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Kate Beaton’s widely acclaimed debut graphic memoir 'Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands' (Drawn & Quarterly) has topped PW’s annual Graphic Novel Critics Poll for best work of the year by a significant margin, receiving nine votes from PW’s panel of 15 critics.
Kate Beaton’s widely acclaimed debut graphic memoir 'Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands' has won PW’s 2022 Graphic Novel Critics Poll.
In this More to Come Stargazing segment, Meg Lemke and Calvin Reid look at the graphic novel and nonfiction in the 2022 PW Holiday Gift Guide; among them the Filipino urban fantasy 'After Lambana' by Eliza Victoria and Mervin Malonzo, a new edition of Shirow Massamune’s epic sci-fi manga 'Ghost in the Shell'; 'Milestone Compendium One', a 1,300 page collection of the original stories of the Black superhero universe; and Kelcey Ervick's 'The Keeper' graphic memoir/tribute to soccer, women, and Title IX.
In this More to Come Stargazing segment, Meg Lemke and Calvin Reid look at the graphic novel and nonfiction in the 2022 PW Holiday Gift Guide; among them the Filipino urban fantasy 'After Lambana' by Eliza Victoria and Mervin Malonzo, a new edition of Shirow Massamune’s epic sci-fi manga 'Ghost in...
Panel Mania: 'Shubleik Lubeik' by Deena Mohamed will be published by Pantheon in January. Deena Mohamed dazzles in her debut graphic novel Shubleik Lubeik (Arabic for “your wish is my command”), spinning an irresistible fantasy tale set in Cairo, Egypt. An eight-page excerpt.
In her debut graphic novel 'Shubleik Lubeik' (Arabic for “your wish is my command”), Deena Mohamed dazzles, spinning an irresistible fantasy tale set in Cairo, Egypt where wishes are all-to-real. An eight-page excerpt.
The end of the year finds at least four independent comics publishers facing some financial issues. On-going supply chain issues, including spikes in paper and shipping prices, were cited by several publishers as one of the main reasons for their current problems.
The end of the year has produced a spike in financial troubles that include at least four independent comics publishers.
Top Shelf Productions, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, is a small press with a big footprint. Best known for 'March', the late Congressman John Lewis’s three-volume graphic memoir of the Civil Rights movement, Top Shelf has been a leading force in the expansion of the comics medium and market.
Top Shelf Productions, which celebrated its 25th anniversary this year, has been a leading force in the expansion of the graphic novel market since it was founded by Chris Staros and Brett Warnock in 1997.
Ending months of uncertainty over its future, indie graphic novel publisher Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group has named veteran comics executive Hunter Gorinson as its president and publisher, effective immediately.
Ending months of uncertainty, indie graphic novel publisher Oni-Lion Forge Publishing Group has named veteran comics executive Hunter Gorinson as its president and publisher, effective immediately.
Panel Mania: 'Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard by' Ron Wimberly and artist Brahm Revel will be published by First Second Books in January 2023. A Nine-page excerpt.
Ron Wimberly and Brahm Revel’s graphic biography, 'Now Let Me Fly: A Portrait of Eugene Bullard', captures the remarkable life of Bullard (1914-1961), among the first Black military fighter pilots, and one the most decorated and honored veterans of WWI and WWII by the French government. A nine-pag...
After weeks of growing outcry on French social media and an especially heated weekend as it hit the national press, the Angoulême International Comics Festival has reached a decision on the controversial Bastien Vivès exhibition – citing threats of physical violence, the Festival has said it is no longer going ahead.
After threats of violence to staff and festival goers, the FIBD in Angoulême has cancelled the controversial Bastien Vivès exhibition
This week the MTC crew—Calvin Reid, Heidi “The Beat” MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons—respond to spike in comics industry business turmoil, including troubles at at Aftershock, AMC Publishing, Dead Reckoning, Heavy Metal, and Valiant; howl as the NFT markets renege on resale royalties; breakdown the popularity of mobile webcomics and the decline of manga; and puzzle over changes at DC Studios announced by James Gunn
This week the MTC crew—Calvin Reid, Heidi “The Beat” MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons—respond to spike in comics industry business turmoil, including troubles at at Aftershock, AMC Publishing, Dead Reckoning, Heavy Metal, and Valiant; howl as the NFT markets renege on resale royalties; breakdo...
