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Panel Mania: 'Advocate' by Eddie Ahn

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 04/10/2024 @ 08:00AM

Eddie Ahn’s 'Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice' is a thoughtful addition to the literature of immigration. A seven-page excerpt.
Panel Mania: 'Fall Through' by Nate Powell

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 03/26/2024 @ 04:00PM

Nate Powell’s new graphic novel 'Fall Through' is a moving tribute to the musical power and community of 1990s punk rock. A nine-page excerpt.
MoCCA 2024 Makes a Splash

By Meg Lemke | 03/19/2024 @ 09:00AM

This year's MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual indie comics and graphic novel festival held March 16-17, drew large and enthusiastic crowds to New York City's Metropolitan Pavilion.
Panel Mania: 'Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape' by Sam Nakahira

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 03/12/2024 @ 08:00PM

Sam Nakahira’s 'Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape' is a diligent and charmingly illustrated graphic biography chronicling the life and creative career of the celebrated Japanese American sculptor. A 10-page excerpt.
From Middle Grade Novel to Graphic Novel

By Brigid Alverson | 03/08/2024 @ 07:00PM

There’s more to adapting a chapter book into a graphic novel than just drawing pictures to go with the words. Adapters often bring a whole new level of extratextual communication to the page.
New Middle Grade Graphic Novel Adaptations to Look Out For

By Brigid Alverson | 03/08/2024 @ 07:00PM

We’ve gathered a list of some upcoming middle grade graphic adaptations.
The Boom in Middle Grade Novels Turned Comics

By Brigid Alverson | 03/08/2024 @ 07:00PM

As the middle grade graphic novel category has grown in recent years, the number of graphic adaptations of middle grade books has exploded.
Show Me the Data: PW Talks with Katie Pryde

By Brigid Alverson | 03/08/2024 @ 07:00PM

The owner of Portland, Ore.–based comics shop Books with Pictures is leading an industry-wide effort to improve the quality of comics metadata.
Six Signs You’re in a Comics Shop

By Brigid Alverson | 03/08/2024 @ 07:00PM

Wonder where you’ve wandered into—and why there’s a looming statue of an Ewok? How are comics shops different from general bookstores? If you’re asking that question, you definitely haven’t browsed a comics shop before. Here are six hallmarks that set the specialty retailer apart.
Comics Shop Retailers Share Their Favorite Handsells

By Brigid Alverson | 03/08/2024 @ 07:00PM

Here’s what retailers across the country told us about the comics and graphic novels they’re handselling this spring.
Should Comics Keep It Direct?

By Brigid Alverson | 03/08/2024 @ 07:00PM

Whatever the future holds, local comic shops thrive when they deliver what few bookstores can: a “third place” for fans.
'Dragon Ball' Creator and Manga Pioneer Akira Toriyama Dies at 68

By Andrew Albanese | 03/08/2024 @ 12:00AM

The Japanese artist is credited with helping to change the history of manga, including in the U.S. market, where he achieved massive mainstream success. His Dragon Ball series, which ran from 1984 to 1995, remains one of the bestselling manga of all time.
Folio Society Comes Out Swinging in the Battle of Deluxe Comic Book Reprints

By Rob Salkowitz | 03/06/2024 @ 10:00AM

'DC: Batman,' a luxe new slipcased hardcover gathering some of the Dark Knight’s most iconic stories, is among a number of recent reprint editions employing differing printing strategies and techniques to bring classic comics stories to readers old and new.
Maurice Vellekoop Comes Out in a Big Way

By Rob Kirby | 02/27/2024 @ 04:00PM

The veteran comics creator’s first full-length graphic memoir, ‘I’m So Glad We’ve Had This Time Together’ (Pantheon), is a coming-of-age story mixed with a family history so unsparingly honest that his mother dreaded its publication.
Virtuous Con Returns—and Looks Toward the Future

By DW McKinney | 02/27/2024 @ 04:00PM

At the fourth annual Black woman–owned online convention, which celebrates sci-fi, fantasy, and comics artists, panelists discussed topics including book banning, incorporating real-world issues into children’s books, and more.
Panel Mania: 'Mary Tyler MooreHawk' by Dave Baker

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 02/27/2024 @ 04:00AM

Dave Baker’s new graphic novel 'Mary Tyler MooreHawk' is a relentlessly inventive sci-fi adventure epic starring an eponymous plucky teen superhero who takes on a succession of monsters, evil robots, and supervillains. An eight-page excerpt.
Comics Industry Unites Against Headwinds at ComicsPRO 2024

By Heidi MacDonald | 02/26/2024 @ 02:00PM

Comics retailers, publishers, and distributors discussed a changing distribution landscape, a new metadata system for publishers and retailers, and more at the annual retailer meeting, held February 22–24.
EC Comics Rises from the Crypt at Oni Press

By John Maher | 02/19/2024 @ 01:00PM

A new publishing partnership between Oni and the family of the late William M. Gaines will bring back the pioneering genre comics publisher in summer 2024, starting with two new series.
James Tynion IV’s Tiny Onion Blooms Into an Indie Comics Production Company

By Heidi MacDonald | 02/16/2024 @ 04:00PM

The acclaimed comics writer is expanding his Tiny Onion imprint into an independent comics production company that will operate like a book packager, managing Tynion’s creations and working with other creators on their own projects.
Panel Mania: 'Shook! A Black Horror Anthology,' Edited by Second Sight Publishing

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 02/13/2024 @ 08:00PM

Published by Dark Horse Books in collaboration with the African American horror publisher Second Sight Publishing, 'Shook! A Black Horror Anthology' collects a dozen tales of hair-raising terror, monsters, and gore grounded in America’s grim racial history and enlivened by humor and hip-hop culture.

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