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  • Panel Mania: '40 Men and 12 Rifles' by Marcelino Truong

    In his new work, the author of 'Such a Lovely Little War' and 'Saigon Calling' switches from memoir to graphic fiction to continue his story about the course of the Vietnam War. An 11-page excerpt.

  • K-Pop Comes to Comic Books

    This fall, hit K-pop bands including BTS, ENHYPHEN, and Tomorrow x Together will make their debut in bookstores and comic shops across North America—as a trio of full-color comics from IZE Press.

  • Panel Mania: 'Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History'

    A 12-page excerpt of the new graphic adaptation of historian C.L.R. James’s 1934 play about the Haitian Revolution by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee.

  • The 'Nothing Special' Webcomic Has Become Something Special

    What started as a hastily scrawled notebook of ideas on creator Katie Cook’s way back from a Chicago comics convention has turned into an immensely popular webtoon—and, soon, a graphic novel series from Ten Speed Graphic.

  • Why It Matters That Marvel Comics Are Becoming Penguin Classics

    This month, Penguin released the three latest titles in its Penguin Classics Marvel Collection. We spoke with the series editor, Ben Saunders, and two authors who wrote forewords to the books, Jerry Craft and Rainbow Rowell, about the importance of enshrining comics in the literary canon.

  • A New Era for New York Comic Con

    The biggest pop culture fan event in North America returns to new fandoms and a fast-changing pop culture events industry.

  • 'Community Makes Us Stronger' at Indie Comics Small Press Expo

    This year's Small Press Expo Ignatz Awards struck a note of solidarity and defiance against censorship.

  • Panel Mania: 'Roaming' by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki

    'Roaming,' a new graphic novel by the acclaimed creative team of cousins Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, is the story of three Canadian college students on spring break in 2009 New York City. An 11-page excerpt. Published by Drawn & Quarterly.

  • How 'Stamped from the Beginning' Became a Graphic History

    The latest iteration of Ibram X. Kendi's much-adapted, National Book Award–winning 'Stamped from the Beginning' is a graphic history adapted and illustrated by Joel Christian Gill. We spoke with them both about adaptations, book bans, and whether an anti-racist America might be possible.

  • Panel Mania: 'Washington's Gay General' by Levi Hastings and Josh Trujillo

    Levi Hastings and Josh Trujillo’s graphic biography 'Washington’s Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben,' published by Surely/Abrams Comic Arts, presents the life of one the most intriguing leaders of the American Revolution.

  • Marjane Satrapi Is Done with Comics, But Never Art or the Revolution

    The Iranian-French author of 'Persepolis,' which celebrates its 20th anniversary with a new edition, discusses her shift from comics to film, the banning of books in America, and her pride in Iran's young revolutionaries.

  • Panel Mania: 'Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song' by Austin Paramore and Sarah Bollinger

    This lively paranormal YA graphic novel follows an aspiring, albeit comically insecure, teen musician with a very peculiar electronic keyboard haunted with the soul of a long-dead jazz legend.

  • CBLDF Calls for Collective Action

    Jeff Trexler, interim director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, told PW that the book bans happening across the country were a topic of much conversation at San Diego Comic-Con.

  • It’s a Family Affair at San Diego Comic-Con

    Strollers were a common sight in the aisles at San Diego Comic-Con as kids and teens joined parents in cosplay and lined up to meet cartoonists.

  • Panel Mania: 'Xogenasys, Vol. 1'

    Xogenasys is a pro fighting league in the gang-dominated New York of 2069. Darius Smith, a teenage fight fan and devastating street fighter himself, is determined to stay away from gang life. The gangs have other ideas. An eight-page excerpt.

  • San Diego Comic-Con Gets Back to Normal

    After three years, the Con returns at full strength—despite uncertainty about the impact of the Writers Guild strike.

  • Panel Mania: 'Blood of the Virgin' by Sammy Harkham

    Sammy Harkham’s new graphic novel, 'Blood of the Virgin,' weaves the lives of a young film editor and his wife and infant son into a personal, complex evocation of low-budget filmmaking in 1970s Hollywood and an epic meta-narrative on the history and legend of Tinsel Town. An 11-page excerpt.

  • Penguin Random House Launches Pop-Comics Imprint

    Announced June 28, Inklore will publish manga, manhua, manhwa, webcomics adaptations, and light novels, with its first project to be released early 2024.

  • Panel Mania: Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies by Léonie Bischoff

    Léonie Bischoff's 'Anaïs Nin: A Sea of Lies' is an elegantly comprehensive, sometimes mystic, graphic biography of Nin. An 11-page excerpt. The book is out now from Fanatagraphics Books.

  • Escape from Dude Culture: PW Talks with Mattie Lubchansky 

    Cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky talks about their debut graphic novel 'Boys Weekend' (Pantheon) which translates their trans-femme experience into a biting lampoon of tech culture and a humorous recap of the relentless disrespect trans folk face every day.

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