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Proving the continued explosion of interest in comics, graphic novels and related pop-culture media, The Comic Con International wrapped up last weekend with the biggest attendance in its 35 year history. Breaking last year's record numbers, the San Diego con, as it is better known, had an official count of 87,000 attendees over four days, with an exhibit hall that stretched a half mile with 7,500 people registered as exhibitors. TIME.comix wore comfortable shoes and scoped out the action...
...great pleasures of conventioneering is finding books you would otherwise never see. This year San Diego yielded two surprises. Sam Hiti's self-published "End Times - Tiempos Finales," is the first of a projected nine-volume series of graphic novels. Thanks to a Xeric grant, the fund that assists new comix creators, the professional-looking 116-page, square bound, three-color book was priced to move at a mere $10. The quick-paced story involves a Spanish-speaking demon-hunter named Mario Roman, who, summoned by the prayers of a plagued town, battles a giant monster. Well above average...
...GENRE Graphic novel...
...crackles with self-loathing and pop-culture smarts and crawls with the kind of weirdo loners Clowes portrayed so well in Ghost World. Every frame is like a melancholy miniature Daumier, rendered in pulpy primary colors. If you're wondering what all the fuss is about comic books--sorry, graphic novels--check out Clowes. Nobody does them better...
...study, published in the July 13 issue of the journal “Medscape General Medicine,” found that a decade of “ratings creep” has made it more difficult for parents to know if a film contains graphic content they wouldn’t want their children...