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Hit the Road with 12 Great Car Comics

By Matt White | 07/14/2016 @ 03:00PM

For more than 100 years, steel-hearted drivers have risked it all for racetrack glory. Here are 12 comics that celebrate cars and racing.
North American Comics Market Reaches $1.03 Billion

By Calvin Reid | 07/13/2016 @ 09:00AM

The $1.03 billion figure represents the combined sales of periodical comics and graphic novel or book format comics in both the general book trade and the comics shop specialty marketplace.
After Steady Growth, Digital Comics Sales Decline in 2015

by Calvin Reid | 07/12/2016 @ 09:00AM

After six straight years of growth, North American digital comics sales dropped 10% in 2015, to $90 million. The decline, documented in a new report issued by the pop culture trade news site ICv2, mirrors a similar decline in the sales of prose e-books.
Anime Expo 2016 Touts Strong Manga Sales, Hails Japanese Creators

By Deb Aoki | 07/08/2016 @ 08:50AM

The event, held over the July 4 weekend at the L.A. Convention Center, attracted more than 100,000 Japanese pop culture fans, and welcomed top manga artists visiting from Japan.
Children's, YA Graphic Novels Get Expanded BISAC Codes

By Brigid Alverson | 07/01/2016 @ 09:00AM

In a move that will help publishers, retailers and librarians to more precisely describe and categorize children's and YA graphic novels, BISG will offer an expanded number of BISAC codes and subject headings for the category beginning in January 2017.
Graphic Novel Publisher First Second Celebrates Ten Years

By Calvin Reid | 06/10/2016 @ 07:00PM

Macmillan's graphic novel imprint has published 160 titles to date, including Gene Luen Yang's National Book Award finalist, 'American Born Chinese.'
Ace Atkins’ Nick Travers Novels Being Adapted as Comics

By Calvin Reid | 06/08/2016 @ 10:30AM

Alabama comics house 12-Gauge Comics has teamed with the novelist to adapt his Nick Travers Southern crime noir series into graphic novels.
Celebrate Fatherhood with 11 Great Dad Comics

By Matt White | 06/08/2016 @ 07:00AM

Comics have been dealing with daddy-issues nearly since their inception, but over the years books have presented a more nuanced, realistic depiction of fatherhood. Here are 11 great ones for Father's Day.
Comixology Launches Comics Subscription Service

By Calvin Reid | 05/24/2016 @ 11:00AM

Comixology Unlimited offers subscription access to thousands of comics, graphic novels and manga from independent publishers—there are no titles from DC or Marvel—for $5.99 per month.
Comics at BEA: New Books from Raina Telgemeier, Jessica Abel, Box Brown

By Calvin Reid | 05/19/2016 @ 08:00AM

Comics publishers seemed happy with BookExpo's move to Chicago show, citing the opportunity to meet new Midwestern retailers.
Global Comics Showcase: TCAF 2016 Adds Library Space, New Venue

By Heidi MacDonald | 05/18/2016 @ 03:00PM

The Toronto Comics Arts Festival highlights included packed panels on diversity, and guest artists that included Brian K. Vaughan, MariNaomi, Spike Trotman, Raina Telgemeier, and Marguerite Abouet.
We Need More Diverse Superheroes!: PW Talks with ‘Power Man’ Writer David Walker

by Maurice Boyer | 05/05/2016 @ 08:00AM

Veteran African American pop culture writer David Walker discusses writing for two popular black comic book superheroes: DC's half-man/half-machine, Cyborg, and Marvel's Luke Cage, aka Power Man.
Celebrate Motherhood with 10 Great Mom Comics

By Matt White | 05/04/2016 @ 10:00AM

Usually, moms only play an ancillary role in comics, however some cartoonists choose to focus on what it means to bring life into this world and nurture it. So in time for Mother's Day, enjoy these 10 mom comics.
Walk on the Wild Side: 10 Great Animal Comics

By Matthew White | 04/27/2016 @ 10:00AM

Animals in comics can be wild creatures, loyal pets, test subjects, and so much more. These 10 comics reflect the complicated relationship that exists between people and the animal world.
Kids' Comic Con: Celebrating 10 Years of Kids and Comics in the Bronx

by Brigid Alverson | 04/26/2016 @ 01:00PM

For 10 years, families and kids have flocked to the Bronx for Kids' Comic Con to meet creators, take part in workshops, and learn how comics are created.
DC to Restructure Vertigo Imprint; Shelly Bond Departing

By Calvin Reid | 04/21/2016 @ 03:50PM

In what DC Comics is calling a "reexamining" of its lauded graphic novel and comics imprint, the position of v-p and executive editor has been eliminated.
Praying for It? Chester Brown’s 'Mary Wept' Surveys Prostitution in the Bible

by Brigid Alverson | 04/12/2016 @ 01:00PM

In his latest book the acclaimed comics artist enlists biblical scripture in his ongoing crusade to remove the social (and religious) stigma attached to providing sex for money.
Oni Press Unveils Five Comics From Open Submission Policy

By Brigid Alverson | 04/07/2016 @ 07:00PM

In an effort to identify fresh and diverse new talent, Oni Press launched an open submission policy; the house is revealing five new projects that came from the search at Emerald City Comic Con.
No Comic Arts Brooklyn in 2016?

By Heidi MacDonald | 04/06/2016 @ 12:00PM

The organizer of the curated Brooklyn independent comics festival is considering taking a year off.

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