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Manga Sales Up, Exhibitors Down at San Diego Comic-Con
Despite the diminished presence of manga on the exhibition floor of the San Diego Comic-Con, manga and webtoon publishers continue to report a wave of strong sales and fan enthusiasm.
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Kids’ Comics Come Roaring Back at Comic-Con
Riding their recent surge in popularity, creators and publishers of middle grade and YA graphic novels had a strong presence at Comic-Con in San Diego.
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San Diego Comic-Con Returns with Smaller Crowds, Big Smiles
It might have been hard to tell because of the mask requirement, but there were a lot of smiles at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con, held July 21-24 at the San Diego Convention Center.
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Windsor-Smith’s ‘Monsters’ Wins 2022 Eisner for Best New Graphic Novel
Barry Windsor-Smith’s 'Monsters' (Fantagraphics) was named Best New Graphic Novel during the 2022 Will Eisner Comic Awards ceremony, held at this year's San Diego Comic-Con.
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Panel Mania: The Last Session Vol 1: Roll For Initiative by Jasmine Walls and Dozerdraws
'The Last Session' is the story of a delightfully diverse group of close high school friends and RPG gamers as they confront the significance of friendships as they also prepare to finish a longrunning Dice & Deathtraps gaming campaign. An 11-page excerpt.
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All the Cool Kids Are Watching Anime at the Cinema
Art house cinemas and a variety of arts institutions are increasingly treating anime as art, and screening series are proliferating—including one at the Japan Society in New York, which will show Hayao Miyazaki's 'Princess Mononoke' in 35mm film on July 22.
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More Layoffs Hit Oni-Lion Forge
Less than a month after the publisher and v-p of creative and business development were laid off at the comics publisher, a new round of dismissals hit the company last week, casting uncertainty over its future.
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Penguin Classics Adds Marvel to the Literary Canon
The first three titles in the Penguin Classics Marvel Collection were released last month and we talk to Ben Saunders, professor of English and director of the Cartoon and Comics Studies minor at the University of Oregon and editorial director for the line, about his vision for the series.
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Panel Mania: Halina Filipina: A New Yorker in Manila by Arnold Arre
In 'Halina Filipina', a charming comics rom-com by Arnold Arre, Halina MItchell, a biracial Filipino New Yorker, makes a trip to Manila to reconnect with her Filipino roots and meets a snide but charming local movie critic. A 12-page excerpt.
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Tuttle Provides Showcase for Filipino Graphic Novels and Prose
Tuttle Publishing, which has been bringing English-language editions of Asian books to an international audience since 1948, is set to release a total of seven books by Filipino authors between now and October.
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Close-Up on: Svetlana Chmakova
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Seven Seas Voluntarily Recognizes Union
Independent manga publisher Seven Seas Entertainment has agreed to recognize the United Workers of Seven Seas as the union representative of its workers without an election.
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Toronto Comic Arts Festival Makes In-Person Return
After a three year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, held June 17-19, welcomed in-person artists and fans to the Toronto Reference Library for an international presentation of new titles and artists.
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Meet Linda Sunshine, Groundbreaking Book Trade Comics Editor
Linda Sunshine established comics reprint imprints at both Harmony Books and Fireside in the 1970s that produced some of the earliest hardcover and trade paperback comics collections in the book trade.
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Panel Mania: Animal Castle by Xavier Dorison and Felix Delep
In this homage to George Orwell’s 'Animal Farm', the cocreators of 'Animal Castle' have expanded Orwell’s allegorical attack on totalitarian societies to include an embrace of civil disobedience, nonviolent resistance, and the concept of love, as weapons to fight and beat social oppression. An eight-page excerpt.
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Panel Mania: Radium Girls by Cy.
Set in 1918, 'Radium Girls' by Cy. is the tragic story of the women working for the U.S. Radium Corporation who unknowingly painted the dials of clocks and watches with the deadly radioactive substance that would destroy their health and ultimately take their lives. An eight-page excerpt.
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The Return of (Some) Comics Festivals
Small independent comics conventions are beginning to return to in-person events after being on hold for two years. But many of these much-loved shows may not be able to return.
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Seven Seas Calls for Union Election
Seven Seas Entertainment has alerted the National Labor Relations Board that it has chosen to hold an election among its employees to decide whether the staff will unionize.
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Seven Seas Staff Launches Effort to Form Union
Staff at independent manga publisher Seven Seas Entertainment have announced plans to seek to form a union in affiliation with the Communications Workers of America.
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Archie Comics Navigates the Pandemic
Despite the pandemic, shutdowns, and supply chain problems, Archie Comics had one of its best years in 2021, its 80th-anniversary year.
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