The CBC Awards Are Tonight
I'm a little bit late in breaking this "news" (two months late, give or take), but tonight I'm going to the Children's Choice Book Awards, sponsored by the Children's Book Council, so I have to give a shout-out to the graphic-novel-related authors being honored. Lunch Lady and the Cyborg Substitute by Jarrett J.
-- John HoganBEA Details
BookExpo America is coming to New York City May 25 through May 27, and comics continue to make more and more of an impression at the event. The annual conference celebrates the biggest publishing in America (and draws exhibitors from around the globe), but with comics, graphic novels, and manga taking an ever-bigger chunk of the industry's sales, comics publishers are getting in on the action as well.
-- John HoganRest in Peace, Peter O'Donnell
Earlier this week, I posted a blog item about a special email address that Titan Books had set up for readers to send their birthday wishes to Peter O'Donnell, on the event of his 90th birthday. I deleted that blog post, though, when I heard the sad news that O'Donnell, the creator of the Modesty Blaise strip, had passed away in England this past weekend. I'm sorry to hear the news. O'Donnell was a force in comics for decades, beginning in the late '30s, but Modesty Blaise, a kind of female James Bond, but with an even sexier twist, remains his best-known creation.
-- John Hogan
