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Mad Cave Unveils Digital Revamp

By Sam Spratford | 10/07/2025 @ 09:00AM

Amid recent challenges for comics distribution, the Miami-based graphic novel publisher is doubling down on direct-market sales, most recently by integrating all four of its imprints under one in-house digital reading and shopping platform.
A Transformed Oni Press Rebrands

By Tiffany Babb | 10/06/2025 @ 10:30AM

The new logo, designed by Eisner nominee Patrick Crotty, is meant to reflect the changes the comics and graphic novel publisher has made since new leadership took over the company in 2022, said Oni editor-in-chief Sierra Hahn.
Panel Mania: ‘Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon’ by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 09/24/2025 @ 10:30AM

DC Comics reimagines the origins and powers of one of its signature superheroes in its Eisner Award–winning Absolute Universe version of Wonder Woman. A 6-page excerpt.
TMNT x Naruto: PW Talks with Caleb Goellner and Hendry Prasetya

By Andrew Farago | 09/24/2025 @ 10:00AM

This fall, two generations of ninja teens join forces in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles x Naruto by Caleb Goellner and Hendry Prasetya. We spoke with the duo about how East met West, ramen met pizza, and “Dattebayo!” met “Cowabunga!”
New York Comic Con 2025 Gets the Business

By Heidi Macdonald | 09/19/2025 @ 07:00PM

With a revamped pro area and the return of DC Comics, this year’s NYCC is rolling out the red carpet for industry professionals.
Transforming Comics: PW Talks with Robert Kirkman

by Susana Polo | 09/19/2025 @ 07:00PM

The founder of Skybound Entertainment and creator of the Walking Dead, who will take over an award-winning Transformers reboot in October, discusses what’s next for the tentpole franchise of Skybound’s interconnected Hasbro setting, the Energon Universe, and more.
Self-Publishers Rise Up at 2025 Ignatz Awards

By Sam Spratford | 09/15/2025 @ 10:30AM

While Fantagraphics took home two of the evening’s biggest prizes, independent creators made a strong showing at the 28th annual Ignatz Awards, presented on September 13 at the Small Press Expo in Bethesda, Md.
Crossed Hearts Aims to Streamline Webcomic Adaptation

By Sam Spratford | 09/10/2025 @ 01:00PM

The new publisher, which launches its inaugural list this fall, wants to more efficiently bring print editions of Japanese manga, Korean webcomics, and Asian light novels to English-language markets worldwide.
Panel Mania: ‘From Cocinas to Lucha Libre Ringsides,’ edited by Frederick Luis Aldama and Angela Sánchez

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 09/10/2025 @ 11:00AM

This big-hearted anthology of Latinx comics celebrates food, sports, and the lingering influence of both on Latinx identity and culture. A 12-page excerpt.
DC Comics Sees An ‘Absolute’ Success

By Susana Polo | 08/27/2025 @ 02:00PM

The comics giant has three new books featuring familiar superheroes on the shelves this month—but the origin stories within are anything but familiar. DC executive editor Chris Conroy explains why the publisher’s Absolute Universe has struck a chord.
Corto Maltese Sets Sail at Fantagraphics

By Dean Simons | 08/27/2025 @ 01:30PM

U.S. comics fans will soon be able to experience the adventures of Hugo Pratt’s iconic seafarer like never before thanks to a new publishing program at Fantagraphics, which aims to make the entire Corto Maltese series available across six deluxe full-color hardcover editions.
Panel Mania: ‘Second Shift’ by Kit Anderson

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 08/27/2025 @ 10:00AM

This dream-like science fiction tale captures the slowly disorienting mental states of workers on a faraway planet. A 12-page excerpt.
Emotional Autobiography: PW Talks with Diane DiMassa

By Rob Kirby | 08/27/2025 @ 09:00AM

The cartoonist revisits her 30-year-old oeuvre and legendary character Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist, whose rage-filled adventures are collected in a new book from New York Review Comics.
2025 American Manga Award Winners Announced

By Eva Baron | 08/22/2025 @ 10:00AM

Kodansha and Square Enix each took home two of the night’s six awards, which were launched last year to honor outstanding achievements in the world of Japanese comics. The ceremony, held August 21, coincided with the first day of this year’s Anime NYC convention in New York.
Diamond Bankruptcy Hearing Heats Up

By Jim Milliot | 08/19/2025 @ 11:00AM

As the bankruptcy hearing over the fate of the remaining assets of Diamond Comic Distributors unfolded this month, the court approved the sale of Diamond UK and blocked a bid by Diamond to sell the publishers’ inventory it holds rather than return it.
Panel Mania: ‘Everything Sucks: Kings of Nothing’ by Michael Sweater

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 08/13/2025 @ 12:00PM

This graphic collection captures the antics of a very funny crew of shiftless stoners determined to avoid responsibilities of any kind.
Freedom Fighting and History Writing: PW Talks with Rob Edwards

By Wyatt Erchak | 08/13/2025 @ 12:00PM

In his new graphic novel, Defiant (Legion M/Stranger, out now), the Captain America: Brave New World screenwriter tells the little-known story of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery in 1862 and went on to become a U.S. Congressman.
SDCC 2025: Comics Reclaim the Spotlight in Hollywood’s Absence

By Heidi MacDonald | 07/30/2025 @ 02:00PM

At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, held July 23–27, comics took back their top spot in the Con’s pecking order thanks in part to fewer movie stars visiting Hall H.
Panel Mania: ‘Meat Eaters’ by Meredith McClaren

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 07/30/2025 @ 11:00AM

This grisly teen drama about a college town full of horrific shape-shifting monsters hiding in plain sight delivers brisk, comic banter alongside bold, stylized linework.

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