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News from around the net related to comic books, graphic novels, manga, anime, and movies.

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Congressman John Lewis Signs Comic Book Deal!

ICv2 reports that Congressman John Lewis has signed with Top Shelf to produce a graphic novel with his struggle with civil rights.  The working title at this point is March.  This is Congressman Lewis’ personal story, but will also be a great addition not only to a libraries graphic novel collection, but to a libraries civil rights collection.  The title is slated to be released in 2012.  This will be a great resource for high school age  and/or adult patrons that would otherwise not learn about this important issue in the United States history and could possibly lead them to investigate more within the civil rights section within your library.  Great cross-over book!  For the brief article follow the link below.

http://www.icv2.com/articles/news/19346.html

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Marvel.1 Promotional

Marvel’s website has an article by Chris Arrant about Marvel’s “Marvel.1” promotional.  Librarians that have patrons that enjoy the comic book medium need to let them know they need to check out their local comic book stores for a possible savings!  Marvel’s “.1” promotion is a month long promotional that some comic shops are going the extra mile on.  Some stores are purchasing enough of the variety of titles that with their discount they are offering an in-store additional promotional of costumers being able to purchase these issue at just $1.00 instead of the $2.99 price point.  Below is a link to the full story.

http://marvel.com/news/story/15146/taking_the_point_one_initiative

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Thor Trailer

First up during the Super Bowl was the Thor trailer that aired. See the trailer below thanks to Marvel’s website.

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America’s Greatest Otaku Contest

For all the libraries that have anime and manga fans, here is a contest you will want to let them know about.  TokyoPop has announced that next week they will start a America’s Greatest Otaku Contest with prizes given away each day.  This will allow fans to take part in the fun of this documentary that will be airing on Hulu.  The link below will take you to TokyoPop’s website to get more information that librarians can pass on to their patrons.

http://www.tokyopop.com/AGO/contest/3169973.html

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Ruse is back!

Ruse is back in publication….How?  Here is the chain of events.  Disney purchase CrossGen when they were up for sale a number of years ago and then Disney purchased Marvel recently.  So it was only a matter of time before we say CrossGen titles emerge as Marvel titles.  Ruse and Sigil are the first two titles to come out under the Marvel banner as mini-series.  I always enjoyed the CrossGen titles and if the past is like the future then I would say libraries need to be on the look out for the collected editions of Ruse and Sigil, when they become available for your graphic novel collections.  Visit Marvel’s site for more on the upcoming Ruse title.

http://marvel.com/news/story/15122/the_world_of_ruse