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The City Is in My Blood: PW Talks With Eric Drooker
With the 1992 publication of ‘Flood!,’ the graphic novelist kicked off an impressionistic trilogy about city life. The series recently came to a close with ‘Naked City,’ which adds dialogue to the mix to tell the interconnected stories of a musician and a painter seeking inspiration and chasing success.
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Everything’s Closing In: PW Talks with Ezra Claytan Daniels
Horror emerges from central Florida’s swamps in Mama Came Callin’ (Morrow and HarperAlley, Feb.), as a young biracial woman named Kirah investigates the elusive costumed-killer Gator Man who terrorizes her.
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Panel Mania: 'First Freedom: The Story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth' by Angélique Roché, Alvin Epps, et al
Written by Angélique Roché with art by Alvin Epps, Millicent Monroe, and Bex Glendining, 'First Freedom: The story of Opal Lee and Juneteenth' is an inspirational graphic biography the former teacher that worked for decades to make Juneteenth a national holiday.A 10-page excerpt.
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Miss Opal Had Always Been There: PW Talks with Angélique Roché
The journalist and podcaster partnered with up-and-coming cartoonists Alvin Epps, Millicent Monroe, and Bex Glendining to bring to life ‘First Freedom’ (Oni, Feb.), a kaleidoscopic graphic biography of educator and activist Opal Lee, known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth.”
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Embrace the Cringe: PW Talks with Archie Bongiovanni
In the latest from the Minneapolis-based queer and trans cartoonist, ‘Leo Rising’ (Abrams ComicArts, Jan.), three queer 20-somethings from “Squarebanks,” Alaska, push each other to find their respective paths.
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Oni Press Inks Distro Deal with PRH
Beginning in August, Penguin Random House Publisher Services will take over sales and distribution for the comics and graphic novel publisher’s frontlist and backlist trade books, as well as single issue comics, across all channels worldwide.
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A New Player Emerges on the International Graphic Novel Market
French publisher Morgen made a splash earlier this month with a global book deal for a graphic novel series from creators Ram V, Anand Radhakrishnan, and Evan Cagle, with Image Comics snagging English-language rights. President Sullivan Rouaud says Morgen is just getting started.
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Panel Mania: 'Wake Now in the Fire' by Jarrett Dapier and AJ Dungo
'Wake Now in the Fire' by Jarrett Dapier and AJ Dungo is a fictionalized graphic recreation of the banning of Marjane Satrapi’s acclaimed graphic memoir 'Persepolis' from the Chicago School system and the passionate response from students, teachers and librarians in defense of the book. A 13-page excerpt.
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Tramps Like Us: PW Talks With Alice Darrow
In the artist’s graphic novel debut, ‘Tramps of the Apocalypse’ (Dark Horse, Jan.), a trio of extra sexy, super-violent women take on the testosterone-poisoned Lord Quest Ragnor in a post-apocalyptic wasteland.
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It’s All Greek: PW Talks with Felicia Day
The actor’s first full-length original graphic novel, ‘The Lost Daughter of Sparta’ (Gallery, Mar.), drawn by Rowan MacColl, imagines an origin story for Philonoe, an obscure heroine from Greek mythology.
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IPG Guns for Graphic Novel Publishers Post–Diamond Collapse
With Diamond Comic Distributors in the throes of Chapter 7 bankruptcy, Independent Publishers Group is throwing its hat in the ring to become the next go-to direct market distributor for indie graphic novel publishers.
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Perseverance in the Face of Doubt: PW Talks with Craig Thompson
Eisner winner Thompson spoke with PW about his ambitious book Ginseng Roots and the crises that fueled its creation.
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Street Noise: Five Years of Dissident Publishing
PW checked in with publishing veteran Liz Frances about what's happening at Street Noise Books after more than five years of publishing politically relevant graphic nonfiction and memoirs.
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Andrea Colvin Launches Literary Agency
The veteran children’s editor, best known for having acquired and published Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir Gender Queer, has founded an eponymous agency specializing in books for young readers.
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Puerto Ricans in the World of Comics: PW Talks with the Curators of ‘¡Wepa!’
A new bilingual exhibition at the New York Public Library, co-curated by Paloma Celis Carbajal and Charles Cuykendall Carter, shines a spotlight on the manifold—and often overlooked—contributions of Puerto Rican comics creators.
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Charles Soule Is Dancing with Devils
In his two forthcoming trade releases, Daredevil: Cold Day in Hell (Marvel, Feb.) and The Lucky Devils (Image, July), Charles Soule explores morality and ethical conundrums.
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Panel Mania: 'A Garden of Spheres' by Linnea Sterte
Linnea Sterte’s 'A Garden of Spheres' is a beautifully illustrated fantasy graphic work of epic storytelling. A nine-page excerpt.
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Digging Horror: PW Talks with Abbey Luck
In the California-based artist’s debut graphic novel, Pig Wife, a family contends with its legacies of abuse and isolation in a remote mining town.
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Kitchen Comics Confidential: PW Talks to Katriona Chapman
In her newest graphic novel, The Pass (Fantagraphics, Jan.), the Londoner delves into the lives of a chef-owner of an acclaimed restaurant, a sous chef, and a bartender as they navigate drama in and out of the kitchen.
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Panel Mania: 'Total THB Volume 1' by Paul Pope
Originally self-published in the 1990s, Paul Pope’s 'Total THB Vol. 1' is the first of three volumes reprinting and collecting Pope’s influential and playful sci-fi epic. A 10-page excerpt.



