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Black Sands Gets $500K 'Shark Tank' Offer From Kevin Hart

By Calvin Reid | 01/11/2022 @ 05:00PM

Black Sands Entertainment, an African American–owned comics publisher, webcomics app, and media venture, has agreed to an offer of $500,000 for a 30% stake in the company from comedian and actor Kevin Hart.
Image Staff Votes to Certify Union

By Calvin Reid | 01/10/2022 @ 12:00AM

Staff at independent comics and graphic novel publisher Image Comics voted January 6 to certify union representation by a vote of 7-2.
Panel Mania: Made In Korea by Jeremy Holt and George Schall

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 01/05/2022 @ 12:00AM

Jeremy Holt and artist George Schall’s new graphic novel 'Made In Korea' outlines a near-future world in which childless couples can purchase a sophisticated robotic kid powered by AI and designed by its Korean manufacturer to age and develop along human lines. A 10-page excerpt.
PW’s Most Read Comics Stories of 2021

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 01/05/2022 @ 12:00AM

Layoffs and restructuring at DC, the growing popularity of digital and print Korean comics, and the return of in-person attendance to New York Comic Con are among the topics covered in the most-read comics stories published by 'PW' in 2021.
Dark Horse Media Acquired by the Embracer Group

By Calvin Reid | 12/22/2021 @ 09:00AM

Dark Horse Media, an independent comics publishing house and entertainment media company, has been acquired by the Embracer Group, a Swedish videogame development company.
Panel Mania: Tuki: Fight for Fire by Jeff Smith

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 12/15/2021 @ 12:00AM

Jeff Smith's new graphic novel 'Tuki: Fight For Fire' is a comic adventure tale set 2 million years in the past that imagines a meetup between multiple human species and the transformative power of the ability to control fire. An eight-page excerpt.
Bechdel’s ‘Secret to Superhuman Strength’ Wins PW’s 2021 Graphic Novel Critics Poll

By PW Staff | 12/15/2021 @ 12:00AM

'The Secret to Superhuman Strength' (Mariner) by Alison Bechdel lands in the top spot of PW’s annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll, garnering seven votes from a panel of 15 critics.
Panel Mania: Just Roll With It by Lee Durfey-Lavoie and Veronica Agarwal

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 12/09/2021 @ 12:00AM

'Just Roll With It' by writer Lee Durfey-Lavoie and artist Veronica Agarwala is a debut graphic novel about a grade-school girl who is beginning to deal with anxiety and Obessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). An eight-page excerpt.
Panel Mania: Tiny Dancer by Siena Cherson Siegel and Mark Siegel

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 12/01/2021 @ 12:00AM

Siena and her artist-husband Mark revisit her 2006 young readers memoir 'To Dance' in 'Tiny Dancer', a new and more expansive autobiographical work for older readers on her passion for dance and her career in ballet. An eight-page excerpt.
Photo Mania: AnimeNYC 2021

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 11/25/2021 @ 12:00AM

AnimeNYC 2021, an annual event celebrating Asian popular culture, returned after a year’s hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic to the Javits Convention Center, November 19-21. 'PW' was there to capture images of the fans, anime and manga creators, cosplayers, gamers and publishers.
Gina Gagliano to Leave Random House Graphic

By Calvin Reid | 11/24/2021 @ 10:00AM

Gina Gagliano, the founder and publishing director of Random House Graphic, Random House Children's Books’ graphic novel imprint, is leaving the company effective December 3.
53,000 Fans Flock to Javits for AnimeNYC’s Return

by Calvin Reid, Gilcy Aquino, and Drucilla Shultz | 11/22/2021 @ 12:00AM

AnimeNYC 2021, an annual event celebrating Asian popular culture, returned after a year’s hiatus due to the Covid-19 pandemic to the Javits Convention Center, November 19-21, attracting more than 53,000 fans.
Wattpad Webtoon Launches Print Graphic Novel Imprint

By Calvin Reid | 11/18/2021 @ 12:00AM

Wattpad Webtoon Studios announced plans to launch Webtoon Unscrolled, a new graphic novel imprint that will publish print editions of hit Webtoon mobile webcomics beginning in fall 2022.
Panel Mania: Fungirl by Elizabeth Pich

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 11/17/2021 @ 12:00AM

Elizabeth Pich’s new graphic novel is the story of Fungirl, her roommate/ex-girlfriend, and the roommate’s overly nice boyfriend, as they stumble through an illuminating series of grimly funny interpersonal calamities. An eight-page excerpt.
The Historical Panorama of American Comics: PW Talks with Jeremy Dauber

By Lenny Picker | 11/17/2021 @ 12:00AM

Jeremy Dauber's 'American Comics: A History' is a lively historical survey of the American comics medium across 150 years of literary and commercial development. The book will be published this month.
Image Comics Moves to Hold Union Vote

By Calvin Reid | 11/08/2021 @ 12:00AM

Image Comics has declined a request by union organizers to voluntarily recognize Comic Book Workers United, an effort to unionize the independent comics publisher, and has moved to hold a vote to determine whether the CBWU will represent eligible Image staff.
Mariko Tamaki Debuts New LGBTQ+ Graphic Novel Imprint

By Brigid Alverson | 11/03/2021 @ 10:00AM

Surely Books, a new LGBTQ+ focused imprint at Abrams ComicArts curated by Mariko Tamaki, will release its first graphic novel this month.
Panel Mania: Lifetime Passes by Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre

Compiled by Calvin Reid | 11/03/2021 @ 12:00AM

Terry Blas and Claudia Aguirre’s new graphic novel 'Lifetime Passes' introduces the reader to 16 year-old Jackie Chavez, a teen wrestling with a tough family situation—her parents have been deported—and her friends, a collection of mostly bad apples looking out only for themselves. A seven-page excerpt.
Image Comics Staff Launches Effort to Unionize

By Calvin Reid | 11/02/2021 @ 11:00AM

In an unprecedented effort at labor organizing in the comics industry, a group of 10 staffers at Image Comics, a major independent comics publisher, have announced plans to launch a union.
Crowdfunding a Publishing House: PW Talks with Spike Trotman

By Rob Salkowitz | 10/20/2021 @ 12:00AM

Spike Trotman, comics creator, writer, and founder of Iron Circus Comics, has led the way in using crowdfunding as part of a scalable publishing business model that can support unique titles within the comics shop and trade book markets.

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