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'Haunt' floods shelves, leaves fans wanting more

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Arts & Entertainment, Comics

What happens when you cross a priest, a ghost, and Todd McFarlane? The short story is, you sell a whole lot of comics. Image Comic's new series, "Haunt," barely had time to spook the shelves before hungry fans excited to get in on the series snatched it up. Stores preordered an estimated 60,000 copies, an unheard of amount for a first issue, and by the next day, even local Long Island comic locale Amok Time had sold every last copy.

WTF:The New York Anime Festival 2009

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Arts & Entertainment, Cartoons, Comics

The New York Anime Festival (NYAF), held at The Jacob K. Javits Center, was a strange event, left unnoticed by anyone with a mainstream sensibility. The people seemed odd and their costumes were even more bizarre. But for 21,388 people, 16% more than last year, it was a place to dress up as your favorite cartoon charac¬ter and immerse yourself in your favorite shows, movies and comic books.