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Panel Mania: 'Shook! A Black Horror Anthology,' Edited by Second Sight Publishing
Published by Dark Horse Books in collaboration with the African American horror publisher Second Sight Publishing, 'Shook! A Black Horror Anthology' collects a dozen tales of hair-raising terror, monsters, and gore grounded in America’s grim racial history and enlivened by humor and hip-hop culture.
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From the Stage to the Page: 10 Years In, Z2 Comics Rocks On
For nearly a decade, Z2 Comics has worked to merge the twin fandoms of comics and music, collaborating with musicians to produce titles that coexist with their musical work. The result: books that act as bridges between mediums.
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New SFF Publisher Gungnir Hopes to Hit Its Target
Gungnir, a new publisher helmed by comics veterans Jim Krueger and Steve Orlando, will launch in April. Named after the staff of the Norse god Odin, which always hit its target, Gungnir will publish a mix of graphic novels, prose novels, and art books in the sci-fi/fantasy categories.
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Panel Mania: ‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ by Dave Maass and Patrick Lay
Dave Maass and Patrick Lay's ‘Death Strikes: The Emperor of Atlantis’ is a grim, albeit comical, allegorical anti-war graphic novel adapted from a satirical opera originally created by prisoners of a Nazi concentration camp. A five-page excerpt.
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The Archie Comics of the Future
Riding a rising tide of successful streaming adaptations that have updated the iconic comics brand—including last December's Hindi-language musical comedy film, 'The Archies'—the future of Archie Comics has never been brighter.
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Panel Mania: 'Lunar New Year Love Story' by Gene Luen Yang and LeUyen Pham
Gene Luen Yang and artist LeUyen Pham’s new YA graphic novel 'Lunar New Year Love Story' is a charming, funny, supernatural tale of teenagers navigating romance and tough family issues in the Asian American community. An eight page excerpt.
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Panel Mania: ‘The Super Hero’s Journey’ by Patrick McDonnell
‘The Super Hero’s Journey’ by Patrick McDonnell is a creative tribute to the still-potent power of classic Marvel superheroes and the artists that created them. A 10-page excerpt.
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The Top 10 Comics Stories of 2023
More growth in the seemingly unstoppable manga category and the ongoing struggles of librarians and comics retailers were among our most-read stories on comics and graphic novels this year.
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‘Impossible People’ and ‘Roaming’ Top PW’s 2023 Graphic Novel Critics Poll
New York City in the mid-aughts sets the backdrop for stylistically unique graphic narratives on a common theme—women on the precipice of adulthood and the transformative nature of friendships—which tied for the top spot on our annual graphic novel critics poll this year.
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Webtoon Entertainment Expands Leadership Team
David J. Lee, previously of Impossible Foods, has joined Webtoon as its first enterprise-wide CFO and COO, and Yongsoo Kim has been promoted to chief strategy officer.
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Panel Mania: 'Mingus' by Flavio Massarutto and Squaz
‘Mingus,’ by writer Flavio Massarutto and artist Pasquale “Squaz” Todisco, is an artful graphic biography of the life and career of legendary jazz bassist, bandleader, and composer Charles Mingus. A 10-page excerpt.
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Webtoons and Webcomics Keep Scrolling into Print
Online comics are racking up readers, and print book publishers are catching on.
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Former Marvel Publisher John Nee Unveils New Multiplatform Publishing Venture
Pan-Universal Galactic Worldwide, a new publisher of books, comics, games, and other media from Wildstorm cofounder and longtime comics veteran John Nee, is getting ready for a 2024 debut after four years of preparations.
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Workers Unionize at Drawn & Quarterly, Vaunted Literary Graphic Novel Publisher
Employees at D&Q, the Montreal-based literary graphic novel publisher, and its sister bookstore, Librairie Drawn & Quarterly, are unionizing.
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Panel Mania: Worm: A Cuban American Odyssey by Edel Rodriquez
This graphic memoir is a classic immigrant tale, illuminating the political repression characterizing the society author Edel Rodriquez escaped in Cuba—and rebuking its rising right-wing political presence. An 11-page excerpt.
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Marjane Satrapi Centers a New Graphic Anthology on the Women of Iran
The 'Persepolis' author insists that she's done with comics—and she is, mostly. But she's also the editor of a forthcoming anthology of graphic nonfiction, 'Woman, Life, Freedom,' on "the unprecedented and inspiring revolution happening in Iran today."
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Panel Mania: Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound by Dave Chisholm
Cartoonist Dave Chisolm’s 'Miles Davis and the Search for the Sound' is a richly conceived graphic biography of one of the most influential and stylish American musicians of the 20th century. An eight-page excerpt.
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DC Compact Comics Will Reprint Popular Collections in a Smaller Size
DC Comics has launched a new graphic novel line, DC Compact Comics, which will republish "bestselling, new-reader-friendly titles" from the comics giant's backlist in a trim size more commonly associated with trade paperback novels.
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Panel Mania: 'Pill Hill' by Nicholas Breutzman
Nicholas Breutzman's graphic memoir 'Pill Hill' is a deeply distressing tale of his former spouse’s drug addiction and mental illness and his desperate efforts to protect his children—plus an entertaining account of finding new love. A nine-page excerpt.
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Manga and Graphic Novels Are Keeping the Comics Biz Kicking
This year's ICv2 Insider Talks celebrated the 50th anniversary of the direct market sales channel, even as it acknowledged graphic novels—and particularly manga—as the primary driver for growth in the comics business today, and by a significant margin.