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Howard Cruse’s Queer Classic ‘Stuck Rubber Baby’ Marks 25 Years

By John Seven | 06/03/2020 @ 12:00AM

Pioneering gay cartoonist Howard Cruse died last November while working on a new edition of his acclaimed queer/civil rights graphic novel 'Stuck Rubber Baby'. The book will be published by First Second Books in July in celebration of the book’s 25th anniversary.
New Manga: What’s Hot Now

By Deb Aoki | 06/03/2020 @ 12:00AM

While most manga publishers are delaying books in print and/or shifting to digital-first releases, there’s still a healthy demand for manga. Here’s the key titles and genre trends being released in Summer/Fall 2020.
Manga Publishers Are Holding Steady—For Now

By Deb Aoki | 05/29/2020 @ 07:00PM

After years of sales growth, manga publishers are doing their best to respond to the pandemic.
Comics for a Mobile Generation

By Rob Salkowitz | 05/22/2020 @ 07:00PM

The Covid-19 pandemic has brought huge swaths of the publishing industry to a halt, but one channel remains open and thriving: mobile webcomics.
Panel Mania: Weathering With You Vol. 1 by Makoto Shinkai and Wataru Kubota

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 05/20/2020 @ 12:00AM

'Weathering With You' Vol.1 by Makoto Shinkai with art by Wataru Kobuta is the story of a teenage boy who runs away from his small island home to the big city of Tokyo, where he meets a mysterious young woman who seems to be able to control the weather. This is a 10-page excerpt from the forthcoming manga.
BINC, Comicbook United Raise $950K for Comics Retailers

By Calvin Reid | 05/08/2020 @ 12:00AM

The Book Industry Charitable Foundation, in partnership with the newly created Comicbook United Fund, have raised more than $950,000 to be used to support comic shop retailers struggling to survive during the pandemic lockdown.
Panel Mania: Cuisine Chinoise: Tales of Food and Life by Zao Dao

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 05/06/2020 @ 11:00AM

Chinese cartoonist Zao Dao makes her North American debut with 'Cuisine Chinoise: Tales of Food and Life', a collection of food-themed short stories inspired by Chinese folklore to be published by Dark Horse. In this 11-page excerpt two mysterious and hungry visitors arrive at restaurant desperate for customers.
Panel Mania: Giant by Mikaël

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/15/2020 @ 10:00AM

Set in 1930s depression-era New York City, 'Giant' by Mikaël, follows the story of a massive, laconic Irish immigrant with a deep secret as he works high above Manhattan on the construction site of the new Rockefeller Center. A ten page excerpt.
Superman Smashes the Klan: Superman and Me by Gene Luen Yang

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/15/2020 @ 10:00AM

In this essay-afterword to the graphic novel 'Superman Smashes the Klan' by Gene Luen Yang and Gurihiru, Yang uses his childhood love of Superman—and his personal experience of racism—to deliver a history of the Ku Klux Klan, the rise of white supremacy in the U.S., and the role the 1940s Superman radio show played in fighting bigotry.
Panel Mania: Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry by Julian Peters

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/01/2020 @ 10:00AM

Published by Plough Publishing to mark the celebration of National Poetry Month in April, 'Poems to See By: A Comic Artist Interprets Great Poetry' by Julian Peters offers a series of delightful, often moving, visual recreations of classic poems. In this 10-page excerpt Peters recreates Seamus Heaney’s 'The Given Note', and Dylan Thomas’s 'The Force That Through the Green Fuse Drives the Flower.'
Comics vs. Coronavirus: Following Up with Comics Retailers

By Shannon O'Leary | 04/01/2020 @ 09:00AM

PW’s annual comics retailer survey was published just as the virus began to disrupt the U.S. comics and book marketplace. However, since the feature was published, the pandemic has hit the country head on, forcing many comics and book retailers to close, at least temporarily.
Diamond Comic Halts Payments to Publishers

By Calvin Reid | 04/01/2020 @ 12:00AM

Diamond Comic Distributors, the largest distributor of comics in North America, announced that it will not pay publishers and other vendors this week.
A Look Inside the 21st-Century Comics Shop

By Shannon O’Leary | 03/20/2020 @ 07:52PM

Comics retailers are embracing new titles, welcoming new readers, and shifting to a curatorial approach to stocking.
Colvin Ramps Up Graphic Novels at LBYR

By Brigid Alverson | 03/18/2020 @ 12:00PM

After launching graphic novel lines at Andrews McMeel and Lion Forge, Andrea Colvin has joined Hachette with big plans for graphic novels at Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
Panel Mania: The Oracle Code by Marieke Nijkamp and Manuel Preitano

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 03/17/2020 @ 07:00PM

DC’s new YA graphic novel 'The Oracle Code' by Marieke Nijkamp with art by Manuel Preitano updates the Batman legend of Barbara Gordon, daughter of Gotham City police commissioner James Gordon, who is paralyzed after a gunshot wound. Now she’s a wheelchair-bound teen hacker enrolled in a special school for the disabled where students are missing. This is a 13-page excerpt.
The Second Coming of ‘Second Coming’: PW Talks with Mark Russell

By Brigid Alverson | 03/17/2020 @ 07:00PM

PW talks to comics writer Mark Russell about his controversial graphic novel 'Second Coming' (with art by Richard Pace), the story of Jesus Christ returning to earth, this time with Earth's mightiest superhero as his roommate. The trade paperback collection was published this month by Ahoy Comics.
Black Girl Genius: Talking with Devin Grayson and Alitha Martinez

by Maurice Boyer | 03/17/2020 @ 07:00PM

The creators of Humanoids’ new graphic novel ‘Omni: The Doctor Is In’, a hybrid medical mystery/paranormal thriller, talk with PW about creating a contemporary black female genius superhero.
Panel Mania: Everything Is Beautiful, and I'm Not Afraid by Yao Xiao

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 03/04/2020 @ 10:00AM

'Everything is Beautiful, And I’m Not Afraid: A Baopu Collection' by Yao Xiao is delightful and poetic graphic memoir by a China-born, queer, immigrant illustrator and cartoonist who has lived in the U.S since 2006. This is a 16 page excerpt. The book will be published in March by Andews McMeel.
The End of Fante Bukowski: PW talks with Noah Van Sciver

by Chris Barsanti | 03/03/2020 @ 05:00PM

Cartoonist Noah Van Sciver and Fantagraphics have teamed up to publish 'The Complete Works of Fante Bukowski', a hardcover compilation, and tongue-in-cheek tribute, to the self-proclaimed literary genius.
CBLDF Launches Rory Root Comics Retailer Grants

By Calvin Reid | 02/25/2020 @ 10:00AM

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund plans to create the Rory D. Root Comics Ambassador Grant, a program designed to support community building by retailers, named in honor of the late Rory Root, an influential Berkeley comics retailer noted for his pioneering embrace of book trade practices and outreach to the library market.

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