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Panel Mania: Grand Slam Romance by Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhouse

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 05/17/2023 @ 12:00AM

'Grand Slam Romance' by Ollie Hicks and Emma Oosterhous is a very funny graphic novel capturing the outrageous antics–romantic and athletic–of a queer and very magical softball rivalry. An 11-page excerpt.
Panel Mania: Turtle Bread by Kim-Joy and Alti Firmansyah

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 05/03/2023 @ 12:00AM

‘TurtleBread: A Graphic Novel About Baking, Fitting In, and the Power of Friendship’ by Kim-Joy and Alti Firmansyah is a new graphic novel/cookbook about mental health, self-acceptance, and a love of baking. A seven-page excerpt.
IDW to Slash Workforce by 39%, Delist from NYSE

By Sophia Stewart and Jim Milliot | 04/28/2023 @ 04:00PM

IDW Media has announced "cost-cutting measures" that comprise laying off 39% of staff, including IDW publisher Nachie Marsham, delisting from the New York Stock Exchange, and installing Davidi Jonas as the new CEO.
Manga Freelancers Say, ‘Show Me the Money’

By Deb Aoki | 04/26/2023 @ 08:00AM

Manga is still leading graphic novel sales in North America. But that success hasn’t necessarily trickled down to the professionals who help bring it to market.
Are Sales of Manga Evening Out?

By Deb Aoki | 04/21/2023 @ 07:00PM

As the booming category shifts to a slower burn, manga publishers and retailers are looking toward digital innovations and global models.
Manga—All Kinds, All Formats—Goes Global

By Deb Aoki | 04/19/2023 @ 02:00PM

Strong North American manga sales in recent years have resulted in a vibrant and still-growing marketplace offering a wide range of manga and manga-adjacent pop culture content from around the world.
Panel Mania: The Last Count of Monte Cristo by Ayize Jama-Everett and Tristan Roach

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/19/2023 @ 12:00AM

The new graphic novel ‘The Last Count of Monte Cristo’ by Ayize Jama-Everett and Tristan Roach transforms Alexandre Dumas’s epic novel of betrayal and revenge into an imaginative afrofuturist adventure set 200 years in the future. An eight-page excerpt.
ComiXology Veterans David Steinberger and Chip Mosher Launch Comic Book Publishing Company

By Emell Adolphus | 04/14/2023 @ 08:00AM

Dstlrty will focus on premium comics and collectibles with a resellable digital marketplace that "redefines" the creator-owned business structure.
Abrams ComicArts to Become New Division of Abrams

By Sophia Stewart | 04/05/2023 @ 09:00AM

Previously an imprint of Abrams, Abrams ComicArts will become its own division alongside the company's adult and children's book groups. It will publish its inaugural list as a new division in fall 2024.
MoCCA 2023 Draws a Crowd

By Meg Lemke | 04/05/2023 @ 09:00AM

The MoCCA Art Fest 2023, an annual indie comics and graphic novel festival held April 1-2, clocked record attendance in its return to New York's Metropolitan Pavilion.
Panel Mania: The Great Gatsby: The Essential Graphic Novel Adaptation by Ted Adams and artist Jorge Coelho

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/05/2023 @ 12:00AM

'The Great Gatsby: The Essential Graphic Novel Adaptation' by Ted Adams with drawings by artist Jorge Coelho is a full-color, hardcover, graphic adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald’s classic American novel. A seven-page excerpt.
Lance Fensterman Is Leaving ReedPop

By Ed Nawotka | 03/29/2023 @ 09:00AM

Lance Fensterman, president of ReedPop, the pop culture arm of Reed Exhibitions that launched in 2009, is leaving the company.
Panel Mania: Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home by Francisco de la Mora

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 03/15/2023 @ 12:00AM

Francisco de la Mora’s 'Frida Kahlo: Her Life, Her Work, Her Home,' a new graphic biography of the great Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954), takes the reader on a irresistible journey through her life story. An 11-page excerpt.
Comics Retailers Navigate a New Normal

By David Harper | 03/03/2023 @ 07:00PM

Booksellers talk shop about how comics sales—and store management challenges—grew in 2022.
Image Comics Union Ratifies First Contract

By Emell Derra Adolphus | 03/03/2023 @ 12:00AM

Union members of comics publisher Image Comics voted overwhelmingly in favor of its first-ever contract. The staffers are members of Comic Book Workers United, a new affiliate of the Communications Workers of America.
Panel Mania: Belle of the Ball by Mari Costa

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 03/01/2023 @ 12:00AM

Mari Costa’s new graphic novel 'Belle of the Ball' is a charming queer retooling of the high school love triangle. A 12-page excerpt.
Panel Mania: Invincible Compendium One by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 02/15/2023 @ 12:00AM

'Invincible' by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley is the story of Mark Grayson, a seemingly normal high school kid who is really the superhero called Invincible. A 10-page excerpt from 'Invincible Compendium One', hardcover reprint edition celebrating the 20th anniversary of Invincible.
Panel Mania: Queenie: Godmother of Harlem by Aurelie Lévy and Elizabeth Columba

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 02/01/2023 @ 12:00AM

'Queenie: Godmother of Harlem' by Aurelie Lévy and Elizabeth Columba is a graphic biography of Stephanie St. Clair, aka Queenie, a legendary 1920s Harlem figure better known as Queenie, a Martinique-born Black lady-racketeer who made a fortune running numbers. An eight-page excerpt.
The Making of ‘Tephlon Funk’: PW Talks with Stephane Metayer

By Maurice Boyer | 01/18/2023 @ 12:00AM

'PW' talks with Stephane Metayer about the making of 'Tephlon Funk!,' a fast-paced paranormal adventure graphic novel set in the Queensbridge housing projects in New York City in the 1990s.
Panel Mania: Going Remote: A Teacher’s Journey by Adam Bessie and Peter Glanting

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 01/18/2023 @ 12:00AM

Adam Bessie and Peter Glanting’s debut graphic memoir 'Going Remote: A Teacher’s Journey' chronicles the impact of the pandemic on the community college where Bessie teaches and on the lives and education of his students after the suspension of in-person classes and the switch to online teaching. A 16-page excerpt.

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