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Journalism in Jeopardy in Ted Rall’s The Stringer Coming From NBM

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Suffering from budget cuts, layoffs, and a growing suspicion that his search for the truth has become obsolete, veteran war correspondent Mark Scribner is about to throw in the towel on journalism when he discovers that his hard-earned knowledge can save his career and make him wealthy and famous. All he has to do is pivot to social media and, with a few cynical twists,  abandon everything he cares about most.

A paean to when fact-based journalism mattered, The Stringer, set at an important turning point a few years ago, is a globe-trotting action-packed timely statement about how a society without a vibrant independent culture of reporting can degenerate into chaos and a warning of the dangers of sophisticated new technologies that enable the manufacture and modification of ‘truths’ with no basis in fact.

The Stringer is written by Ted Rall with art by Pablo Callejo. The graphic novel from NBM is scheduled to be released on April 20 and can be pre-ordered now.

8 ½ x 11, 152pp, full color HC, $24.99, ISBN 9781681122724 Ebook: 9781681122731, $16.99

The Stringer

Lion Forge Announces a Second Printing for Puerto Rico Strong

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Just over six months since Hurricane Maria plowed through Puerto Rico, the island is still struggling to rebound. Today, in conjunction with the announcement of the second printing of the sold-out benefit comics anthology Puerto Rico Strong, Lion Forge Comics has upped their commitment to relief in a partnership with United Way of Puerto Rico with a donation match of $50,000!

All Lion Forge profits from the sales of Puerto Rico Strong will go to the Early Childhood Relief program. These specific initiatives in Puerto Rico to help the children and families and provide hope include:

  • Early Childhood Centers: Creation of Reading Corners
  • Early Childhood Centers: Psychological Support for traumatic stress after a natural disaster
  • Early Childhood Centers: Reestablishment of non-profit childcare facilities (Furniture, Materials, Equipment, Structure)
  • Community Schools and Health Care Centers

Puerto Rico Strong is a comics anthology that explores what it means to be Puerto Rican and the diversity that exists within that concept, from today’s most exciting Puerto Rican comics creators. All profits will go toward disaster relief and recovery programs to support Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Strong is co-edited by Lion Forge’s own Desiree Rodriguez and Hazel Newlevant, alongside Marco Lopez, Neil Schwartz, and Derek Ruiz.

Puerto Rico Strong features art and writing by Rosa Colón (Soda Pop Comics), Vita Ayala (Bitch Planet), Naomi Franquiz (Misfit City), Javier Cruz Winnik (A Reason to Smile!), Sabrina Cintron (La Borinquena), Tristan Tarwater (Hen & Chick), Fabian Nicieza (co-creator of Deadpool), Joamette Gil (Power & Magic), and many more!

The second printing of Puerto Rico Strong is due to ship to finer comic shops everywhere on April 20.

More Lunch Witch from Papercutz

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LUNCH WITCH 1It looks like Grunhilda may have found some job security after all. The title character of Deb Lucke‘s debut graphic novel, The Lunch Witch is set to star in three more volumes from kids graphic novel publisher Papercutz. The deal, was announced today.

Published in March of this year, The Lunch Witch has been a critical and commercial success, receiving positive reviews and performing well at retail. That momentum looks to continue over the summer as Lucke appears at a number of different trade and consumer events. Fresh off an appearance at the Toronto Comic Arts Fair, Lucke just participated in the ABA’s “Author Speed Dating” event at BEA and signed copies of her book at the Papercutz booth during BookCon.

LUNCH WITCH 2Lucke and the Papercutz team are also coming up with ways to keep Lunch Witch fans engaged while they wait for the next volume. Grunhilda is very active on social media with Twitter and Instagram, and Tumblr pages and she’s recently launched her own website – thelunchwitch.com. Future social media plans include You Tube videos and other transmedia efforts to keep the narrative progressing while Lucke finishes the next book in the series.

That’s bad news for Grunhilda’s students but good news for fans of The Lunch Witch. It looks like she’ll be serving up Hansel and Gretel Pie for a long time to come!

The Lunch Witch Vol. 1 by Deb Lucke is available at bookstores and comic book shops everywhere. Volume 2 is scheduled for release in Fall 2016.