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Iran has just lifted a ban on the state-run newspaper Iran, newswires are reporting today. A cartoon by Mana Neyestani featuring a talking cockroach speaking in Azeri appeared in that newspaper's weekly edition was blamed for riots by the Azeri minority. Not only was the paper suspended, the cartoonist and his editor were arrested and have been kept in the notoriously famous Evin prison. Unfortunately, they are still headed for trial, and official say the suspension being lifted will have no effect on their cases.
ICv2.com reports that military history specialist Osprey Publishing has launched a graphic novel imprint, with work from a number of American mainstream comics industry veterans including including longtime GI Joe comics guru Larry Hama. The most interesting two things about the story is that if I'm reading it right the comics portions of the books will be supported with other material, and that the books are decidedly non-fiction, which isn't exactly the term you apply to a whole lot of cAmerican omics, let alone those which are done in a style reminiscent of the American mainstream.
ICv2.com has their usual concise story on a forthcoming publishing event, this time on the publication by Scholastic of the original graphic novel Breaking Up. I think it's worth pointing out that after committing to Bone, Scholastic has been pretty conservative with its other comics choices. Most of what I've seen announced outside of Boneville is comics versions of already established properties. This isn't exactly a second major series commitment from a devoted single creator, and the teaming up of the collaborators here feels more like a tasteful pairing than a partnership borne out of creative need, but it is original work and one hopes there will be a lot more.
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