More To Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week Calvin interviews Dark Horse founder and publisher Mike Richardson, who outlines the house’s rich history as major indie comics publisher and media production house.
Korean Comics Gain Popularity in North America
D&Q, Iron Circus Comics, and Yen Press are raising the profile of Korean comics in North America. more...
An Anti-Racist Graphic Novel Reading List
PW has compiled a list of graphic works on African American life and history. more...
New York Comic Con Is Back
New York Comic Con is coming back after the Covid-19 pandemic forced a year’s hiatus. In fact, most publishers plan to sit out this year’s con, while offering support to any of their creators who attend, with additional plans to release a little publishing news along the way. more...
Fall 2021 Graphic Novels
This fall’s top graphic novels offer tales of hope as well as horror and also look toward the future—while others reckon with the past, including 'Run,' the late Rep. John Lewis’s long-anticipated sequel memoir and continuing history of the Civil Rights movement. more...and more.
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Welcome to the Crisis Zone: PW Talks with Simon Hanselmann
First published as an Instagram webcomic, Simon Hanselmann's 'Crisis Zone', has been collected into a nearly 300-page graphic novel out now from Fantagraphics. The book won the 2021 Eisner award for webcomics.
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New York Comic Con Is Back
The pop culture show will return to the Javits Center in a scaled-down form in October.
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Education Pros Return to NYCC
At least one tradition is coming back intact to this year’s New York Comic Con: NYCC Professional Day will be held on Thursday, October 7.
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New Universes for Young Readers: Close-up on Wonderbound
The new comics and graphic novels imprint from Vault Comics aims to deliver fantasy, sci-fi, and horror stories to middle grade and tween readers. (Sponsored)
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Panel Mania: Discipline by Dash Shaw
Told through letters exchanged between two young Quaker siblings in 1863, Dash Shaw’s new graphic novel portrays the dilemma facing a devotely pacifist Quaker family when their teenage son leaves and enlists in the Union Army against his family’s wishes and moral precepts. A seven-page excerpt.
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New DC Comics Are Coming to Webtoon
Mobile comics platform Webtoon is teaming up with DC to produce digital comics series set in the DC superhero universe.
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Panel Mania: Queen of the Ring: Wrestling Drawings 1980-2020 by Jaime Hernandez
Jaime Hernandez's 'Queen of the Ring: Wrestling Drawings' is a tribute to classic women’s wrestling. It’s a collection of retro-inspired illustrations of fictional female wrestlers from the 1960s-1970s era, depicted in imaginary wrestling magazines from the period. A five-page excerpt.
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Lutkus Named President of Diamond Book Distributors
Diamond Book Distributors, the trade book distribution division of Diamond Comic Distributors, has named Tony Lutkus as its new president, effective August 16.
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Tabletop Game Makers Crowdfund New Projects
Tabletop game makers embrace crowdfunding to launch new projects.
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Korean Comics Gain Popularity in North America
Manhwa—the Korean term for comics—released by such publishers as Drawn & Quarterly, Iron Circus Comics, and Yen Press are attracting new fans, receiving literary awards, and raising the profile of Korean comics in English in North America.
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