More To Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week we recap the Diamond Retailer Summit, the MoCCA indie comics show, The Vulture's 100 Pages that Shaped Comics, reveal the unknown artist for the 1950s 'Martin Luther King and the Montgomery Story', and highlight DC's hardcover tribute volume to the 1000th issue of Action Comics.
Exhibitors, Fans Keep Growing at MoCCA Arts Fest 2018
The annual indie comics show is pushing the space limits of the venue. more...
Boom! Studios Plans Original Lumberjanes Graphic Novel
Boom! will publish 'Lumberjanes: The Infernal Compass' by Lilah Sturges in the fall.
DC Marks 80 Years of ‘Action Comics’ and Superman with Hardcover Tribute
DC will celebrate the 1000th issue of Action Comics—the comic book that debuted Superman—with the release of 'Action Comics: 80 Years of Superman the Deluxe Edition,' a commemorative anthology edited by Paul Levitz, former president of DC Comics. more...
Comics Retailers Are Optimistic Despite Market Changes, Sales Declines
Despite a disappointing 2017, comics retailers attending the annual Diamond Retailers Summit were optimistic about 2018, and expect new retail services—Pullbox, a consumer software retail tool arrives this summer—and forthcoming titles to drive sales in the second half of the year. more...and more.
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Spillane’s Mike Hammer Goes Graphic
The classic character, initially conceived as a comics hero, is finally getting the graphic treatment.
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Graphic Medicine: Health & Fitness Books 2018
Penn State University Press’s comics series has a lot more going on than the Sunday funnies.
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DC Marks 80 Years of ‘Action Comics’ and Superman with Hardcover Tribute
PW talks with former DC Comics president Paul Levitz about the hardcover tribute to the 1938 comic book that debuted Superman and launched a genre and the American comic Book industry.
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Comics Retailers Are Optimistic Despite Market Changes, Sales Declines
Despite a disappointing 2017, comics retailers attending the annual Diamond Retailers Summit in Chicago were optimistic about 2018, and expect new retail services and forthcoming titles to drive sales in the second half of the year.
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Exhibitors, Fans Keep Growing at MoCCA Arts Fest 2018
Attendance continues to grow at the MoCCA Arts Fest 2018, an annual celebration of indie, small press, and self-published graphic novels, held at the Metropolitan Event Space on the Westside of Manhattan.
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Photo Mania: MoCCA Arts Festival 2018
The MoCCA Arts Festival, an annual gathering of Indie and self-published comics and graphic novels organized by the Society of Illustrators, attracted one of its biggest crowds in recent memory. 'Publishers Weekly' was there to bring back images of the artists and events during the weekend show, held April 7-8 at the Metropolitan West event space on the Westside of Manhattan.
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A Publisher of the Fans, By the Fans, for the Fans
Fanbase Press, the Los Angeles–based comics publisher, is focusing on building a pop culture business steeped in the fan community. It's working.
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Love and Rockets' Jaime Hernandez Creates Graphic Novel for Kids
We spoke with Eisner and Harvey Award-winning graphic novelist Jaime Hernandez about his children's debut, 'The Dragon Slayer: Folktales from Latin America.'
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Hillary Chute, Ed Park Named ‘NYT’ Graphic Novel Columnists
In the wake of promises to increase its comics and graphic novel coverage, The 'New York Times Book Review' has named Hillary Chute and Ed Park its regular comics and graphic novel columnists.
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Pain-Free Cartooning Thanks to Kriota Willberg’s ‘Draw Stronger’
An artist and healthcare sciences educator, as well as a message therapist with expertise in orthopedic injuries, Kriota Willberg is the author of the forthcoming 'Draw Stronger: Self Care For Cartoonists & Visual Artists,' a cheerfully irreverent but practical guide to accredited techniques designed to promote pain-free drawing.
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