Girls to the Front of Manga Readership
Manga publishers turn to genres appealing to women as a growing readership ages up. Girls and young women have always been a key part of the U.S. manga audience, but that audience is changing and publishers are eager to follow. more...
Tessa Hulls Wins a Pulitzer for ‘Feeding Ghosts’
Hulls’s “epic" graphic memoir took home the Pulitzer Prize for memoir or autobiography. more...
More to Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week: In this week's Stargazing segment Meg and Calvin highlight graphic works chosen for PW’s Summer Reads list, including Alison Bechdel’s ‘Spent,’ plus, they provide some personal picks, among them ‘Black Cohosh’ by Eagle Valiant Brosi, and ‘Galaxy of Madness’ by Magdalene Visaggio and Michael Avon Oeming.
Diamond Comic Bankruptcy Leads to a Haze of Uncertainty
When Diamond Comic Distributors filed for bankruptcy in January, everyone in the comics world knew the industry was in for a shake-up. But no one could have predicted the battle royale that ensued. Now, publishers are left guessing at the best path forward. more...
Is Joe Sacco Done with Graphic Journalism?
The Eisner Award winner suggested that 'The Once and Future Riot,' out in October from Metropolitan Books, could be his last longform work in a genre he pioneered. The acclaimed nonfiction comics author cited burnout while expressing a desire to explore other forms of cartooning. more...
Summer Reads: Adult Graphic Novels
Our editors picked a list of four cool graphic novels that will help you make it through the hot summer season to come, among them, 'Simplicity,' a brainy satire by Mattie Lubchansky. Check out all of them.and more.
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Diamond Comic Bankruptcy Leads to a Haze of Uncertainty
When Diamond Comic Distributors filed for bankruptcy in January, everyone in the comics world knew the industry was in for a shake-up. But no one could have predicted the battle royale that ensued. Now, publishers are left guessing at the best path forward.
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Is Joe Sacco Done with Graphic Journalism?
The Eisner Award winner suggested that The Once and Future Riot, out in October from Metropolitan Books, could be his last longform work in a genre he pioneered.
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Panel Mania: ‘Parable of the Talents’ by Octavia Butler, Adapted by Damian Duffy and John Jennings
The science fiction legend’s dystopian masterwork has been adapted into a timely graphic novel by Damian Duffy and John Jennings. A nine-page excerpt.
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Meet Boom! Studios Publisher Michael Kelly
The Hasbro veteran, who has a background in both books and comics, was tapped to lead the storied comics house following its acquisition by Penguin Random House last year. And he has big plans for its future.
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Panel Mania: ‘Holler: A Graphic Memoir of Rural Resistance’ by Denali Sai Nalamalapu
This graphic memoir is a moving account and tribute to the local West Virginia activists fighting to protect their land from the ravages of the Mountain Valley Pipeline project.
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Alliance Calls Off Diamond Comic Distributors Deal
In yet another twist in the Diamond Comic bankruptcy proceedings, Alliance Entertainment terminated its agreement to purchase the company’s assets the day before an April 25 court hearing. Diamond owners promised to announce a new deal “very shortly.”
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PW Close-Up: Mark Siegel on the New 23rd Street Imprint
The founder and creative and editorial director of First Second talked with PW about his graphic novel house's new adult imprint, touching on everything from its early beginnings to its exciting first list. (Sponsored)
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Alliance Entertainment Takes Diamond
After a brief legal fight, Alliance Entertainment has been named the winning bidder for the assets of Diamond Comic Distributors.
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Alliance Appears to Win Its Bid for Diamond Comic Distributors
A brief filing made late on April 10 suggests that the court is prepared to back the offer made for Diamond by Alliance Entertainment over a lower bid from Universal Entertainment and Ad Populum.
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Walkin’ the Streets with R. Crumb: PW Talks with Dan Nadel
Pioneering counterculture cartoonist Robert Crumb finally gets his due in Crumb (Pantheon, Apr.), a new biography from the Picturebox Comics founder and former Comics Journal editor.
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