forthcoming weekly mini-series 52. Dean Haspiel-The acclaimed artist of Harvey Pekar's THE QUITTER graphic novel and a collaborator on Vertigo's upcoming AMERICAN SPLENDOR series. Phil Jimenez-The bestselling artist of DC's INFINITE CRISIS blockbuster mini-series. J.G. Jones-The cover artist and renowned painter of DC Comics' highly anticipated forthcoming mini-series 52. Adam Kubert-The superstar artist of an as-yet unannounced DC title. Andy Kubert-The superstar artist of an as-yet unannounced DC title. Douglas Rushkoff-The media critic and writer of the new Vertigo series TESTAMENT. Brian K. Vaughan-The critically lauded writer of Vertigo's Y THE LAST MAN series, WildStorm's EX MACHINA series (which was recently named one of Entertainment Weekly's Best Books of the Year) and the much anticipated Vertigo graphic novel PRIDE OF BAGHDAD. Brian Wood-The writer of the provocative Vertigo series DMZ. Today's announcements come on the heels of the publisher's previously announced appearances by bestselling DC Comics and WildStorm comic book illustrator Jim Lee and the New York Times bestselling murder mystery writer Brad Meltzer as Guests of Honor at the convention. New York Comic-Con is a new trade and consumer event for comics, games, anime and other related industries and will take place at the Jacob K. Javits Center in Manhattan, February 24th - 26th. "Our aim is to help the inaugural New York Comic-Con live up to the rich history of New York comic book conventions from the heyday of the '60's and '70's," said DC Comics President & Publisher Paul Levitz. "We've assembled an array of talented people to attend the convention that reflect the creative diversity and richness of DC Comics in 2006." "I am delighted that DC Comics is providing so much talent at our event," notes Greg Topalian, Group Vice President in charge of Launch Pad for Reed Exhibitions. "While there will be a lot to see and do at New York Comic-Con, one of the major attractions is the chance for fans to meet their favorite artists and illustrators. This is a formidable list of talent by any standard of measurement," concludes Topalian. "We will do everything we can to make New York Comic-Con a satisfying experience for them. 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