More To Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week: cartoonist/editor Jonah Newman talks about his new queer and baseball-themed semi-autobiographical YA graphic novel, 'Out of Left Field, plus interviews recorded live at the 2024 MoCCA Art Fest.
Six Signs You’re in a Comics Shop
How are comics shops different from general bookstores? more...
Spring 2024 Graphic Novel Preview
Our third standalone graphic novels seasonal preview offers top 10 and longlist picks and much more. more...
MoCCA 2024 Makes a Splash
The MoCCA Arts Fest 2024, an annual indie comics and graphic novels festival, was held this year on March 16-17, returning to the Metropolitan Pavilion on West 18th Street in Manhattan. This was the first show officially under the oversight of Arabelle Liepold, who last summer was appointed executive director of the Society of Illustrators, which organizes the annual event. The show featured extensive programming packed with such notable comics creators as Anita Kunz, Nate Powell, Jillian Tamaki, and Adrian Tomine, shown in this photo at the D&Q table with marketing manager Julia Pohl-Miranda. more...
Should Comics Keep It Direct?
It’s time to sing a (mostly) happy 50th birthday to the modern comics shop, though opinions differ on what the future holds for retailers. The direct market—that is, the group of bricks-and-mortar stores that stock periodical comics using a dedicated distribution system—celebrated a half-century run this past year. Direct market distribution has, for decades, been a keystone of comics culture, but its future is up for debate. more...and more.
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Panel Mania: 'Fall Through' by Nate Powell
Nate Powell’s new graphic novel 'Fall Through' is a moving tribute to the musical power and community of 1990s punk rock. A nine-page excerpt.
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MoCCA 2024 Makes a Splash
This year's MoCCA Arts Fest, an annual indie comics and graphic novel festival held March 16-17, drew large and enthusiastic crowds to New York City's Metropolitan Pavilion.
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Panel Mania: 'Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape' by Sam Nakahira
Sam Nakahira’s 'Ruth Asawa: An Artist Takes Shape' is a diligent and charmingly illustrated graphic biography chronicling the life and creative career of the celebrated Japanese American sculptor. A 10-page excerpt.
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Should Comics Keep It Direct?
Whatever the future holds, local comic shops thrive when they deliver what few bookstores can: a “third place” for fans.
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Comics Shop Retailers Share Their Favorite Handsells
Here’s what retailers across the country told us about the comics and graphic novels they’re handselling this spring.
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Six Signs You’re in a Comics Shop
Wonder where you’ve wandered into—and why there’s a looming statue of an Ewok? How are comics shops different from general bookstores? If you’re asking that question, you definitely haven’t browsed a comics shop before. Here are six hallmarks that set the specialty retailer apart.
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Show Me the Data: PW Talks with Katie Pryde
The owner of Portland, Ore.–based comics shop Books with Pictures is leading an industry-wide effort to improve the quality of comics metadata.
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The Boom in Middle Grade Novels Turned Comics
As the middle grade graphic novel category has grown in recent years, the number of graphic adaptations of middle grade books has exploded.
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New Middle Grade Graphic Novel Adaptations to Look Out For
We’ve gathered a list of some upcoming middle grade graphic adaptations.
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From Middle Grade Novel to Graphic Novel
There’s more to adapting a chapter book into a graphic novel than just drawing pictures to go with the words. Adapters often bring a whole new level of nonverbal communication to the page.
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