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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

Panel Mania: ‘Everyone Sux But You’ by K. Wroten. A 14-page excerpt. http://pw-ne.ws/1003d0
06/16/2025

Panel Mania: ‘Everyone Sux But You’ by K. Wroten. A 14-page excerpt. http://pw-ne.ws/1003d0

The acclaimed cartoonist’s latest graphic novel offers a layered portrait of two q***r teenage girls as they juggle the complexities around romantic attraction, grief, and going to school in a small town. A 14-page excerpt.

‘TCAF on Ice’ Was a Return to Form http://pw-ne.ws/1003cf
06/12/2025

‘TCAF on Ice’ Was a Return to Form http://pw-ne.ws/1003cf

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival mounted its biggest weekend in 2025 since before the pandemic, overcoming logistical and geopolitical uncertainty to draw an estimated 28,000 attendees June 6–8 to the former home of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

More to Come 676: Happy Pride Month. The beginning of Pride Month and a salute to LGBTQ comics and creators; Heidi calls...
06/07/2025

More to Come 676: Happy Pride Month. The beginning of Pride Month and a salute to LGBTQ comics and creators; Heidi calls from TCAF in Toronto; Diamond bankruptcy update, digital manga and webtoons; Aethon takes a majority stake in Vault Comics; how to shelve graphic novels in bookstores; and a tribute to comics writer Peter David. http://pw-ne.ws/1003ce

This week on More to Come, cohosts Calvin Reid, Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons mark the beginning of Pride Month with a salute to LGBTQ comics and creators; plus Heidi calls from TCAF in Toronto; there’s a Diamond bankruptcy update, a look at digital manga and webtoons; Aethon take...

More to Come 675: Tiffany Babb and The Comics Courier. Heidi MacDonald interviews Tiffany Babb, publisher of 'The Comics...
05/31/2025

More to Come 675: Tiffany Babb and The Comics Courier. Heidi MacDonald interviews Tiffany Babb, publisher of 'The Comics Courier,' a print newspaper of comics criticism and commentary, currently fundraising a second issue on Kickstarter. http://pw-ne.ws/1003cd

This week on More to Come, Heidi MacDonald interviews Tiffany Babb, publisher of The Comics Courier, a print newspaper of comics criticism and commentary, currently fundraising a second issue on Kickstarter. They talk about the state of comics writing on the internet and in print, Tiffany's work at....

More to Come 673: Stargazing Summer Reads. Meg and Calvin highlight four graphic works chosen for PW’s Summer Reads list...
05/18/2025

More to Come 673: Stargazing Summer Reads. Meg and Calvin highlight four graphic works chosen for PW’s Summer Reads list, including a deep dive into Alison Bechdel’s ‘Spent,’ and offer a couple of personal picks, among them ‘Black Cohosh’ by Eagle Valiant Brosi, and ‘Galaxy of Madness’ by Magdalene Visaggio and Michael Avon Oeming. http://pw-ne.ws/1003cc

On this week's Stargazing segment, Meg and Calvin highlight four graphic works chosen for PW’s Summer Reads list, including a deep dive into Alison Bechdel’s ‘Spent,’ a hilarious autobiographical satire on her life and career. Plus, Meg and Calvin provide a couple of personal picks, among th...

2024 Eisner nominations announced, led by Fantagraphics and Tom King
05/16/2025

2024 Eisner nominations announced, led by Fantagraphics and Tom King

In the 2024 Eisner Award nominations Fantagraphics led publishers with 24 nominations, while Tom King had four to lead individuals

Diamond Comic Bankruptcy Leads to a Haze of Uncertainty http://pw-ne.ws/1003cb
05/15/2025

Diamond Comic Bankruptcy Leads to a Haze of Uncertainty http://pw-ne.ws/1003cb

When Diamond Comic Distributors filed for bankruptcy in January, everyone in comics 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.

Is Joe Sacco Done with Graphic Journalism? http://pw-ne.ws/1003ca
05/15/2025

Is Joe Sacco Done with Graphic Journalism? http://pw-ne.ws/1003ca

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.

More to Come 672: Universal and Ad Populum Win Diamond; Cartoonist Tessa Hulls is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for the graph...
05/13/2025

More to Come 672: Universal and Ad Populum Win Diamond; Cartoonist Tessa Hulls is awarded a Pulitzer Prize for the graphic memoir ‘Feeding Ghosts’; More To Come has returned to the Apple podcast app and on Spotify; more graphic book prizes; tariff terror; toxic fandom; the Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase; and the strange story of Safehaven. http://pw-ne.ws/1003c9

This week on More to Come, cohosts Calvin Reid, Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald and Kate Fitzsimons salute cartoonist Tessa Hulls, who was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for the graphic memoir ‘Feeding Ghosts’; after a long delay More To Come has updated on the Apple podcast app and on Spotify; Diamond dra...

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