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Panel Mania: ‘Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance’ by Denali Sai Nalamalapu

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/30/2025 @ 12:00PM

This graphic memoir is a moving account and tribute to the local West Virginia activists fighting to protect their land from the ravages of the Mountain Valley Pipeline project.
Meet Boom! Studios Publisher Michael Kelly

By Heidi MacDonald | 04/30/2025 @ 12:00PM

The Hasbro veteran, who has a background in both books and comics, was tapped to lead the storied comics house following its acquisition by Penguin Random House last year. And he has big plans for its future.
Alliance Calls Off Diamond Comic Distributors Deal

By Jim Milliot | 04/28/2025 @ 10:00AM

In yet another twist in the Diamond Comic bankruptcy proceedings, Alliance Entertainment terminated its agreement to purchase the company’s assets the day before an April 25 court hearing. Diamond owners promised to announce a new deal “very shortly.”
PW Close-Up: Mark Siegel on the New 23rd Street Imprint

| 04/27/2025 @ 07:00AM

The founder and creative and editorial director of First Second talked with PW about his graphic novel house's new adult imprint, touching on everything from its early beginnings to its exciting first list. (Sponsored)
Alliance Entertainment Takes Diamond

By Jim Milliot | 04/15/2025 @ 09:00AM

After a brief legal fight, Alliance Entertainment has been named the winning bidder for the assets of Diamond Comic Distributors.
Alliance Appears to Win Its Bid for Diamond Comic Distributors

By Jim Milliot | 04/11/2025 @ 09:00AM

A brief filing made late on April 10 suggests that the court is prepared to back the offer made for Diamond by Alliance Entertainment over a lower bid from Universal Entertainment and Ad Populum.
Walkin’ the Streets with R. Crumb: PW Talks with Dan Nadel

By Tobias Carroll | 04/09/2025 @ 12:00PM

Pioneering counterculture cartoonist Robert Crumb finally gets his due in Crumb (Pantheon, Apr.), a new biography from the Picturebox Comics founder and former Comics Journal editor.
Panel Mania: ‘Remember Us to Life: A Graphic Memoir’ by Joanna Rubin Dranger

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/09/2025 @ 09:00AM

This powerful and scrupulously compiled record tells the story of Dranger’s family’s experiences leading up to and during the Holocaust—and serves as a powerful memorial to the suffering of its victims and survivors.
Fight Breaks Out for Ownership of Diamond Comic Distributors

By Jim Milliot | 04/08/2025 @ 10:30AM

After agreeing to accept a bid from Alliance Entertainment as part of a Chapter 11 reorganization, Diamond owners terminated the deal in favor of a joint offer from Universal Distribution and Ad Populum. The action triggered a lawsuit from Alliance, and the matter is now in the hands of two courts.
Diamond Comic Distributors Has a Buyer. Now What?

By John Maher | 03/26/2025 @ 03:00PM

After two months of intense speculation, the comics business finally has an answer to its biggest question of late: the bankrupt Diamond Comic Distributors is slated for acquisition by Alliance Entertainment, a new player in the sector.
Panel Mania: ‘Aya: Face the Music’ by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 03/26/2025 @ 12:00PM

The latest volume in Abouet and Oubrerie’s graphic novel series about a savvy teenage girl’s adventures in 1980s Côte d’Ivoire finds its protagonist, Aya, in college, where she gets caught in a campus protest turned violent. A 7-page excerpt.
Plausible Motives: PW Talks with Margie and Matt Kindt

By Brigid Alverson | 03/26/2025 @ 12:00PM

A 70-year-old woman, her great-nephew, and a mysterious pair of armchairs take an action-filled trip to Paris in the graphic novel murder mystery Gilt Frame (Dark Horse, Mar.), the first-ever collaboration by the mother-son duo.
2025 SI MoCCA Fest Mixes Celebration with Politics

By Meg Lemke | 03/18/2025 @ 10:00AM

The environment at this year’s bustling Society of Illustrators’ Museum of Comics and Cartoon Arts Festival felt celebratory and welcoming in spite of the looming shadow of increasingly fraught global politics.
Joseph Montagne Promoted to Publisher at Abrams ComicArts

By Sophia Stewart | 03/14/2025 @ 09:00AM

Montagne, who previously served as associate publisher, joined ComicArts when it was established in 2023. In his new role, he'll focus on growing the division's presence in the graphic novel, manga, and comic book market.
Panel Mania: ‘Galaxy of Madness’ by Magdalene Visaggio and Michael Avon Oeming

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 03/12/2025 @ 10:00AM

This brainy sci-fi adventure thriller from Mad Cave Studios is full of lively banter and richly illustrated mysteries. A 7-page excerpt.
Redwood, Flower, Weeping Willow: PW Talks with Ricky Lima

By Tobias Carroll | 03/12/2025 @ 09:00AM

Lima pulls back the curtain on his latest comics collaboration, Undergrowth, and how working in publishing prepared him to release a book of his own.
‘Strange Bedfellows’ Marvel and Fantagraphics Team Up for New Archival Line

By Rob Salkowitz | 03/12/2025 @ 09:00AM

Marvel is once again partnering with Fantagraphics Books, the Seattle-based independent publisher and longtime bastion of, well, everything that Marvel is not. Their new Lost Marvels line will cover Marvel’s lesser known and previously unreprinted material from the late 1960s through the mid ’80s.
Now Try This: 7 Titles Comics Retailers Love to Handsell

By Jason Mojica | 03/07/2025 @ 07:00PM

Booksellers share their favorite new graphic novels they’ve convinced picky fans to sample.
Stronger Together: Retailers Turn to ComicsPRO

by Brigid Alverson | 03/07/2025 @ 07:00PM

ComicsPRO president Joe Murray talks to PW about how the national organization provides resources for direct market specialty stores, as the industry faces disruption in distribution.
If You Build It, Comic Book Fans Will Come

By Jason Mojica | 03/07/2025 @ 07:00PM

Comics shop owners shore up customer loyalty with events, clubs, and personalized service, helping small shops thrive in hard times.

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