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Four Questions for...Gene Luen Yang
Gene Luen Yang, a two-time nominee for the National Book Award, talks about 'Secret Coders,' his forthcoming graphic novel about the magic of computer programming.
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IDW Acquires Indie Comics House, Top Shelf
In a major acquisition in the comics marketplace, IDW Publishing has acquired Top Shelf Productions.
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‘This One Summer’ Tops PW Comics World’s 2014 Critics Poll
PW graphic novel reviewers pick their favorite titles of the year.
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Dark Horse to Release Eric Powell’s ‘The Goon’ in Library Editions
Dark Horse Comics plans to release The Goon, Eric Powell's Eisner award-winning dark comedy, in a deluxe hardcover Library Edition format in 2015.
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The 12 Comics of Christmas
Here are a dozen Christmas comics—both naughty and nice, promising to entertain or, at least, suffice.
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DRM-Free Site Humble Bundle Generated Over $4 Million from E-books in 2014
Over the last year, Humble Bundle, the promotional site that lets readers pay what they wish for bundles of DRM-free content, released 18 e-book bundles that generated $4.75 million in revenue.
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iVerse Inks Digital Deal With DC, Adds DRM-Free and Rentals
iVerse has signed DC Comics to a digital distribution deal via its ComicsPlus app, and has announced other significant upgrades that make it a more attractive option for digital comics consumers.
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Panel Mania: It’s a Crab’s Life for Arthur De Pins
Imagine never being able to turn around, but only capable of walking in a straight line your entire life. That’s the problem facing the square crabs in 'The March of the Crabs Vol. 1: The Crabby Condition' by Arthur De Pins.
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Mark Waid, Fiona Staples to Revamp Classic Archie Comics
Acclaimed comics writer Mark Waid and artist Fiona Staples will relaunch the flagship Archie comics series in 2015 with updated character designs and a new story focused on the triangle of Archie, Betty, and Veronica.
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Thrillbent Grows with Print and an App
Thrillbent, the digital comics portal started by comics writers Mark Waid and John Rogers, has spun-off into a full featured app and a print campaign with two different publishers.
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Panel Mania: Nature's Beauty and Cruelty in 'Love: The Tiger'
'Love: The Tiger' by Frédéric Brrémaud and Federico Bertolucci presents a day in the life of a Bengal tiger with stunning painted art. An award winning story in Europe, it's coming to the US for the first time.
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DMP Tries New Tezuka Kickstarter After Failed Campaign
After the failure of an ambitious Kickstarter campaign organized by Digital Manga Publishing to release the backlist of the late manga artist Osamu Tezuka, DMP has reconfigured its publishing program and plans to release the books over 20 years instead of five years.
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Jeff Smith, Lucy Caswell Plan New Ohio Comics Show
The new show, Cartoon Crossroads Columbus, will launch with a two-day show in Columbus, Ohio in 2015 and transition to an annual four-day comics festival in Fall 2016.
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12 Awesome Comics About Outer Space
Now that 'Interstellar,' Hollywood's latest space spectacle, has opened and the Rosetta space probe's historic touchdown on a comet, here are 12 comics about blasting into outer space.
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Panel Mania: 'Sam Zabel and the Magic Pen' Gets Meta
Dylan Horrocks returns with another exploration of comics, creativity, and how they all fit into a world that doesn't seem to recognize or reward them.
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Consortium to Distribute Alternative Comics, Secret Acres
Indie graphic novel publishers Secret Acres and Alternative Comics have signed with Consortium for distribution; the Minneapolis-based distributor has been very proactive in courting new graphic novels publishers as clients.
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Five Trends To Watch in Digital Comics for 2015
Six months after Amazon's purchase of Comixology, new patterns are emerging in the digital comics marketplace. Here's a look at what's ahead.
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Madefire, JumpStart Debut Neopet Motion Books
Madefire, creator of the Motion Books interactive comics platform, is teaming up with educational games creator JumpStart to create motion books digital stories for its Neopets online community.
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Photo Mania: Comic Arts Brooklyn 2014
Organized by Brooklyn independent comics bookstore Desert Island, Comic Arts Brooklyn, aka CAB, held its annual festival of indie and self-published comics at the Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church in Williamsburg, Brooklyn Nov. 8-9.
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Panel Mania: 'Spera' Is A Dazzling Fantasy Showcase
Josh Tierney's webcomic 'Spera' showcases an international cast of artists that gained prominence through the internet, including Giannis Milonogiannis.