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  • Photo Mania: New Comics Show, Special Edition 2014

    The first Special Edition, a new and smaller comics show launched by ReedPop, organizer of the blockbuster New York Comic Con, debuted at the Javits Convention Center this past weekend, June 14–15. PW Comics World was on hand all weekend to photograph the artists, publishers and fans at Special Edition 2014.

  • Dark Horse to Republish Brian Wood's 'New York Four/Five,' 'DEMO'

    Dark Horse has acquired several backlist titles by comics writer Brian Wood originally published by Vertigo and Minx, DC’s now defunct graphic novel imprint for teen girls, with plans to publish new editions in the fall and in 2015.

  • New Special Edition Comics Show Debuts June 14-15 at Javits Center

    Special Edition, a new and smaller comics convention organized by New York Comic Con organizer ReedPOP, debuts this weekend, June 14-15 at Javits North, a smaller hall at the North end of the Javits Convention Center in Manhattan.

  • Comixology Inks Deal to Offer Viz Digital Manga

    U.S. manga publisher Viz Media and digital comics marketplace Comixology announced an agreement that will bring Viz’s manga line to the Comixology platform in North America.

  • Upcoming Comics Events: 6/9-6/15

    Fingus Apocalypticon Opening+Reception in New York, NY; Sam Alden and Ohara Hale in Montreal, Quebec; Oslo Comics Expo in Oslo, Norway; Denver Comic Con in Denver, CO; New York Comic Fest in White Plains, NY; Special Edition NYC in New York, NY.

  • Jet City, Comixology Offer Digital Comic of Hugh Howey’s ‘Wool’

    Amazon’s Jet City Comics imprint is serializing the comics adaptation of sci-fi novelist Hugh Howey’s 'Wool' simultaneously on Comixology and Amazon.

  • Panel Mania: 'Cat Dad, King of The Goblins' Offers The Unexpected

    Britt Wilson's slapstick fantasy 'Cat Dad, King of the Goblins' kicks off Koyama Press's new line of kids comics.

  • Dynamite Inks Graphic Novel Deals with Five Novelists

    Dynamite Entertainment has agreements to publish graphic novel adaptations based on the books and characters of acclaimed novelists Brandon Sanderson, Dean Koontz, Patricia Briggs, Jim Butcher, and the late Ernest Tidyman, author of the Shaft novels.

  • Comics Get In Front at BEA 2014

    Although the category did not have a commanding presence at BEA, graphic novel publishers and imprints were spread throughout the show and comics were featured in major panels during BEA and BookCon, BEA's relaunched consumer event.

  • Upcoming Comics Events: 6/2-6/8

    The Comic Book Theater Festival Issue #2 in Brooklyn, NY; Phoenix ComiCon in Phoenix, AZ; Grand Comics Festival in Brooklyn, NY; Olympia Comics Festival in Olympia, WA; Queer Comics Expo in San Francisco, CA.

  • Madefire Expands with Barker, Archie, Lion Forge, and Arcana

    Madefire, known for producing partially animated 'Motion Book' comics, has added four more publishers to its lineup.

  • Diamond, Trajectory Partner to Deliver Digital Comics

    Diamond Comics Distributors, the dominant distributor to the comics shop market, has reached a multi-year agreement with Trajectory, a digital publishing and distribution vendor, to offer conversion and global digital distribution for print comics.

  • Upcoming Comics Events: 5/26-6/1

    Indy PopCon 2014 in Indianapolis, IN; "Interesting Drug" Launch Party in Ann Arbor, MI; Long Beach Comic Expo in Long Beach, CA; Chicago Alternative Comics Expo in Chicago, IL.

  • Diamond: Graphic Novels Up, Comics Periodicals Down in 2014

    While the first few months of 2014 were tough for comics specialty retailers, graphic novel, and merchandise sales remained solid.

  • MeCAF Brings Graphic Novels Down East

    Although the crowd was relatively small, they came to buy at this year's Maine Comic Arts Festival.

  • Panel Mania: Sfar's 'Pascin' is an Artistic Portrait

    This July Uncivilized Books will publish the highly anticipated English language edition of Joann Sfar's "Pascin," a biography of the noted Jewish modernist painter, real name Julius Mordecai Pincas.

  • Crowdwatch: Kirby On Stage; Super Strong Female; A Luminous Comic

    Crowdwatch spotlights notable crowdfunded comics projects. This week, the life of Jack Kirby on stage, Strong Female Protagonist in Print, A disembodied Mexican leg, a luminous Italian comic, two anthologies, and the return of "Footprints."

  • 'Watson & Holmes' Wins Big at Glyph Awards

    "Watson & Holmes" #6, by Brandon Easton and N. Steven Harris took top honors at the 2014 Glyph Awards.

  • Upcoming Comics Events: 5/19-5/25

    Box Brown in Philadelphia, PA; Mark Millar and Duncan Fegredo in London, U.K.; Vancouver Comic Arts Festival in Vancouver, BC, Canada; Graphic Brighton in Brighton, East Sussex, U.K.

  • Humble Bundle Offers Dr. Who Digital Comics

    Humble Bundle, the pay-what-you-want platform that offers bundled digital content and supports charities, is teaming with another comics publisher, IDW Publishing, to offer an all-graphic novel bundle of digital Dr. Who comics.

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