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The Return of (Some) Comics Festivals

by Heidi MacDonald | 06/01/2022 @ 12:00AM

Small independent comics conventions are beginning to return to in-person events after being on hold for two years. But many of these much-loved shows may not be able to return.
Seven Seas Calls for Union Election

by Calvin Reid | 05/31/2022 @ 12:00AM

Seven Seas Entertainment has alerted the National Labor Relations Board that it has chosen to hold an election among its employees to decide whether the staff will unionize.
Seven Seas Staff Launches Effort to Form Union

By Calvin Reid | 05/24/2022 @ 10:00AM

Staff at independent manga publisher Seven Seas Entertainment have announced plans to seek to form a union in affiliation with the Communications Workers of America.
Archie Comics Navigates the Pandemic

By Calvin Reid | 05/20/2022 @ 07:00PM

Despite the pandemic, shutdowns, and supply chain problems, Archie Comics had one of its best years in 2021, its 80th-anniversary year.
Tokyopop Marks 25 Years: CEO Stu Levy Looks Back and Ahead

by Brigid Alverson | 05/18/2022 @ 12:00AM

Founded 25 years ago by Stu Levy at a time when manga was a niche within a niche, Tokyopop brought manga—Japanese book-format comics—to a new generation of young American fans, ushering in a new era in North American comics.
Panel Mania: Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator by Sofia Warren

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 05/18/2022 @ 12:00AM

In the summer of 2018, 'New Yorker' Cartoonist Sofia Warren emailed Julia Salazar, a young democratic socialist running for the New York state senate, a request to follow her around and create a nonfiction comics account of her campaign. The result is the graphic memoir 'Radical: My Year with a Socialist Senator'. A 13-page excerpt.
Comics Retail Rebuilds, and Restocks

By David Harper | 05/06/2022 @ 07:00PM

Booksellers discuss comics’ resurgence in 2021—and how strong sales were hindered by supply chain issues.
Panel Mania: The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. by James Spooner

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 05/04/2022 @ 12:00AM

Filmmaker and comics artist James Spooner revisits his Afropunk teen years in his new graphic memoir 'The High Desert. Black. Punk. Nowhere,' to be published in May by Harper. A ten-page excerpt.
Rich Johnson Joins Diamond Book Distributors

By Calvin Reid | 04/20/2022 @ 12:00AM

Comics and graphic novel publishing executive Rich Johnson has been named v-p, sales and business development at Diamond Book Distributors, the book trade division of Diamond Comics Distributors.
Panel Mania: Yellow Cab by Benoît Cohen and Christophe Chabouté

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/20/2022 @ 12:00AM

In Benoit Cohen and Christophe Chabouté’s new graphic novel 'Yellow Cab', Cohen decides to become a New York City cab driver, and we follow the long bureaucratic journey required to get a taxi license, and Cohen’s plunge into the wildly diverse experience of driving a taxi cab in New York City. An 11-page excerpt.
A Graphic Novel/Comics Timeline, 1997–2022

By Heidi MacDonald and Calvin Reid | 04/19/2022 @ 12:01AM

A timeline of notable moments in the evolution of comics and graphic novels.
How Comics Got to Now

By Calvin Reid | 04/19/2022 @ 12:01AM

A combination of factors helped comics and graphic novels establish a strong foothold in the book trade, writes ‘PW’ senior news editor and resident comics maestro Calvin Reid.
New Graphic Novel, Comics Initiatives at Charlamagne Tha God's S&S Imprint

By Calvin Reid | 04/18/2022 @ 09:00AM

Media entrepreneur and popular radio host Charlamagne Tha God's S&S imprint, Black Privilege Publishing, will develop new lines of graphic novels and, in partnership with AWA Studios, new comic book series as well.
MoCCA Art Fest Returns to New Venue, Big Crowds

By Calvin Reid | 04/06/2022 @ 12:00AM

The MoCCA Art Fest, an indie comics and graphic novel festival held April 2-3, returned after a two year hiatus due to the pandemic, attracting nearly 6,000 fans to a new venue in Manhattan.
Panel Mania: The Junction by Norm Konyu

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/06/2022 @ 12:00AM

Norm Konyu’s unsettling new graphic novel 'The Junction' is the story of Lucas Jones, an 11 year-old who one day disappears along with his father, only to return 12 years later—seemingly unchanged and still 11 years-old—without the father, who remains missing. A 10-page excerpt.
Panel Mania: The Winds of Numa Sera by Morgan Rosenblum and Jonny Handler

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/04/2022 @ 12:00AM

'The Winds of Numa Sera', by Morgan Rosenblum and Jonny Handler, is an ambitious and luxuriously illustrated fantasy graphic novel of epic proportions. It's the story of an empire and its sovereignty over a vast and restless assemblage of conquered lands, an empire vulnerable to foreign enemies and to conspiracies within the royal court. A 10-page excerpt.
Saturday AM Champions Manga for All Readers

| 03/28/2022 @ 12:00AM

With a new publishing platform, the digital manga brand builds on a wave of inclusive, global manga. (Sponsored)
Zestworld Launches Digital Comics Venture with $9 Million in Funding

By Calvin Reid | 03/22/2022 @ 12:00AM

Zestworld announced it has raised $9.37 million in new funding to create a digital comics publishing and distribution platform for a newly assembled stable of veteran popular comics creators.
Panel Mania: GratNin by Ronald Wimberly

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 03/16/2022 @ 12:00AM

Ron Wimberly's 'GratNin' is a new 600-page accordian-folded print non-linear graphic novel that tells the story of the Namba family, the last ninja (or shinobi) family left in Brooklyn. An exclusive release of the book's first chapter.
Steinberger Leaves Comixology to Head New Amazon Initiative

By Calvin Reid | 03/14/2022 @ 09:00AM

David Steinberger, president and CEO of Comixology, Amazon’s digital comics marketplace, is leaving the groundbreaking online platform he cofounded with plans to direct a new Amazon-wide initiative.

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