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Gina Gagliano to Leave Random House Graphic

By Calvin Reid | 11/24/2021 @ 10:00AM

Gina Gagliano, the founder and publishing director of Random House Graphic, Random House Children's Books’ graphic novel imprint, is leaving the company effective December 3.
53,000 Fans Flock to Javits for AnimeNYC’s Return

by Calvin Reid, Gilcy Aquino, and Drucilla Shultz | 11/22/2021 @ 12:00AM

AnimeNYC 2021, an annual event celebrating Asian popular culture, returned after a year’s hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic to the Javits Convention Center, November 19-21, attracting more than 53,000 fans.
Wattpad Webtoon Launches Print Graphic Novel Imprint

By Calvin Reid | 11/18/2021 @ 12:00AM

Wattpad Webtoon Studios announced plans to launch Webtoon Unscrolled, a new graphic novel imprint that will publish print editions of hit Webtoon mobile webcomics beginning in fall 2022.
Panel Mania: Fungirl by Elizabeth Pich

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 11/17/2021 @ 12:00AM

Elizabeth Pich’s new graphic novel is the story of Fungirl, her roommate/ex-girlfriend, and the roommate’s overly nice boyfriend, as they stumble through an illuminating series of grimly funny interpersonal calamities. An eight-page excerpt.
The Historical Panorama of American Comics: PW Talks with Jeremy Dauber

By Lenny Picker | 11/17/2021 @ 12:00AM

Jeremy Dauber's 'American Comics: A History' is a lively historical survey of the American comics medium across 150 years of literary and commercial development. The book will be published this month.
Image Comics Moves to Hold Union Vote

By Calvin Reid | 11/08/2021 @ 12:00AM

Image Comics has declined a request by union organizers to voluntarily recognize Comic Book Workers United, an effort to unionize the independent comics publisher, and has moved to hold a vote to determine whether the CBWU will represent eligible Image staff.
Mariko Tamaki Debuts New LGBTQ+ Graphic Novel Imprint

By Brigid Alverson | 11/03/2021 @ 10:00AM

Surely Books, a new LGBTQ+ focused imprint at Abrams ComicArts curated by Mariko Tamaki, will release its first graphic novel this month.
Panel Mania: Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 11/03/2021 @ 12:00AM

Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre’s new graphic novel 'Lifetime Passes' introduces the reader to 16 year-old Jackie Chavez, a teen wrestling with a tough family situation—her parents have been deported—and her friends, a collection of mostly bad apples looking out only for themselves. A seven-page excerpt.
Image Comics Staff Launches Effort to Unionize

By Calvin Reid | 11/02/2021 @ 11:00AM

In an unprecedented effort at labor organizing in the comics industry, a group of 10 staffers at Image Comics, a major independent comics publisher, have announced plans to launch a union.
Crowdfunding a Publishing House: PW Talks with Spike Trotman

By Rob Salkowitz | 10/20/2021 @ 12:00AM

Spike Trotman, comics creator, writer, and founder of Iron Circus Comics, has led the way in using crowdfunding as part of a scalable publishing business model that can support unique titles within the comics shop and trade book markets.
Panel Mania: Weeaboo by Alissa Sallah

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 10/20/2021 @ 12:00AM

Alissa Sallah’s debut graphic novel 'Weeaboo'—a term that refers to a non-Japanese person who is obsessed with Japanese culture—is an engaging portrait of three high school friends about to graduate and struggling with the full-range of familiar teen academic, social, and personal challenges. A 10-page excerpt.
V.E. Schwab’s New Graphic Novel Returns to her Villains Series

By Brigid Alverson | 10/20/2021 @ 12:00AM

PW talks with acclaimed fantasy author V.E. Schwab about her new graphic novel 'ExtraOrdinary,' and returning to her epic Villains prose series.
Photo Mania: New York Comic Con 2021

By PW Staff | 10/19/2021 @ 12:00AM

After a year’s hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic, New York Comic Con returned to New York City's Javits Convention October 7-10, and welcomed back thousands of fans to the newly expanded convention center.
Back in Business: 150,000 Attend New York Comic Con 2021

By Calvin Reid | 10/12/2021 @ 12:00AM

New York Comic Con returned to the Javits Convention October 7-10, welcoming back tens of thousands of fans to the newly expanded convention center.
Panel Mania: The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book by Gord Hill

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 10/06/2021 @ 12:00AM

Originally published in 2010, Arsenal Pulp will publish a new edition of 'The 500 Years of Indigenous Resistance Comic Book: Revised and Expanded,' written and drawn by Gord Hill, who has added nearly 60 pages of new material. This seven-page excerpt is the story of the 1990 Oka Crisis, a 77-day armed standoff in the Mohawk territories of the Kahnawake and Kanesatake near Montreal.
Chu, Illidge, Noles Join the CBLDF Board

By Calvin Reid | 10/06/2021 @ 12:00AM

The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has added comics writer Amy Chu, editor Joseph Illidge, and fan fixture Pam Noles to its board of directors.
Welcome to the Crisis Zone: PW Talks with Simon Hanselmann

By Brian Heater | 09/15/2021 @ 12:00AM

First published as an Instagram webcomic, Simon Hanselmann's 'Crisis Zone', has been collected into a nearly 300-page graphic novel out now from Fantagraphics. The book won the 2021 Eisner award for webcomics.
Education Pros Return to NYCC

By Heidi MacDonald | 09/10/2021 @ 07:00PM

At least one tradition is coming back intact to this year’s New York Comic Con: NYCC Professional Day will be held on Thursday, October 7.
New York Comic Con Is Back

By Heidi MacDonald | 09/10/2021 @ 07:00PM

The pop culture show will return to the Javits Center in a scaled-down form in October.
New Universes for Young Readers: Close-up on Wonderbound

| 09/07/2021 @ 12:00AM

The new comics and graphic novels imprint from Vault Comics aims to deliver fantasy, sci-fi, and horror stories to middle grade and tween readers. (Sponsored)

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