Diamond to Be Sold to Universal, Ad Populum
Bankruptcy Court has approved a combined bid by Universal Distribution and Ad Populum to acquire the assets of the bankrupt Diamond Comic Distributors. more...
Books Escape New Tariffs, At Least for Now
Books appear to have been spared—although experts say the situation remains very fluid. more...
More to Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week: Calvin interviews the curator, Carlo Quispe, and artists from 'Historietas: Latinx Comix as Alternative Histories: From the Bronx to the Lower East Side', a gallery exhibition of comics by seven artists, presented at the Clemente Cultural Center. Calvin talks with Quispe, Sandy Jimenez, and Sharon De La Cruz.
Girls to the Front of Manga Readership
Manga publishers turn to genres appealing to women as a growing readership ages up. Girls and young women have always been a key part of the U.S. manga audience, but that audience is changing as it grows up and branches out—and publishers are eager to follow. more...
Summer Reads: Adult Graphic Novels
Our editors picked a list of four cool graphic novels that will help you make it through the hot summer season to come, among them, 'Spent,' a smart and hilarious new graphic work by acclaimed cartoonist Alison Bechdel. Check out all of them.
Spring 2025 Comics & Graphic Novels Preview
Our intrepid comics correspondents, Meg Lemke and Shaenon K. Garrity, are back with another scintillating preview of the season’s most anticipated graphic novels and nonfiction, including works for adults, young adults, and children, as well as new manga. more...and more.
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Meet Boom! Studios Publisher Michael Kelly
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.
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Panel Mania: ‘Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance’ by Denali Sai Nalamalapu
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.
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Alliance Calls Off Diamond Comic Distributors Deal
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.”
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PW Close-Up: Mark Siegel on the New 23rd Street Imprint
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)
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Alliance Entertainment Takes Diamond
After a brief legal fight, Alliance Entertainment has been named the winning bidder for the assets of Diamond Comic Distributors.
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Alliance Appears to Win Its Bid for Diamond Comic Distributors
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.
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Walkin’ the Streets with R. Crumb: PW Talks with Dan Nadel
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.
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Panel Mania: ‘Remember Us to Life: A Graphic Memoir’ by Joanna Rubin Dranger
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.
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Fight Breaks Out for Ownership of Diamond Comic Distributors
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.
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Diamond Comic Distributors Has a Buyer. Now What?
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.
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