More To Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week we survey this year’s Eisner Awards nominations, report on comics hires, including Jamie Rich at Tapas Media; reflect on the return of Bill Willingham’s Fables series, preview Netflix Geeked Week; and hype our annual feature on Graphic Novels in Libraries.
2021 Eisner Awards Nominations
The Will Eisner awards honor the best print and digital comics and graphic novels of the year.
An Anti-Racist Graphic Novel Reading List
PW has compiled a list of graphic works on African American life and history. more...
Growing Up Through Comics: PW Talks with Tillie Walden
Tillie Walden's 'Alone in Space', to be published in July by Avery Hill, is a chronicle of her talent for creating works of emotional depth and deep personal reflection. The new book collects her earliest published work, including three early novellas, in one volume along with one-off strips, short stories and other early short works. more...
Libraries Embrace Graphic Novel Surge
Librarians like Alea Perez, president of the ALA's Graphic Novel and Comics Roundtable and kids library department head at the Elmhurst (Ill.) Public Library, are looking to sustain and satisfy the surge in demand for graphic novels as lockdowns are lifted and patrons begin to return to their reopened branches more...and more.
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Panel Mania: Djeliya: A West African Fantasy Epic by Juni Ba
Juni Ba's dazzling new graphic novel 'Djeliya' is the story of two humbled royal elites on a desperate mission to restore their kingdom, which was destroyed by a mysterious wizard in a tower. A seven-page excerpt.
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Panel Mania: Chartwell Manor: A Comics Memoir by Glenn Head
Cartoonist Glenn Head’s graphic memoir 'Chartwell Manor' is a disturbing chronicle of adolescent abuse, a jarring record of deep trauma, and an artful tribute to the power of memory and truth. A five page excerpt.
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Libraries Look to Sustain Surge in Graphic Novels
Libraries are looking to maintain readers' interest in graphic novels as lockdowns are lifted.
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New Crowdfunder Offers Fundraising Plus Support
Zoop is a new crowdfunding platform designed to fund comics and other pop culture projects and offers a suite of support services to help organizers run and fulfill their campaigns.
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Black Life, Chicago Comics: A Conversation with Dan Nadel
Dan Nadel’s 'It’s Life as I See It: Black Cartoonists in Chicago 1940-1980' is an anthology of the works of a long overlooked group of talented Black cartoonists, and the catalog of an exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago.
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Panel Mania: Adora and The Distance by Marc Bernadin and Ariela Kristantina
'Adora and the Distance' by Marc Bernadin with art by Ariela Kristantina is the story of a young girl named Adora who takes off on a fantastic journey with a mysterious force called the Distance in relentless pursuit written. This is an eight-page excerpt.
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St. Mark's Comics to Reopen in Brooklyn’s Industry City
St. Mark's Comics, the venerable East Village comics, graphic novel and pop culture retailer that closed in 2019 after 36 years, announced plans to reopen with a new store in Industry City in Brooklyn on July 30.
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Legendary Comics Launches YA Graphic Novel Imprint
The graphic novel division of film producer Legendary Entertainment is launching a young adult imprint, Legendary Comics YA, along with a slate of five graphic novels.
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Black Sands Publishing Launches Digital Comics App
The new Black Sands Publishing digital comics app is the latest move by a Black-owned publishing venture that has used social media and crowdfunding platforms to sell its books and to raise more than $1 million over the last year to fund its plans for growth.
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Panel Mania: WAKE: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez
'WAKE: The Hidden History of Women-Led Slave Revolts' by Rebecca Hall and Hugo Martinez is a riveting combination of memoir and inspirational scholarship. In this eight-page excerpt Hall's efforts to research a slave revolt in 1712 mark the first steps of a quest that will take her to 18th century archives in New York and England.
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