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Manga Review: Master Keaton Vol. 1

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To describe Taichi Hiraga Keaton in a high concept premise statement, you’d say he was “Indiana Jones as an insurance investigator.” However, the hero of Master Keaton is much more …
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Bookworms: Dueling Neurosurgeons (2014) by Sam Kean

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Dueling Neurosurgeons

The human brain is a fascinating, seldom understood organ of enormous complexity. Sometimes it teaches us the most when it goes wrong, whether due to illness or injury.

Key Issues: A Review of Scribd, the New “Netflix for Comics”

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On Tuesday, Scribd—once dubbed the “Netflix for e-books” by Wired—added to its vast book library 10,000 comic books from the publishers Marvel, Archie, IDW, Top Shelf, BOOM! Studios, Valiant, and …
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Fantagraphics Releases Photographs of Jazz Legend Les McCann in Hardcover Edition

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Fantagraphics is releasing Invitation To Openness: The Jazz & Soul Photography Of Les McCann 1960-1980 this Spring in a hardcover edition.

This collection of Les McCann’s intimate photos of …
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Batman Screenwriter Sam Hamm Joins VIZ Production’s Film Adaptation of “The Street of Fruiting Bodies.”

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VIZ Productions announced that it is developing the haunting Japanese short story, “The Street of Fruiting Bodies,” into a feature film and has retained Batman screenwriter Sam Hamm to …
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Inner City Romance at Fantagraphics Bookstore this Valentine’s Day, 6 to 9 PM

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This Valentine’s Day from 6 to 9 PM, Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery is opening their Guy Colwell original art exhibition with a publication party for the collected Inner City Romance.
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YALSA Names Four ONI Books to 2015 Great Graphic Novels for Teens

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Four Oni Press titles were listed today on the Young Adult Library Services Association’s 2015 Great Graphic Novels for Teens: Buzz!, Down Set Fight! and Bad Machinery Vol. 2
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Bookworms: Magnificent Desolation (2009) by Buzz Aldrin

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Magnificent Desolation

NASA trained him to be an astronaut. They didn’t train the astronaut to be a hero. Inside, a dark secret lay, waiting to destroy the hero and disgrace the astronaut.

IDW CEO Ted Adams Joins Traveling Stories Board of Directors

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Ted Adams, CEO/Publisher of IDW Publishing, has been selected to sit on the Board of Directors for Traveling Stories, a 501c3 nonprofit from San Diego. The mission statement of …
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Viz Media’s Haikasoru Literary Imprint Debuts Yuya Sato’s Evocative Novel Dendera

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VIZ Media’s Haikasoru imprint opens 2015 with its first release of the New Year. Dendera, award-winning author Yuya Sato’s stark and moving novel, is set to be published …
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New Year = New Beginnings
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New Year = New Beginnings

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Happy New Year!

2015 looks to be the beginning of not just a new year, but also a new start for some of us here at NerdSpan.

For those of …
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Good Tidings and Good-Bye: Passing the Publisher’s Torch
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Good Tidings and Good-Bye: Passing the Publisher’s Torch

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NerdSpan founder Dr. Travis Langley, following the success of his book Batman and Psychology, follows up with two new books for 2015 and passes the torch to NerdSpan’s new publisher and editor-in-chief.

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