More To Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week Heidi and Brigid talk to comics retailers Siena Fallon of Ultimate Comics, and Sarahti Gassmalla at Fantom Comics about the recent annual meeting of ComicsPro, what's hot in comics shops, and why Wednesday is new comics day.
Six Signs You’re in a Comics Shop
How are comics shops different from general bookstores? more...
Spring 2024 Graphic Novel Preview
Our third standalone graphic novels seasonal preview offers top 10 and longlist picks and much more. more...
Should Comics Keep It Direct?
It’s time to sing a (mostly) happy 50th birthday to the modern comics shop, though opinions differ on what the future holds for retailers. The direct market—that is, the group of bricks-and-mortar stores that stock periodical comics using a dedicated distribution system—celebrated a half-century run this past year. Direct market distribution has, for decades, been a keystone of comics culture, but its future is up for debate. more...
The Boom in Middle Grade Novels Turned Graphic Novels
As the middle grade graphic novel category has grown in recent years, the number of graphic adaptations of middle grade books has exploded. That makes sense: graphic adaptations bring new readers to older stories and expand the audience for newer ones. In the early days of the medium, they also helped graphic novels gain acceptance in the eyes of educators, parents, and librarians. more...and more.
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Panel Mania: 'Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape' by Sam Nakahira
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.
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Should Comics Keep It Direct?
Whatever the future holds, local comic shops thrive when they deliver what few bookstores can: a “third place” for fans.
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Comic Shop Retailers Share Their Favorite Handsells
Here’s what retailers across the country told us about the comics and graphic novels they’re handselling this spring.
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Six Signs You’re in a Comics Shop
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.
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Show Me the Data: PW Talks with Katie Pryde
Katie Pryde, owner of the comic shop Books with Pictures, is leading an industry effort to improve the quality of comics metadata and explains the new standards just released by ComicsPRO at its annual meeting.
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The Boom in Middle Grade Novels Turned Comics
As the middle grade graphic novel category has grown in recent years, the number of graphic adaptations of middle grade books has exploded.
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New Middle Grade Graphic Novel Adaptations to Look Out For
We’ve gathered a list of some upcoming middle grade graphic adaptations.
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From Middle Grade Novel to Graphic Novel
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 nonverbal communication to the page.
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'Dragon Ball' Creator and Manga Pioneer Akira Toriyama Dies at 68
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.
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Folio Society Comes Out Swinging in the Battle of Deluxe Comic Book Reprints
'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.
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