Read more graphic novel stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19549/graphic-novel.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 13:51:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/72563/stephen-king-bites-into-vampire-comic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStephen King is truly sinking his teeth into his official comic book debut, writing half of the first five issues of Vertigo’s upcoming American Vampire . The brainchild of King buddy Scott Snyder, the series tells the stories of a line of uniquely American blood suckers. King will be writing the...http://www.newser.com/story/72563/stephen-king-bites-into-vampire-comic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 26 Oct 2009 10:12:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/64949/after-watchmen-bring-on-next-unfilmables.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAlan Moore’s Watchmen was supposed to be unfilmable. But with the director’s cut hitting stores today, that pretty obviously wasn’t the case. Scott Thill lists some supposedly unfilmable geek bibles for Wired : Sandman: “It’s not film-shaped,” says creator Neil Gaiman. “What I got was, ‘Does The Sandman have a clearly...http://www.newser.com/story/64949/after-watchmen-bring-on-next-unfilmables.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 21 Jul 2009 13:45:45 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52486/watchmen-just-watchable.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe task of putting graphic-novel classic Watchmen onscreen may be more than any filmmaker can handle, critics say—though director Zack Snyder did win over Roger Ebert. Some impressions: "Stumbles and sometimes falls on its top-heavy ambitions. But there are also flashes of visual brilliance and performances that drill deep...http://www.newser.com/story/52486/watchmen-just-watchable.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 05 Mar 2009 10:54:53 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45290/blind-comic-artist-battles-on-like-daredevil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLife as an independent comic artist is never easy. It's even harder when you’re legally blind, the Washington Post reports. Baltimore's Andre Campbell, vision-impaired since birth with a retinal-degeneration condition, has only sold about 100 copies of his company’s comics since the mid-'90s. But the artist, who idolizes the sightless...http://www.newser.com/story/45290/blind-comic-artist-battles-on-like-daredevil.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 14 Dec 2008 18:40:58 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/35628/a-prose-guy-explores-the-comics-boom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBob Thompson is a self-professed “prose guy,” but still can’t ignore the biggest trend in publishing: graphic novels. Thompson sets out for the Washington Post to discover how literature that uses word balloons can be book world's sole growing sector. He discovers that many “little see-saws” tipped at once to...http://www.newser.com/story/35628/a-prose-guy-explores-the-comics-boom.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 23 Aug 2008 15:44:42 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/33453/watchmen-dazzles-at-comic-con.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThousands of Comic-Con fans cheered yesterday after seeing comic books' holy grail on the big screen, MTV reports. Director Zack Snyder showed an uncut trailer of his dark, violent film adaptation of Watchmen , the only graphic novel to win a Hugo and make Time 's list of the 20th century's...http://www.newser.com/story/33453/watchmen-dazzles-at-comic-con.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 26 Jul 2008 18:40:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30530/hollywood-discovers-graphic-novels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagStill tallying the proceeds of the Spider-Man and X-Men franchises, Hollywood is turning to darker, underground graphic novels like Wanted for movie adaptations—and comics auteurs have mixed feelings, Time reports. Some argue the mainstream success of ultraviolent adaptations like 300 and Sin City can only mean good things for...http://www.newser.com/story/30530/hollywood-discovers-graphic-novels.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 23 Jun 2008 11:30:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/30555/blogger-keeps-quake-in-focus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Chinese graphic novelist determined to keep the aftermath of last month's earthquake on the front burner is using her new blog to get the message out, and fellow citizen journalists on the other side of the world are catching on. "We love you, Coco Wang," a blogger at New...http://www.newser.com/story/30555/blogger-keeps-quake-in-focus.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Jun 2008 20:30:04 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/22493/big-time-writers-lured-to-comic-books.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagComic books have officially arrived as a literary medium, NPR reports, and big names are coming out of the woodwork to write them. “In all the years I've been writing, there's only one genre that's really debuted in the New York Times Book Review , and that's the graphic novel,” says...http://www.newser.com/story/22493/big-time-writers-lured-to-comic-books.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Mar 2008 13:00:00 CDT