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Digital Comics Sales Rose 29% to $90M in 2013

| 07/22/2014 @ 10:00AM

While the rate of sales growth for digital comics has declined, pop culture trade news site ICv2 reports the category is 10x the size of the e-comics market in 2010.
The 14 Best Panels About Comics at Comic-Con

By Heidi MacDonald | 07/22/2014 @ 06:00AM

Overwhelmed by all the programming at Comic-Con this year? Here are our picks for the best comcis panels, and a list of where to find PW’s own Heidi MacDonald and Calvin Reid at the show.
Fantagraphics to Publish Van Cook and Romberger’s New Book

By Calvin Reid | 07/21/2014 @ 05:00PM

In November Fantagraphics will publish 'The Late Child and Other Animals,' a new work from Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger, the team that produced '7 Miles A Second,' the acclaimed graphic memoir of David Wojnarowicz.
Upcoming Comics Events: 7/20-7/26

| 07/21/2014 @ 12:00PM

J.H. WIlliams III in Merced, CA; Corinne Mucha in Chicago, IL; Comic-Con International: San Diego, CA
Zane, Verge Entertainment Plan Transmedia Projects

By Calvin Reid | 07/18/2014 @ 09:00AM

Zane, bestselling erotica author, entrepreneur and publisher of S&S/Atria’s Strebor Books imprint, is teaming up with Verge Entertainment, a New York City transmedia production house founded by Shawn Martinbrough, Joe Illidge and Milo Stone.
Kickstarter Diary Chapter 3: How to Use the Site to Run Your Campaign

By Todd Allen | 07/18/2014 @ 09:00AM

Here's the author's step-by-step guide to getting your campaign set up on the Kickstarter website, quirks and all.
Panel Mania: 'The Only Living Boy' in a Brave New World

by PW Comics World Staff | 07/16/2014 @ 02:00PM

Harvey Award nominated webcomic 'The Only Living Boy,' by David Gallaher and Steve Ellis, tells the story of a 12-year-old runaway in a strange fantasy world.
12 Great Graphic Novel Adaptations

| 07/16/2014 @ 02:00PM

Everything from novels to movies, video games, and even government reports have been given the graphic novel treatment.
Panel Mania: Jamie Coe and the Tribulations of 'Art Schooled'

by Zainab Akhtar | 07/16/2014 @ 10:00AM

Nobrow Press continues its strong of notable releases with 'Art Schooled', the vivid debut graphic novel of English cartoonist Jamie Coe. Please note this preview is for mature readers and NSFW.
Comics, Graphic Novels Market Hit $870 Million in 2013

By Calvin Reid | 07/16/2014 @ 08:00AM

Led by book format comics with $415 million in sales, the North American comics and graphic novel marketplace generated $870 million in sales in 2013, according to a new estimate by ICV2 and Comichron.
Upcoming Comics Events: 7/14-7/20

Compiled by Matt White | 07/14/2014 @ 02:00PM

John Romita, Jr. in New York, NY; Bryan Lee O'Malley in Portland, OR; The International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference in London, U.K.; Steve Lafler in San Francisco, CA
Rep. John Lewis' 'March Book Two' Coming in 2015

By Calvin Reid | 07/14/2014 @ 09:00AM

Top Shelf has released the cover art for 'March Book Two,' the much-anticipated second volume of Civil Rights legend John Lewis’ three-volume graphic memoir.
San Diego Comic-Con 2014: All Our Coverage

| 07/08/2014 @ 11:00AM

All of Publishers Weekly's coverage from the San Diego Comic-Con International 2014—from Eisner winners to book launches, publisher news and our daily podcasts—collected in one convenient place.
Image Announces Third Image Expo for Comic-Con

By Heidi MacDonald | 07/08/2014 @ 09:00AM

Hoping to counter the glut of show-biz razzle dazzle at Comic-Con in San Diego with some comic book firepower, Image Comics has announced the third Image Expo, an all-Image Comics media day.
Locust Moon’s 'Little Nemo' Kickstarter Now at $100K Plus

By Calvin Reid | 07/07/2014 @ 10:00AM

Organized by Philadelphia comics shop Locust Moon and its small press imprint Locust Moon Press, 'Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream,' an ambitious Kickstarter project to fund a tribute book to Little Nemo creator Winsor McCay, has blown past its initial goal of $50,000 and raised more than $100,000 with a week to go.
Upcoming Comics Events: 7/7-7/13

Compiled by Matt White | 07/07/2014 @ 12:00AM

Drawing Party with Telgemeier & Roman in Astoria, NY; Mike Richardson in Beaverton, OR; Eleanor Davis and Esther Pearl Watson in Seattle, WA.
ALA Awards 2014 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries

By Calvin Reid | 07/03/2014 @ 09:00AM

Michigan’s Ypsilanti District Library and Montana’s Lewis & Clark Library were both awarded 2014 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries at the recent American Library Association convention in Las Vegas.
Panel Mania: Escaping a Watery Grave in 'Sanctum'

by Zainab Akhtar | 07/02/2014 @ 09:00AM

'Sanctum' by Xavier Dorison and Christophe Bec is a tense story of underwater horror set aboard a submarine. Humanoids is bringing out a new editions this month.
Paul Pope Revisits 'Escapo,' this Time in Full Color

By Brian Heater | 07/02/2014 @ 09:00AM

Cartoonist Paul Pope is dipping back into his archives to reissue his 1999 work 'Escapo' in a new hardcover edition from Z2 Comics that will be in full color for the first time and offer a wealth of supplementary material.
Love, Life and Manga: Moyoco Anno Talks With ‘PW’

By Calvin Reid and Heidi MacDonald | 07/01/2014 @ 09:00AM

Acclaimed manga artist Moyoco Anno is best known as one of the most influential creators in the josei manga genre—Japanese comics aimed at older women. She talked with PW about her life creating manga, women in Japan and life married to a Japanese pop culture star, when you're a pop culture star yourself.

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