Non-Western Culture As Basis Of A New Comic Book Publishing Line Update

* This meditation on Indian comics effort that almost reads like a puff piece for Virgin Comics but actually never mentions that company's name has a couple of between-the-line moments: the first is an admission that other culture have a huge head start and you therefore may not be able to force your way to a comics tradition no matter how much PR you have at your disposal, and that Virgin may be looking at Devi as their flagship.

* The AK line of Middle-Eastern superheroes will switch from pamphlet to graphic novels only, ICv2.com reported late last week. While the immediate reaction might be to call this another nail in the coffin for traditional comic book formats, my gut tells me it's more a sign of rejection of AK's not-great comics on a content basis, with the default position being the trade format (your other two options are to go to the Web or to have a Platinum-style stable with more plans for publication than actual publication), which offers better economics at such low sales interest.
 
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