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Rising Stars of Manga (RSoM) was an English-language comic anthology published by TOKYOPOP from 2002 to 2008, and a contest held by the same company. It was originally semi-annual, but switched to annual beginning with the 6th volume.
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Corey Sutherland Lewis is an American comic book creator. He is primarily known as the creator of Sharknife, published by Oni Press. Other works include PENG for Oni, and providing back-up comic strips for the Darkstalkers and Street Fighter comics for UDON. Rey also had a brief stint as the artist and writer of the Rival Schools comic book. He participated with a short story in Avatar: The Last Airbender - The Lost Stories comic published by Dark Horse Comics. He created a series of self-published zines that were later published by Image Comics as the anthology Sun Bakery. Rey recently started Coastalvania where he sells books and other merchandise made by him.
Dean Edmund Haspiel is an American comic book artist, writer, and playwright. He is known for creating Billy Dogma, The Red Hook, and for his collaborations with writer Harvey Pekar on his American Splendor series as well as the graphic novel The Quitter, and for his collaborations with Jonathan Ames on The Alcoholic and HBO's Bored to Death. He has been nominated for numerous Eisner Awards, and won a 2010 Emmy Award for TV design work.
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Zuda Comics was DC Comics' webcomics imprint from 2007 until 2010. Some of the imprints series won awards and nominations from comic industry's Glyph Comics Awards and Harvey Awards. Bayou, Volume 1 was also named one of the 2010 Great Graphic Novels for Teens by the American Library Association.
High Moon is a horror Western webcomic series featuring werewolves. It was developed in 2004 with a debut in 2007 as a part of Zuda, DC Comics' webcomic imprint. The first season concluded on July 8, 2008. Season two ran from August 16 to November 25, 2008. Season three began its run on February 9, 2009. Season four began its run on October 3, 2009. Serialization ended when Zuda Comics shut down in 2010. Papercutz re-released High Moon in a new collection in 2017, consisting of three volumes for their Super Genius imprint.
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Popgun is a comics anthology series created by Mark Andrew Smith and Joe Keatinge. It was published by American company Image Comics in four volumes, between 2007 and 2010. The driving concept behind Popgun was a mixtape of graphic short stories that cross the borders of all genres. No theme was given to contributors and instead emphasis is placed on diversity of content and the mixing/track order of each volume.
The Ongoing Adventures of Rocket Llama is a webcomic starring "a high-flying llama, a sword-swinging cat, and a rocket as loyal as a cowboy hero's horse." Created by Alex Langley while he was a student at Henderson State University, the comic first appeared in a comic book titled The Workday Comic.
Sheldon Vella is an Australian comic book and storyboard artist.
Jess Fink is an American comic book creator known for her webcomic turned graphic novel Chester 5000 and graphic novel We Can Fix It, both published by Top Shelf Comics. Her work has appeared in The New York Times and North American Review among other publications. Fink's erotic comic book work has been featured at the Museum of Sex in New York City and on the Oh Joy Sex Toy web comic and book. Her work is known for being autobiographical in nature or featuring erotic scenes. For example, she described her work, We Can Fix It as "an autobiographical memoir... with a time machine" and has described her work Chester 5000 as "an erotic, robotic, Victorian romance."
Notable events of 2007 in webcomics.
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- ↑ "TOKYOPOP INC. Announces 10 Newest Rising Stars Of Manga Winners As Former Finalist Signs Book Deal". Tokyopop. 2004-10-06. Archived from the original on 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ↑ "POPGUN 3". Image. 2009-04-01. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ↑ "The Ghostbusters Finally Return — in Manga Form!". NYMag. 2008-10-22. Retrieved 2009-04-11.
- ↑ "Domo Invaded my life!". Jared Hodges. 2009-10-08. Retrieved 2009-11-08.
- ↑ "OHKO Ranks 1st". DC Comics. 2009-12-24. Retrieved 2009-12-24.