Autism at Face Value, a York, PA-based organization promoting autism awareness, works heroically to advocate for inclusion and acceptance for those on the spectrum --- and, sometimes, superheroically. Face Value Comics, a new series published by the advocacy group, written by Dave Kot and illustrated by Sky Owens, features what the organization believes to be the first autistic superhero.

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In a feature story published in today's The New York Times Arts section, Robert Ito profiles The New Yorker art editor Françoise Mouly's Toon Graphics, a new imprint of Mouly's independent publishing house, Raw Junior.

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The 2014 Eisner Awards were awarded on Friday night at San Diego Comic Con.  Below are the nominees in select categories, with the winners marked in bold. For all the nominees and winners, visit the SDCC website's Eisner Awards page.

Best Short Story

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Well, friends, here we are at the last hurrah. As the convention comes to a close, we get ready to stash all our loot into the too-small bags we brought with us (why, oh why, do we always forget the big duffel?) and look forward to one more day on the floor. Here, for the last time this Con, is your go-to guide for today's events:

Sunday

Comics for the Whole Family – 10:00am-11:00am

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The weekend is finally here, and with it come some of the most exciting events at this year's San Diego Comic Con. As we've mentioned in our last two Comic Con round-ups, conventions can be a bit daunting for first timers, so we've put together a list of a few events to help get your schedule started:

Saturday

Diversity in Genre Lit - 10:00am-11:00am

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It's Friday, Comic Con-goers, and time for another programming round-up. As we mentioned in yesterday's post, conventions can be a bit daunting for first timers. To get you started, here are a few events we'd recommend checking out:

Friday

Publishers Weekly: Behind the Digital Lines - 10:00am-11:00am

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Thursday morning is finally here. Excited? You should be. This is the big one, folks --- San Diego Comic Con, where comics disciples of all sorts come from far and wide to beautiful southern California to see the inside of the industry they love, gawk at their favorite writers and illustrators, and complain about whatever it is Peter Jackson thinks he's doing to THE HOBBIT.

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In case you hadn’t heard, the world’s greatest detective and perennial protector of Gotham City is celebrating his 75th year on the page. In honor of this achievement, DC Comics has declared today, July 23rd, to be Batman Day. Just for showing up at a participating comic book store, fans of the Dark Knight will be able to pick up a free copy of Detective Comics #27, the iconic issue that unleashed Bruce Wayne's fearsome alter-ego upon the world, in a stunning re-design by Bryan Hitch, with a retelling by New York Times bestselling author Brad Meltzer.

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