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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.
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The Kids Are All Right at New York Comic Con 2023
Young readers flocked to this year's New York Comic Con, where they snapped up early releases, giveaways, and pics with favorite creators; behind the scenes, censorship and book banning were cause for concern and controversy.
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Fans Recharge the Comics Industry at New York Comic Con 2023
New York Comic Con held an exhausting yet exhilarating annual celebration of comics and pop culture October 12–15, where new imprints, partnerships, and plenty of dealmaking took place alongside cosplay, massive manga character balloons, and immersive activations.
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Panel Mania: '40 Men and 12 Rifles' by Marcelino Truong
In his new work, the author of 'Such a Lovely Little War' and 'Saigon Calling' switches from memoir to graphic fiction to continue his story about the course of the Vietnam War. An 11-page excerpt.
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K-Pop Comes to Comic Books
This fall, hit K-pop bands including BTS, ENHYPHEN, and Tomorrow x Together will make their debut in bookstores and comic shops across North America—as a trio of full-color comics from IZE Press.
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The 'Nothing Special' Webcomic Has Become Something Special
What started as a hastily scrawled notebook of ideas on creator Katie Cook’s way back from a Chicago comics convention has turned into an immensely popular webtoon—and, soon, a graphic novel series from Ten Speed Graphic.
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Panel Mania: 'Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History'
A 12-page excerpt of the new graphic adaptation of historian C.L.R. James’s 1934 play about the Haitian Revolution by Nic Watts and Sakina Karimjee.
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Why It Matters That Marvel Comics Are Becoming Penguin Classics
This month, Penguin released the three latest titles in its Penguin Classics Marvel Collection. We spoke with the series editor, Ben Saunders, and two authors who wrote forewords to the books, Jerry Craft and Rainbow Rowell, about the importance of enshrining comics in the literary canon.
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A New Era for New York Comic Con
The biggest pop culture fan event in North America returns to new fandoms and a fast-changing pop culture events industry.
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'Community Makes Us Stronger' at Indie Comics Small Press Expo
This year's Small Press Expo Ignatz Awards struck a note of solidarity and defiance against censorship.
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Panel Mania: 'Roaming' by Jillian Tamaki and Mariko Tamaki
'Roaming,' a new graphic novel by the acclaimed creative team of cousins Jillian and Mariko Tamaki, is the story of three Canadian college students on spring break in 2009 New York City. An 11-page excerpt. Published by Drawn & Quarterly.
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How 'Stamped from the Beginning' Became a Graphic History
The latest iteration of Ibram X. Kendi's much-adapted, National Book Award–winning 'Stamped from the Beginning' is a graphic history adapted and illustrated by Joel Christian Gill. We spoke with them both about adaptations, book bans, and whether an anti-racist America might be possible.
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Panel Mania: 'Washington's Gay General' by Levi Hastings and Josh Trujillo
Levi Hastings and Josh Trujillo’s graphic biography 'Washington’s Gay General: The Legends and Loves of Baron von Steuben,' published by Surely/Abrams Comic Arts, presents the life of one the most intriguing leaders of the American Revolution.
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Marjane Satrapi Is Done with Comics, But Never Art or the Revolution
The Iranian-French author of 'Persepolis,' which celebrates its 20th anniversary with a new edition, discusses her shift from comics to film, the banning of books in America, and her pride in Iran's young revolutionaries.
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Panel Mania: 'Malcolm Kid and the Perfect Song' by Austin Paramore and Sarah Bollinger
This lively paranormal YA graphic novel follows an aspiring, albeit comically insecure, teen musician with a very peculiar electronic keyboard haunted with the soul of a long-dead jazz legend.
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CBLDF Calls for Collective Action
Jeff Trexler, interim director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, told PW that the book bans happening across the country were a topic of much conversation at San Diego Comic-Con.
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It’s a Family Affair at San Diego Comic-Con
Strollers were a common sight in the aisles at San Diego Comic-Con as kids and teens joined parents in cosplay and lined up to meet cartoonists.
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Panel Mania: 'Xogenasys, Vol. 1'
Xogenasys is a pro fighting league in the gang-dominated New York of 2069. Darius Smith, a teenage fight fan and devastating street fighter himself, is determined to stay away from gang life. The gangs have other ideas. An eight-page excerpt.
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