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Fantagraphics, Comixology Expand Deal to the Kindle Store
Starting today, some 300 Fantagraphics titles will be available on Amazon’s Kindle Store, as the publisher has renewed and expanded its distribution deal with Comixology and Amazon.
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First Look: The Breathtaking Beauty of ‘Love: The Fox’
A one-eyed fox must survive a volcano and enemies in the natural world in this beautifully illustrated wordless graphic novel from the creators of 'Love: The Tiger.'
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First Look: David Petersen Talks ‘The Art of Mouse Guard’
Mouse Guard creator David Petersen talks about his evolution as an artist, as seen in this exclusive excerpt from 'The Art of Mouse Guard.'
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Amazon Tightens Its Grip on Digital Comics Distribution
The digital comics market crossed the $100 million sales threshold in 2014, and purchases from Amazon, following its acquisition of Comixology last year, could account for as much as 90% of it.
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First Look: ‘The Puma Blues’ Returns in Complete Form
Stephen Murphy and Michael Zulli's cult classic comic returns with a never before seen ending finally completing the story of 'The Puma Blues' after nearly 30 years.
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Lethem's 'Best American Comics' Reveals Pettibon Cover
Best American Comics Series Editor Bill Kartalopoulos talks about this year's volume guest edited by novelist Jonathan Lethem and gives us the first look at the cover by Raymond Pettibon.
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Virtual Reality Manga Invades J-Pop Summit
An annual showcase of new and fun Japanese pop culture, San Francisco's J-Pop Summit will feature virtual and augmented reality manga display technology developed by FOVE and Ricoh for Kodansha Advanced Media
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New Comics Collections from Hang Dai’s Haspiel, Benton, Kushner
Brooklyn comics collective Hang Dai Studios is releasing books by three founding members, including the late Seth Kushner, via a new distribution deal with Alternative Comics.
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Kodansha Launching Subsidiary to Expand Digital Distribution
Japanese manga publisher Kodansha has partnered with a San Francisco startup incubator to create Kodansha Advanced Media, which will handle the digital distribution of its manga and non-manga e-book catalog.
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Manga Resurgent at Comic-Con 2015 and Anime Expo
The North American manga market is back and stronger than ever. And with the summer's biggest shows—Anime Expo and the San Diego Comic-con—being held on successive weekends, Southern California was the best place to measure the category's resurgence.
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First Look: Jason’s Triumphant Return in “If You Steal”
Jason's first story collection since 2013's 'Lost Cat' fuses pop culture, heart break, and surrealism in stories that imagine Frida Kahlo as a hitwoman and thieves straight out of Magritte.
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Growth, Diversity, Uncertainty Mark New Era at Comic-Con 2015
The show is bigger, crowded with fans, events and new venues as well as more diverse offerings of comics targeting kids, women and people of color than ever before. So why are so many comics professionals worried about Comic-con?
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Photo Mania: San Diego Comic-Con International 2015
Tens of thousands of pop culture fans descended on San Diego July 8-12 and PW Comics World was around all weekend at Comic-Con Internattional: San Diego, the biggest pop culture convention in North America.
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San Diego Comic-Con: Children's, YA Take Center Stage
Scholastic celebrated 10 years of its Graphix kids' comics imprint, bestselling author Raina Telgemeier announced a new book, and Rep. John Lewis led a reenactment of his 1965 march in Selma, Ala.
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Comic-Con: Sales and Number of Stores Up, Diamond Reports
Led by sales of comics, revenue at Diamond Distributors rose 10% in the first half of 2015 over the same period in 2014.
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New Books From Telgemeier and Whedon Top Comic-Con Announcements.
The San Diego Comic-Con once again hosted 130,000 avid pop culture fans, and amid the excitement a great deal of publishing news was announced.
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Comic-Con: New Directions for DC, More Graphic Novels for B&N
As the first full day of Comic-Con unfolded in San Diego, one of the biggest stories is the continuing push, from publishers, to release more diverse material for a wider audience.
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Preview Night: Looking for Books At Comic-Con
Despite the hype around blockbuster movies, indie publishers like Baby Tattoo, Top Cow and Top Shelf, manage to launch graphic novels of all kinds at Comic-Con International.
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Boom! to Collect ‘Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?’
Tony Parker's serilalized comics adaptation of the Philip K. Dick classic novel will be collected into a complete trade paperback edition and released in December by Boom! Studios.