More To Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
We mark the passing of comics journalist Tom Spurgeon and queer cartoonist Howard Cruse; recap recent comics news; and we look back over our 400 podcasts about comics and graphic novel publishing.
Stan Lee, 'A Marvelous Life': PW Talks with Danny Fingeroth
PW talks with Danny Fingeroth about his new biography of the legendary chairman of Marvel Comics. more...
Best Adult Graphic Books 2019
PW’s comics editors picked five adult comics titles and five graphic novels for young readers
Lucy Knisley Lives the Examined Life
Lucy Knisley’s forthcoming book, 'Go to Sleep (I Miss You)', is about her experiences as a new mom, but for her next outing, she turns her life into fiction. Comics artist Lucy Knisley’s life has been an open book, so to speak, but as she approaches her 35th birthday, and her child moves from baby to toddler, she is shifting gears. more...
Mind Games: PW Talks with Isabel Greenberg
Isabel Greenberg blends historical fiction and fantasy in 'Glass Town: The Imaginary World of the Brontës' (Abrams ComicArts, Mar.), a graphic novel inspired by the imaginary worlds the Brontë siblings created as children. more...and more.
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Panel Mania: Go With The Flow by Lily Williams and Karen Schneemann
In this 11-page excerpt of a forthcoming young adult graphic novel, four high school girls organize their school and their community to make sure the issues around menstruation and female health are no longer ignored. 'Go With the Flow' is co-written by Lily Williams and Karen Schneeman (with art by Williams) and will be published in January by First Second.
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IDW Debuts Spanish Graphic Novel Line with Takei's 'They Called Us Enemy'
IDW kicks off its Spanish-language graphic novel publishing initiative with George Takei's bestselling graphic memoir 'They Called Us Enemy,' to be released in a Spanish edition in June 2020.
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Manga, Novels, Anime, Games Mingle at Anime NYC 2019
Anime NYC 2019, held at the Javits Center November 15-17, expanded to fill the entire 410,000 square foot main exhibition floor of the convention center, with booths from anime, game, and manga companies and all kinds of merchandise.
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Yes He Did: Barajas Graphic Bio Reclaims Great-Granddad’s Civil Rights Legacy
Henry Barajas’ Latinx memoir and graphic biography of his social activist great-grandfather, 'La Voz de M.A.Y.O.: Tata Rambo' with art by J. Gonzo, will be published this month by Image Comics.
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Panel Mania: Chasing Echoes by Dan Goldman and George Schall
Dan Goldman and George Schall’s new graphic novel 'Chasing Echoes' is a comically driven story of a Jewish-American family’s search for their pre-Holocaust roots in the old country. In this 10-page excerpt we meet the unwieldy, indeed, dysfunctional clan as they arrive in Poland at a time when issues around creeping fascism and intolerance once again crowd the headlines.
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Panel Mania: Two Dead by Van Jensen and Nate Powell
Set in 1946 in Little, Rock, Ark., 'Two Dead' by Van Jensen and Nate Powell is the fictional story of Gideon Kemp, a returning WWII veteran and trained law enforcement officer, secretly recruited to the police force by the city’s mayor in an effort to put an end to the sadistic, violent tenure of the longtime Police Chief Bailey. In this 10-page excerpt we also meet two African American brothers on different sides of the law, in a gripping evocation of the violent social landscape of the 1940s racist American south. The book will be published in November by Gallery 13.
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Photo Mania: Comic Arts Brooklyn 2019
Comic Arts Brooklyn, an annual festival focused on indie and self-published comics and graphic novels held on the campus of Pratt Institute November 2, featured an expanded number of tables and exhibiting artists.
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Dead Reckoning, Marvel Team to Publish ‘Atlas at War’ Combat Comics
Dead Reckoning, the graphic novel imprint of the Naval Institute Press, has teamed with Marvel Comics to produce 'Atlas at War,' a hardcover collection of classic combat comics stories created by a group of now-acclaimed artists, among them Jack Kirby, Bernie Krigstein, and John Severin.
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10 Romantic Shojo Manga
We collect 10 romantic shojo manga that capture the fun and charm of the category.
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Panel Mania: Drops of God by Tadashi Agi and Shu Okimoto
First published in English in 2011, this new edition of The Drops of God by Tadashi Agi (a pseudonym for sibling creators Shin and Yuko Kibayashi) with artwork by Shu Okimoto, will be released in a digital edition by Comixology Originals. In this 12-page excerpt, a young female sommelier (or wine expert), who has botched the pouring of a rare wine, is rescued by Kanzaki Shizuku's dazzling and superior skills as a sommelier.
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