Steve Jobs

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A manga about the partnership and subsequent falling out between Apple founders Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak is a big hit. At Harvard Business School, at least. And this isn't Caleb Melby's The Zen of Steve Jobs or the Japanese manga titled Steve Jobs, either. This is a 32-page graphic novel titled Apple's Core that was developed specifically to offer students a cautionary tale about how business

Infographics: Friend of CA and Wired Digital Design Director Tim Leong visualizes 20 years of Vertigo's ongoing comic book series. Gaming: A trailer for the German version of Injustice: Gods Among Us gives players a look at the upcoming "Blackest Night" DLC (which will surely arrive on the American version in some form)...

Toys: In Icons' $100 1/6th scale Steve Jobs action figure may be too eerie for your toy shelf. Movies: A rumored new audio mix may make Bane easier to understand in The Dark Knight Rises. Anime: Bandai Entertainment is ceasing production of its North American releases, which means new Gundam could be lost to us for some time...

The loss of Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs continues to be felt in virtually every area of society that has any sort of electrical current running through it, and that includes of course the studios of comic book artists, illustrators and graphic designers...

Last month Forbes announced plans to release The Zen of Steve Jobs, a 60-page graphic novel by writer Caleb Melby with art by creative agency JESS3. Now, in the shadow of the technology and design icon's passing, its story seems particularly relevant...

The power of cartooning stems from its ability to distill visual information until it becomes almost purely iconic -- all killer, no filler, essentially. But what happens when the icons themselves change? How do cartoonists respond to evolving visual language...