A barrage of stories about cancelled projects and roles this week has left the breakfast menu at DC Studios a big question mark.
A lot happened at DC Studios this week - some films have been shelved and other roles are being reexamined.
This week the MTC crew—Calvin Reid, Heidi “The Beat” MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons—react to Hunter Gorinson’s new job leading Oni-Lion Forge; celebrate the life of Aline Kominsky-Crumb (1948-2022); recap AnimeNYC 2022; wish a speedy recovery to comics writer Peter David after his stroke; and sort through indie comics news, including AWA, IDW, Kodansha/Disney, and Avery Hill Publishing.
This week the MTC crew—Calvin Reid, Heidi “The Beat” MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons—react to Hunter Gorinson’s new job leading Oni-Lion Forge; celebrate the life of Aline Kominsky-Crumb (1948-2022); recap AnimeNYC 2022; wish a speedy recovery to comics writer Peter David after his stroke; ...
Over the past 10 years, U.K.-based graphic novel publisher Avery Hill has gone from publishing 100 copies of a 32-page anthology to 10,000 copies of a 320-page hardcover. And one of the key factors behind the success of that 2021 hardcover, Alone in Space, is its author: Tillie Walden, an Eisner Award–winning cartoonist first published by Avery Hill.
With only three employees, the U.K.-based graphic novel publisher is building an audience, at home and in the U.S.
From the PW Comics World Archive 2018: Throughout her long and still unfolding career, Aline Kominsky-Crumb has brought an uncompromising honesty and fearlessness to the comics form. She has refused to be contained by anyone else's ideas about what is permissible to depict and to write about, and her work always surprises.
In 'Love That Bunch,' Aline Kominsky-Crumb’s comics over 30 years are collected in one hardcover volume.
Marking the 40th anniversary of a groundbreaking literary comics series, Fantagraphics Books is releasing 'Love and Rockets: The First 50' by the celebrated cartooning brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, a boxed eight-volume hardcover set collecting the series’ first 50 issues. The new edition is out this month.
To mark the 40th anniversary of a groundbreaking literary comics series, Fantagraphics Books is releasing 'Love and Rockets: The First 50 ' by the cartooning brothers Gilbert and Jaime Hernandez, a boxed eight-volume hardcover set collecting the series’ first 50 issues.
Kevin Conroy, the prolific voice actor who defined Batman for generations of audiences, died Thursday in New York after a short battle with cancer, Warner Bros. announced. He was 66.
The voice actor played the Dark Knight for 30 years, beginning with 'Batman: The Animated Series.'
This week on More to Come's Stargazing segment, Calvin and PW graphic novel reviews editor Meg Lemke discuss two new graphic novels: ‘Men I Trust’ by Tommi Parrish, a stylishly drawn examination of a budding and messy friendship between two troubled women, and ‘Giantess’ by J.C. Deveney and Nuria Tamarit, an alluring feminist fairytale about the life of a giant 60-foot redhead heroine and her search for an equitable society
This week on More to Come's Stargazing segment, Calvin and PW graphic novel reviews editor Meg Lemke discuss two new graphic novels: ‘Men I Trust’ by Tommi Parrish, a stylishly drawn examination of a budding and messy friendship between two troubled women, and ‘Giantess’ by J.C. Deveney and ...
Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat media company has closed a partnership deal with Black-owned comic publishing house, Black Sands Entertainment, giving the comedian’s business an equity stake in the company.
Kevin Hart’s Hartbeat media company has closed a partnership deal with Black-owned comic publishing house, Black Sands Entertainment, giving the comedian’s business an equity stake in t…
It's with a great deal of sadness that we have learned of the passing of Kevin O'Neill last week after a long illness.
It's with a great deal of sadness that we have learned of the passing of Kevin O'Neill last week after a long illness. We had worked a lot with Kevin over the past two decades and had the highest personal and professional regard for him, and of course the impact he has had on the comics landscape ca...
This week the MTC crew—Calvin Reid, Heidi “The Beat” MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons—react to the court ruling blocking the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster; celebrate the appointment of James Gunn to head DC Studios; recap Heidi’s coverage of the Diamond Retailer Summit at the Baltimore Comic Con; and salute the graphic novels and comic creators chosen for PW’s annual Best Books list for 2022.
This week the MTC crew—Calvin Reid, Heidi “The Beat” MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons—react to the court ruling blocking the merger of Penguin Random House and Simon & Schuster; celebrate the appointment of James Gunn to head DC Studios; recap Heidi’s coverage of the Diamond Retailer Summit ...
