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How Mobile Webcomics Are Working to Save Reading
The webcomics category is exploding in growth—and it’s only going to get bigger.
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Manga Wins New York Comic Con 2022
Manga and anime-related exhibitors were the dominant presence at this year's New York Comic Con.
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Kids and Comics at New York Comic Con 2022
Children’s comics were a muted presence at NYCC, compared to a few years ago, but the children themselves were out in force and the floor was still filled with kid-friendly media properties based on comics.
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Fans Come Roaring Back to New York Comic Con 2022
New York Comic Con returned to the Javits Center at full strength for 2022. Held October 6-9, the event drew 200,000 attendees, according to a spokesperson for ReedPop, the show organizer.
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‘Good Asian,’ ‘Squire,’ Win Harveys; Gaiman Inducted in Harvey Hall of Fame
'The Good Asian' by Pornsak Pichetshote and Alexandre Tefenkgi and 'Squire' by Nadia Shammas and Sara Alfageeh won Harvey Awards; and Sandman creator Neil Gaiman was inducted into the Harvey Awards Hall of Fame, during an awards ceremony held at Friday night during New York Comic Con.
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NYCC 2022: Comics Navigate Massive Growth, Supply Chain Disruptions
Massive increases in graphic novel sales despite supply chain disruptions, the growing popularity of mobile webcomics, and recent changes in comic shop distribution were among the trends discussed at ICv2’s Insider Talks, which returned to the Javits Center to open this year's New York Comic Con.
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Cursed Princess Club: Talking with LambCat
Launched in 2019, Cursed Princess Club is an original vertical-scroll online comic created by the artist LambCat that has quickly grown into one of the most popular series on the Webtoon platform. A graphic novel adaptation of the series will be released in print in January 2023.
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Panel Mania: The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives by Kelcey Ervick
Kelcey Ervick’s ‘The Keeper’ is a graphic memoir about her love of soccer as well as a lively celebration of girl athletes and the role of sports and Title IX legislation in transforming the lives of American girls and women for the better. An eight-page excerpt.
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Panel Mania: The Five Lives of Hilma af Klint by Philipp Deines
In Phiiipp Deines new graphic biography of Hilma af Klint (1867-1944), he depicts her path to creating abstract paintings, the role of spiritualism in her life, and the individuals that helped to shape her distinctive and innovative works of art. A 9-page excerpt.
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SPX Returns to In-Person Comics Festival
Small Press Expo, the festival of independent comics and graphic novel artists and publishers, was held in-person this year at the Marriott Hotel in Bethesda, Md., September 17-18, after two years of virtual shows.
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Panel Mania: Victory. Stand! by Tommie Smith, Derrick Barnes, and Dawud Anyabwile
'Victory. Stand! Raising My Fist For Justice' is the graphic memoir of Tommie Smith, the great Black Olympic track champion that raised an heroic Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics to protest American racism. A 13-page excerpt.
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Alex Ross Comes Full Circle
PW talked with Alex Ross about his return to the Marvel comics universe with ‘Fantastic Four: Full Circle’, a new graphic novel starring The Fantastic Four, and his first effort writing and drawing a full graphic novel.
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Mad Cave Acquires Kids' Graphic Novel House Papercutz
Graphic novel publisher Mad Cave Studios has acquired Papercutz, the groundbreaking children’s graphic novel house founded in 2005.
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Panel Mania: Fantastic Four: Full Circle by Alex Ross
Acclaimed superhero cover artist Alex Ross’s 'Fantastic Four: Full Circle', a passionate homage to Marvel’s great superhero artist Jack Kirby, is his first solo effort at writing and drawing a full superhero graphic novel. An eight-page excerpt.
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The Great Nerdification
The crossover between tabletop gaming, comics, and book publishing is intensifying.
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Close-Up on: Chas! Pangburn and Lower Your Sights
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Panel Mania: All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End by Charles Johnson
Novelist, essayist, professor, and, MacArthur “Genius” Fellow Charles Johnson has worked for years as a professional cartoonist and illustrator, and his new book, 'All Your Racial Problems Will Soon End,' collects 50 years of his cartooning. An 11-page excerpt.
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Manga Sales Up, Exhibitors Down at San Diego Comic-Con
Despite the diminished presence of manga on the exhibition floor of the San Diego Comic-Con, manga and webtoon publishers continue to report a wave of strong sales and fan enthusiasm.
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Kids’ Comics Come Roaring Back at Comic-Con
Riding their recent surge in popularity, creators and publishers of middle grade and YA graphic novels had a strong presence at Comic-Con in San Diego.
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San Diego Comic-Con Returns with Smaller Crowds, Big Smiles
It might have been hard to tell because of the mask requirement, but there were a lot of smiles at the 2022 San Diego Comic-Con, held July 21-24 at the San Diego Convention Center.
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