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PW Comics World is Publishers Weekly's online outlet for coverage of news, feature stories, interviews and business reports on graphic novel and comics publishing. PW Comics World reports on the comics marketplace in both the general trade book market and in direct market comics shops. You can visit the archives of our old page from our time as the PW Comics Week weekly newsletter here: http://www.facebook.com/pages/PW-Comics-Week/137304996309087

Go Big: PW Talks to Adam Rose
12/15/2025

Go Big: PW Talks to Adam Rose

In the LA-based comics writer and film script consultant’s newest graphic novel, Huge Detective (Titan Comics), Australia gets reimagined as a realm of giants, renamed as the sovereign nation of Brobdingnag.

Panel Mania: 'Total THB Volume 1' by Paul Pope. A 10-page excerpt.
12/15/2025

Panel Mania: 'Total THB Volume 1' by Paul Pope. A 10-page excerpt.

Originally self-published in the 1990s, Paul Pope’s 'Total THB Vol. 1' is the first of three volumes reprinting and collecting Pope’s influential and playful sci-fi epic. A 10-page excerpt.

‘Swat Kats’ Comic Book Breaks Kickstarter Record
12/13/2025

‘Swat Kats’ Comic Book Breaks Kickstarter Record

The campaign to publish a comic inspired by the ‘90s-era animated series is the crowdfunding platform’s largest ever for a single-issue comic book, raising more than $700,000.

They Found Love in a Hateful Place: PW Talks with Ravi Teixeira
12/13/2025

They Found Love in a Hateful Place: PW Talks with Ravi Teixeira

In the Cape Verdean–American creator’s first solo graphic novel, Heaven, West Virginia (Oni, Nov.), a young gay man returns to his rural hometown after the death of his homophobic father in order to face his childhood demons—and, in the process, finds love.

‘Do Admit’ and ‘Spent’ Top PW’s 2025 Graphic Novel Critics Poll
12/09/2025

‘Do Admit’ and ‘Spent’ Top PW’s 2025 Graphic Novel Critics Poll

For the third consecutive year, it's a tie for the top spot on PW’s annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll, highlighting the breadth of this category.

The Jack Kirby Museum Pop Up exhibition in Tribeca closes on December 7. Photo: C.Reid
12/06/2025

The Jack Kirby Museum Pop Up exhibition in Tribeca closes on December 7. Photo: C.Reid

Abstract the Facts: PW Talks to Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris
12/03/2025

Abstract the Facts: PW Talks to Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris

PW talked with cartoonists and educators Shay Mirk and Eleri Harris about the nuts and bolts of collaborating, and how comics can create community.

Lighthouse Brings ‘Tyrant’ Back in Deluxe Edition
12/03/2025

Lighthouse Brings ‘Tyrant’ Back in Deluxe Edition

Comics veteran Chris Stevens’s Lighthouse Press will launch a crowdfunding campaign in the new year to reissue Steve Bissette’s lost classic in trade and oversize “original art edition” formats.

Panel Mania: 'My Life in 24 Frames Per Second' by Rintaro. A 12-page excerpt.
12/03/2025

Panel Mania: 'My Life in 24 Frames Per Second' by Rintaro. A 12-page excerpt.

A graphic memoir about growing up in post-WWII Japan and the beginnings of the anime industry in the 1960s. A 12-page excerpt.

Jack Kirby (1917-1994) and his wife Roz (1942-1994). The King and Queen of Comics.
12/02/2025

Jack Kirby (1917-1994) and his wife Roz (1942-1994). The King and Queen of Comics.

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