Trick or Treat! In this double-stuffed interview special More To Come serves from New York Comic Con 2022, Heidi talks with graphic novelist Joelle Jones ('Lady Killer') and Gabby Luu, Head of Story at Tapas Media webcomics; while Calvin interviews comics creator Tim Fielder ('Infinitum', 'Matty's Rocket'); then Heidi has a discussion with Frederick L. Jones publisher of Saturday AM and Mel Schiut, Marketing Manager at The Quarto Group, about this line of original manga.
Trick or Treat! In this double-stuffed interview special More To Come serves from New York Comic Con 2022, Heidi talks with graphic novelist Joelle Jones ('Lady Killer') and Gabby Luu, Head of Story at Tapas Media webcomics; while Calvin interviews comics creator Tim Fielder ('Infinitum', 'Matty's R...
Writer Jeremy Holt (co-creator with artist George Schall of the graphic novel 'Made in Korea'), at Holt's table in Artist Alley. Photo by C.Reid
PW spoke via Zoom with Moore—regarded as one of the greatest comics writers of all time—about his retirement from comics and why, the influence of comics writing on his prose, and his deep misgivings about the superhero genre and regrets over his role in its current popularity.
PW talks with legendary comics writer Alan Moore about 'Illuminations: Stories', his first collection of short stories, out now from Bloomsbury Publishing.
ive at SPX, aka The Small Press Expo, held September 17-18 in Bethesda, Md., Heidi interviews comics creators about comics and what kept them going during the pandemic including cartoonists Jeffrey Brown ('Darth Vader & Son'); Jennifer Hayden ('The Story of My T**s'); Tommi Parish ('Men I Trust'); Julian Lytle ('Ants'); and Laura Lee Gullidge ('The Dark Matter of Mona Starr').
Live at SPX, aka The Small Press Expo, held September 17-18 in Bethesda, Md., Heidi interviews comics creators about comics and what kept them going during the pandemic including cartoonists Jeffrey Brown ('Darth Vader & Son', 'A Total Waste of Space Time'); Jennifer Hayden ('The Story of My T**s');...
PW's Best Books 2022: Best Adult Graphic Novels: Kate Beaton's 'Ducks'' (A Top Ten Book of The Year), plus, Kate Gavino's 'A Career in Books', James Spooner's 'High Desert', Eric Orner's 'Smahtguy', Megan Kelso's 'Who Will Make the Pancakes'.
Best Books 2022, A Career in Books: A Novel About Friends, Money, and the Occasional Duck Bun, Kate Gavino , The High Desert: Black. Punk. Nowhere. James Spooner, Smahtguy: The Life and Times of Barney Frank, Eric Orner, Who Will Make the Pancakes: Five
PW's Best Books of 2022: Kate Beaton's graphic memoir 'Ducks: 2 Years in the Oil Sands,' has been chosen as one of the Top Ten books of 2022.
Top 10 Best Books 2022, Activities of Daily Living, Lisa Hsiao Chen, All the Lovers in the Night, Meiko Kawakami, The Birdcatcher, Gayl Jones, Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, Kate Beaton, The Furrows, Namwali Serpell, G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Ma
The dominant presence of manga and anime-related exhibitors at this year’s New York Comic Con, held October 6-9 at the Javits Center, was a big change from the years before the pandemic. Upon entering New York Comic Con 2022, the overall impression was that manga, anime and Japanese pop culture are now overwhelmingly embraced by American fans and have claimed their place in North American popular culture
Manga and anime-related exhibitors were the dominant presence at this year's New York Comic Con.
New York Comic Con returned to the Javits Center October 6-9 at full strength for 2022. The event drew 200,000 attendees, according to a spokesperson for ReedPop, the show organizer.
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.
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.
Cartoonist Kate Beaton made a name for herself with laughter—droll comics that eviscerated historical figures and such literary icons as Edgar Allen Poe and Nancy Drew. But her new book 'Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands', published this month by Drawn & Quarterly, is anything but lighthearted comedy.
Cartoonist Kate Beaton made a name for herself with laughter, but her new memoir, 'Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands,' is anything but lighthearted comedy.
'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.
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 examined at ICv2’s Insider Talks, held on the opening day of New York Comic Con 2022 at the Javits Center.
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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