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Panel Mania: Chasin' The Bird: Charlie Parker in California by Dave Chisholm with Peter Markowski
Dave Chisholm’s stellar graphic biography, 'Chasin’ The Bird: Charlie Parker in California', is a superbly crafted and imaginative record of a legendary two-year period beginning in 1945 during which bebop innovator Charlie Parker traveled to California. In this 6-page excerpt the great tenor saxophonist John Coltrane tells the story of the first time he met Parker.
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Trexler Named Interim CBLDF Executive Director
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has appointed Jeff Trexler its interim director, effective immediately.
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New York Comic Con 2020 Canceled, Switches to Virtual Event
ReedPop, organizer of New York Comic Con, scheduled to be held October 8-11 at the Javits Convention Center, has canceled the annual in-person 2020 event and plans to partner with YouTube to produce an all-digital version of the giant pop culture convention.
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Panel Mania: Flamer by Mike Curato
In Mike Curato’s new young adult graphic novel Flamer, the reader is introduced to Aiden Navarro, a 14 year-old Catholic kid about to enter High School. In this 15-page excerpt Aiden introduces his family, his friends, and his frenemies, as well as his relationship to the Catholic church and the Boy Scouts, two institutions that exert an enormous influence—good and ill—over his life and the lives of other queer youth.
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Walden, Takei, Telgemeier, Tamaki Win 2020 Eisner Awards
Tillie Walden’s 'Are You Listening?' won the 2020 Eisner Award for the Best New Graphic Novel during an online version of the annual awards ceremony that was streamed the evening of July 24.
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Vortex247 Showcases African Digital Comics
Vortex247, a Lagos, Nigeria-based African-centric digital comics platform, is developing the next generation of talent and content aimed at the African continent’s rapidly-expanding mobile-digital consumer base.
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Panel Mania: Paying the Land by Joe Sacco
In his new book 'Paying the Land', acclaimed comics journalist Joe Sacco pays a visit the Dene and other Indigenous people in their vast and majestic homelands in Canada’s Northwest Territories near the arctic circle. In this 12-page excerpt Sacco talks with chief Dolphus Jumbo and learns about the terrible impact of Canada’s residential schools, and the pull between traditional life in the bush and the benefits and the severe social problems that come with modern life.
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Fantasy, Power, and Magic: PW Talks with V.E. Schwab.
‘PW’ Talks with bestselling fantasy novelist V.E. Schwab about 'The Rebel Army', the final volume in her graphic novel trilogy 'Shades of Magic: The Steel Prince', which was published July 8.
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2019 North American Comics Sales Hit Record $1.21 Billion
Combined sales of graphic novels and periodical comics in the U.S. and Canada hit their highest point yet in 2019, according to a joint estimate produced by trade news sites ICv2 and Comichron.
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Comics Without Cons
With public gatherings on hold, comics publishers and creators and pop culture show organizers struggle.
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Panel Mania: Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir by Bishakh Som
Transgender comics artist Bishakh Som’s 'Spellbound: A Graphic Memoir' is the story of a leap of faith: Som quits her job as an architect to work fulltime on a graphic novel. But it also evokes Som’s internal process of coming to terms with gender. This is a ten-page excerpt. The book will be published in August by Street Noise Books.
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A Cartoonist’s Life: PW Speaks with Adrian Tomine
Adrian Tomine's new graphic memoir 'The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist,' dissects authorial insecurity and self-doubt with a series of alternately hilarious and painful true-life anecdotes. The book will be published this month by D&Q.
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Abraham, Keller, Levitz Leave the CBLDF Board
In the wake of the resignation of former CBLDF executive director Charles Brownstein, Paul Levitz is retiring from the CBLDF board of directors and the board has accepted the resignations of board members Jeff Abraham and Katherine Keller.
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Ten Speed to Publish Graphic History of Black Panther Party
Comics writer David Walker is teaming with artist Marcus Kwame Anderson on 'The Black Panther Party: A Graphic History,' which will be published by Ten Speed Press in January 2021.
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Brownstein Resigns From CBLDF Following Renewed Allegations
Charles Brownstein, executive director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund since 2002, has resigned from his position effective immediately following the resurfacing of allegations of sexual assault.
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Panel Mania: Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics by Tom Scioli
In the new graphic biography, 'Jack Kirby: The Epic Life of the King of Comics', comics artist and biographer Tom Scioli pays tribute to Kirby, arguably the greatest superhero comic book artist of all time. In this 11-page excerpt Scioli depicts Kirby’s life on the Lower East Side and the beginnings of his interest in becoming a cartoonist and comic book artist.
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ShortBox: Good Comics Come in Small Packages
ShortBox is a one-of-a-kind small press that publishes a carefully curated collection of minicomics and sends them out into the world as part of a mail-order box.
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An Anti-Racist Graphic Novel Reading List
In tribute to the memory of George Floyd, who died at the hands of the Minneapolis police, and in support of the worldwide outcry over his death, the 'PW' comics editors have compiled a list of graphic titles about African American life and history.
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Libraries Offer Access to Graphic Novels in Pandemic
Facing closures and budget shortfalls, libraries look for new ways to support graphic novels amid the ongoing pandemic.
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Panel Mania: Stuck Rubber Baby by Howard Cruse
Howard Cruse’s 'Stuck Rubber Baby' is a pioneering graphic novel that explores the relationships and politics surrounding race, sex, and identity in the African-American and LGBTQ communities in the Jim Crow south. In July First Second Books will publish a new edition that will mark its 25th anniversary. This is a 9 page excerpt.
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