More To Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week Calvin interviews Tim Fielder about the publication of his new graphic novel 'Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale', an epic adventure and meta-fictional tale of survival that celebrates the presence of the Black man and Black woman in genre storytelling from the beginning of time until the end of the universe.
TKO Expands into Book Trade, Movies
TKO Studios is an independent comics publisher designed around an unusual business model. more...
An Anti-Racist Graphic Novel Reading List
PW has compiled a list of graphic works on African American life and history. more...
DC Comics Leaves Its Legacy Behind
The world’s #2 superhero comics publisher is undergoing a stress test. After several rounds of layoffs and controversial business decisions, comics fans, comics professionals, and retailers are speculating whether DC will choose to abandon comics publishing or the comics shop market entirely. more...
‘Kent State’ On Top of PW’s 2020 Graphic Novel Critics Poll
Released in September during the 50th anniversary year of the 1970 tragedy, Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio (Abrams ComicArts) by veteran comics journalist Derf Backderf garnered the majority of votes in PW’s annual Graphic Novel Critic’s Poll, receiving eight votes from a panel of 14 comics critics. more...and more.
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Tapas Sees Big Gains for Digital Comics
Digital comics delivered via mobile devices are attracting impressive traffic and generating revenue for artists and publishers. Tapas, a small U.S.-based mobile comics startup, reported impressive recent growth, and announced plans to partner with traditional print publishers like Scholastic.
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Panel Mania: Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale by Tim Fielder
Tim Fielder’s new graphic novel Infinitum: An Afrofuturist Tale is a meta-fictional tale of survival and an epic adventure that celebrates the presence of the Black man and Black woman in genre storytelling from the beginning of time until the end of the universe. A five-page excerpt.
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PW’s Most-Read Comics Stories of 2020
An Anti-racist graphic novel reading list, the impact of the pandemic on comics retail, the loss of comics conventions and festivals, and the rise in popularity of digital comics for the mobile generation are among the topics covered in PW's most-read comics stories of 2020
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TKO Studios Expands to the Book Trade, Movies
TKO Studios, an independent comics publisher based in Los Angeles designed around an unusual business model offering graphic novels and serial comics, is expanding its program into the book trade and TV and film development.
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Panel Mania: I'm A Wild Seed by Sharon Lee De La Cruz
Sharon Lee De La Cruz’s 'I’m a Wild Seed' is a playfully illustrated graphic memoir that explores her personal experiences accepting life as an intersectional Puerto-Rican/Dominican queer Afro-Latina. This is a ten-page excerpt.
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DC Comics Leaves Its Legacy Behind
The world’s #2 superhero comics publisher is undergoing a stress test. After several rounds of layoffs and controversial business decisions, comics fans, comics professionals, and retailers are speculating whether DC will choose to abandon comics publishing or the comics shop market entirely.
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‘Kent State’ On Top of PW’s 2020 Graphic Novel Critics Poll
Released during the 50th anniversary year of the 1970 tragedy, 'Kent State: Four Dead in Ohio' (Abrams ComicArts) by veteran comics journalist Derf Backderf garnered the most votes in PW’s annual Graphic Novel Critic’s Poll.
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A Wave Blue World Debuts New Model for Publishing Comics
A Wave Blue World is an independent comics and graphic novel publisher with an unusual model.
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Panel Mania: Muhammad Ali, Kinshasa 1974 by Abbas, Jean-David Morvan and Rafael Ortiz
This unusual graphic book documents the historic 1974 heavyweight title fight between former champ Muhammad Ali, out to regain the title stripped from him for refusing army service, and then-champion George Foreman, held in Zaire (now, the Republic of the Congo) that became known as “The Rumble In the Jungle.” An 8-page excerpt.
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Panel Mania: House of El: Shadow Threat by Claudia Gray and Eric Zawadzki
Set in the years before Krypton’s destruction, 'House of El: Shadow Threat' by Claudia Gray and Eric Zawadzki, probes the social conflicts and class structures of Superman’s home planet as Kryptonians begin to face the dangers threatening the planet. This is a 14-page excerpt from the forthcoming graphic novel.
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