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July 30, 2012 by Katherine Dacey

Links: Smile!

July 30, 2012 by Katherine Dacey   1 comments

Raina Telgemeier’s Smile was the top-selling comic on this week’s New York Times Graphic Novel Bestseller list. That feat would be impressive under any circumstances, but Telgemeier’s book was released in February 2010 — over two years ago! TCAF organizer Christopher Butcher explains what this week’s chart reveals about the state of the comics industry.

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About Katherine Dacey

Katherine Dacey has been reviewing comics since 2006. From 2007 to 2008, she was the Senior Manga Editor at PopCultureShock, a site covering all aspects of the entertainment industry from comics to video games. In 2009, she launched The Manga Critic, where she focuses primarily on Japanese comics and novels in translation. Katherine lives and works in the Greater Boston area, and is a musicologist by training.

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  1. Ash says

    July 31, 2012 at 4:25 pm

    Smile is a nominee in the Intermediate Division of the 2013 Young Reader’s Choice Award, so right now there are a whole bunch of school and public libraries in Canada and the USA buying multiple copies of the book.

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