More To Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week we examine a long list of problems in the Direct Market (comics shops), discuss the top selling graphic novels of 2018, the ‘New Yorker’ profile of Nick Drnaso, PW's most-read comics stories of 2018, and The Beat’s comics People of the Year.
Best Adult Graphic Novels 2018
PW picked the five best adult graphic novels and graphic nonfiction of the year,
Kupperman’s ‘All The Answers’ Wins PW’s Annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll
This poignant family memoir won the critics poll and was also a PW Best Book. more...
PW’s Most-Read Comics Stories of 2018.
The announcement of the final year of Check, Please!, Ngozi Ukazu’s LGBTQ hockey webcomic and graphic novel series, PW’s annual comics retailers survey, and Abrams ComicArts’ cancellation of a controversial graphic novel, were among PW’s most-read comics articles in 2018. more...
Spring 2019 Comics and Graphic Novels
Talented newcomers Ezra Claytan Daniels, Ebony Flowers, Ben Passmore, and Kelsey Wroten (actor George Takei offers a debut graphic memoir) offer imaginative graphic novels this spring, and veteran cartoonists Brian Fies, Jaime Hernandez, and James Sturm return with new graphic works in fiction and nonfiction. more...and more.
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PW’s Most-Read Comics Stories of 2018.
The announcement of the final year of Check, Please!, Ngozi Ukazu’s LGBTQ hockey webcomic and graphic novel, PW’s annual comics retailers survey, and Abrams ComicArts’ cancellation of a controversial graphic novel, were among PW’s most-read comics stories in 2018.
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Kupperman’s ‘All The Answers’ Wins PW’s Annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll
Michael Kupperman’s poignant family memoir 'All The Answers' (Gallery 13) has won PW’s 2018 Graphic Novel Critics Poll.
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Chris Ryall Returns to IDW Publishing
Ryall, who left IDW earlier this year, has been named president, publisher, and chief creative officer of the comics and graphic novel publisher. Former IDW president and publisher Greg Goldstein is stepping down.
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Stan Lee’s Enduring Legacy At Marvel Comics
The outpouring of tributes to the late, great comics writer, editor, and former chairman of Marvel Comics was a fitting coda to a long and influential career. And his passing is felt most intensely at the publishing house he led.
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Layoffs at Lion Forge
St. Louis independent graphic novel publisher Lion Forge has announced a restructuring of the company that includes eliminating 12 positions.
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Abrams Cancels Controversial 'Suicide Bomber' Graphic Novel
Abrams will cancel the planned May 2019 publication of a graphic novel on its ComicsArts list, 'A Suicide Bomber Sits in the Library,' following criticism on social media and elsewhere.
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Anime NYC 2018 Attracts 36,000 Fans to Javits Center
More than 36,000 fans attended Anime NYC 2018, an annual convention focused on anime, manga and Asian pop culture held at the Javits Convention Center, launched last year by Leftfield Media.
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Photo Mania: Comic Arts Brooklyn 2018
Comic Arts Brooklyn, the annual Brookyn indie and self-published comics and graphic novel festival, returned the campus of Pratt Institute with a new schedule (this year's show is on a Sunday), and a boost in the number of exhibitors. PW was on hand to bring back images of artists and fans at this year's show.
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Comic Arts Brooklyn 2018 Returns to Pratt Campus
Comic Arts Brooklyn 2018 returned to the Pratt Institute campus with a lineup of indie and self-published cartoonists that included such artists as Julie Doucette, Hartley Lin, Jane Mai, Al Columbia, Olivier Schrauwen, Ariel Schrag, and Mark Newgarden.
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Ayuyang Talks Disco, Growing Up Filipino In the 1970’s
PW talks with Rina Ayuyang, an artist and the publisher of Yam Books, about her new graphic memoir, 'Blame This on the Boogie,' a look back at her love of musicals, disco and growing in an immigrant Filipino family in the 1970s.
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