More To Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week we talk with Cecil Castellucci and Jim Rugg about their pioneering graphic novel 'PLAIN Janes,' the story of a teen girl guerilla art collective, originally published in 2007. This newly revised hardcover will be released this month by Little, Brown Books for Young Readers.
PW's Most-Read Comics Stories
The popularity of Dav Pilkey's Dog Man series was PW's most-read comics article of 2019. more...
'They Called Us Enemy' Tops Critics Poll
George Takei's graphic memoir tops PW's annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll. more...
Boom! Plans ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ Graphic Novel in 2020
Indie graphic novel house Boom! Studios announced plans to publish a graphic version of Kurt Vonnegut’s classic sci-fi/antiwar novel, 'Slaughterhouse-Five', to be adapted into a graphic novel by the writer Ryan North, artist Albert Monteys, and colorist Ricard Zaplana. more...
Forthcoming Spring 2020 Graphic Novels and Nonfiction
Politics dominates spring offerings, with journalism and memoirs from Derf Backderf ('Kent State'), Joe Sacco ('Paying the Land'), Leslie Stein ('I Know You Rider'), Adrian Tomine ('The Loneliness of the Long Distance Cartoonist'), and fiction from Maximilian Uriarte ('Battle Born'). more...and more.
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PW’s Most-Read Comics Stories of 2019
The enormous popularity of Dav Pilkey’s Dog Man graphic novel series, trends in the changing U.S. comics and graphic novel retail landscape, and the growing popularity of manga and anime-influenced Japanese light novels, were among PW’s most-read stories about comics in 2019.
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Boom! Plans ‘Slaughterhouse-Five’ Graphic Novel in 2020
Boom! Studios announced plans to publish Kurt Vonnegut’s classic sci-fi/antiwar novel 'Slaughterhouse-Five' as a graphic novel. It will be adapted by the writer Ryan North, artist Albert Monteys, and colorist Ricard Zaplana.
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‘They Called Us Enemy’ Tops PW’s Graphic Novel Critics Poll
'They Called Us Enemy,' a graphic memoir by activist and longtime 'Star Trek' actor George Takei that recounts the story of his Japanese American family's internment during WWII, has claimed the top spot on PW’s annual Graphic Novel Critic’s Poll.
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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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