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Image Expo Kicks Off Comic-Con 2014
Once again, Image Expo gave the publisher an opportunity to show off new projects while contrasting—and criticizing—conventional comics publishing with Image’s lineup of new and original creator-owned works.
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Comic-Con Preview Night: New Books From Image, Dark Horse, Archie, D&Q
The traditional kickoff night for Comic-Con attracted the usual mob of fans looking to get their first glimpse of a show floor full of comics, games, TV shows and more.
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Humble Bundle offers Skybound, Transformers Bundles for Comic-Con
Humble Bundle, the pay-what-you-wish online venture that distributes bundles of DRM-free digital content, is launching two separate bundles featuring comics from Robert Kirkman's Skybound imprint and IDW's Transformers series.
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Digital Comics Sales Rose 29% to $90M in 2013
While the rate of sales growth for digital comics has declined, pop culture trade news site ICv2 reports the category is 10x the size of the e-comics market in 2010.
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The 14 Best Panels About Comics at Comic-Con
Overwhelmed by all the programming at Comic-Con this year? Here are our picks for the best comcis panels, and a list of where to find PW’s own Heidi MacDonald and Calvin Reid at the show.
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Fantagraphics to Publish Van Cook and Romberger’s New Book
In November Fantagraphics will publish 'The Late Child and Other Animals,' a new work from Marguerite Van Cook and James Romberger, the team that produced '7 Miles A Second,' the acclaimed graphic memoir of David Wojnarowicz.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 7/20-7/26
J.H. WIlliams III in Merced, CA; Corinne Mucha in Chicago, IL; Comic-Con International: San Diego, CA
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Zane, Verge Entertainment Plan Transmedia Projects
Zane, bestselling erotica author, entrepreneur and publisher of S&S/Atria’s Strebor Books imprint, is teaming up with Verge Entertainment, a New York City transmedia production house founded by Shawn Martinbrough, Joe Illidge and Milo Stone.
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Kickstarter Diary Chapter 3: How to Use the Site to Run Your Campaign
Here's the author's step-by-step guide to getting your campaign set up on the Kickstarter website, quirks and all.
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Panel Mania: 'The Only Living Boy' in a Brave New World
Harvey Award nominated webcomic 'The Only Living Boy,' by David Gallaher and Steve Ellis, tells the story of a 12-year-old runaway in a strange fantasy world.
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12 Great Graphic Novel Adaptations
Everything from novels to movies, video games, and even government reports have been given the graphic novel treatment.
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Panel Mania: Jamie Coe and the Tribulations of 'Art Schooled'
Nobrow Press continues its strong of notable releases with 'Art Schooled', the vivid debut graphic novel of English cartoonist Jamie Coe. Please note this preview is for mature readers and NSFW.
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Comics, Graphic Novels Market Hit $870 Million in 2013
Led by book format comics with $415 million in sales, the North American comics and graphic novel marketplace generated $870 million in sales in 2013, according to a new estimate by ICV2 and Comichron.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 7/14-7/20
John Romita, Jr. in New York, NY; Bryan Lee O'Malley in Portland, OR; The International Graphic Novel and Comics Conference in London, U.K.; Steve Lafler in San Francisco, CA
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Rep. John Lewis' 'March Book Two' Coming in 2015
Top Shelf has released the cover art for 'March Book Two,' the much-anticipated second volume of Civil Rights legend John Lewis’ three-volume graphic memoir.
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San Diego Comic-Con 2014: All Our Coverage
All of Publishers Weekly's coverage from the San Diego Comic-Con International 2014—from Eisner winners to book launches, publisher news and our daily podcasts—collected in one convenient place.
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Image Announces Third Image Expo for Comic-Con
Hoping to counter the glut of show-biz razzle dazzle at Comic-Con in San Diego with some comic book firepower, Image Comics has announced the third Image Expo, an all-Image Comics media day.
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Locust Moon’s 'Little Nemo' Kickstarter Now at $100K Plus
Organized by Philadelphia comics shop Locust Moon and its small press imprint Locust Moon Press, 'Little Nemo: Dream Another Dream,' an ambitious Kickstarter project to fund a tribute book to Little Nemo creator Winsor McCay, has blown past its initial goal of $50,000 and raised more than $100,000 with a week to go.
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Upcoming Comics Events: 7/7-7/13
Drawing Party with Telgemeier & Roman in Astoria, NY; Mike Richardson in Beaverton, OR; Eleanor Davis and Esther Pearl Watson in Seattle, WA.
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ALA Awards 2014 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries
Michigan’s Ypsilanti District Library and Montana’s Lewis & Clark Library were both awarded 2014 Will Eisner Graphic Novel Grants for Libraries at the recent American Library Association convention in Las Vegas.