More To Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week we discuss the transformation of the DC Universe film service into DC Universe Infinite, a digital comics subscription service; the comics industry in 1994; Watchmen's 11 Emmys; and IDW’s new kids and young adult division.
An Anti-Racist Graphic Novel Reading List
PW has compiled a list of graphic works on African American life and history. more...
Fall 2020 Graphic Novels
Crashing into an uncertain fall comes a heady mix of genres. more...
New York Comic Con Goes Metaverse
New York Comic-Con is taking its mammoth real-world presence into a new virtual space, dubbed the Metaverse. The New York Comic Con Metaverse will be held October 8–11 via YouTube. Show organizers hope that the lessons they have learned over the first six months of virtual cons will lead to a more vibrant and compelling fan event. more...
Cover Reveal: Krosoczka Launches Graphic Memoir and Web Series
National Book Award finalist Jarrett Krosoczka has returned to his adolescence in 'Sunshine', his second graphic memoir for teen readers, the cover of which is revealed here, while he continues his web series on drawing for kids, and prepares to launch a series for teens later this week. more...and more.
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DC to Launch DC Universe Infinite Comics Subscription Service
DC Comics announced that DC Universe, a video on demand streaming service offering DC films, TV shows, comics, and online community, will be transformed into a digital comics subscription service in January 2021.
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Panel Mania: My Broken Mariko by Waka Hirako
In Waka Hirako’s 'My Broken Mariko,' Tomoyo, a young professional woman, is shocked to learn that Mariko, her closest friend, has committed suicide. But Tomoyo also knows Mariko’s father has abused her since she was a child. In this 8-page excerpt, Tomoyo decides to she avenge the unnecessary death of her friend by stealing Mariko’s ashes from her abusive father.
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Bird in Hollywood: PW Talks with Dave Chisholm
In a release marking the centennial of the birth of jazz alto saxophonist and bebop cocreator Charlie "Bird" Parker, this month cartoonist and trumpeter Dave Chisholm will publish 'Chasin' the Bird: Charlie Parker In California,' a graphic biography that recounts Parker's stay in Los Angeles during the late 1940s.
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Panel Mania: Blade Runner 2019: Off World Vol. 2 by Michael Green, Mike Johnson, and Andres Guinaldo
In this 10-page excerpt from 'Blade Runner 2019: Off World Vol. 2' by Michael Green, Mike Johnson, and Andres Guinaldo, the graphic novel sequel to Ridley Scott’s acclaimed 1982 dystopian sci-fi film, Blade Runner Ash Ashina has been tracked down by another ruthless Blade Runner looking for a child Ashina rescued seven years earlier. 'Blade Runner 2019: Off World Vol. 2' will be published this month by Titan Comics.
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Dark Horse to Publish, Distribute Print Editions of Comixology Originals
Comixology Originals, Amazon’s digital-first original comics publishing platform, has reached an agreement with Dark Horse Comics to publish and distribute print editions of four new Comixology Original graphic novels. The four titles will be released in Spring 2021.
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A Virtual Reality Check for Publishing
Are publishers ready for VR gaming prime time?
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Race and Representation: Relaunching Asterix in America
Papercutz has launched a new American edition of Asterix, one of the bestselling comics in the world, but there’s a problem: the popular French classic makes use of stereotypical caricatures of African characters that have long been considered offensive to many people.
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Panel Mania: Chasin' The Bird: Charlie Parker in California by Dave Chisholm with Peter Markowski
Dave Chisholm’s stellar graphic biography, 'Chasin’ The Bird: Charlie Parker in California', is a superbly crafted and imaginative record of a legendary two-year period beginning in 1945 during which bebop innovator Charlie Parker traveled to California. In this 6-page excerpt the great tenor saxophonist John Coltrane tells the story of the first time he met Parker.
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Trexler Named Interim CBLDF Executive Director
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has appointed Jeff Trexler its interim director, effective immediately.
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New York Comic Con 2020 Canceled, Switches to Virtual Event
ReedPop, organizer of New York Comic Con, scheduled to be held October 8-11 at the Javits Convention Center, has canceled the annual in-person 2020 event and plans to partner with YouTube to produce an all-digital version of the giant pop culture convention.
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