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02/04/2025

Panel Mania: ‘Surrounded: America’s First School for Black Girls, 1832’ by Wilfrid Lupano and Stéphane Fert. A 10-page excerpt.

This artfully fictionalized graphic history is based on the true story of a groundbreaking educator and a courageous class of Black girls 30 years before the Civil War. A ten-page excerpt.

02/01/2025

More to Come Podcast 658: PW’s Spring 2025 Comics and Graphic Novel Preview

This week on More to Come, Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons focus on the Spring 2025 Comics and Graphic Novel Preview, compiled by GN reviews editor Meg Lemke, with Top Ten Lists for new adult, young adult, and children titles; a manga listing by Shaenon K. Garrity, and more; plus,....

02/01/2025

PW Author Profile: Lawrence Lindell’s Life Is a (Mostly) Open Book

Known for turning intimate, often painful experiences into autobiographical comics, the cartoonist stresses they won’t share everything with readers.

01/31/2025

Spring 2025 Comics & Graphic Novels Preview

Our intrepid comics correspondents, Meg Lemke and Shaenon K. Garrity, are back with another scintillating selection of the season’s most buzzworthy books.

01/31/2025

Samuel Teer and Mar Julia's Printz Win: 'Hooting and Hollering'

When Samuel Teer and Mar Julia, author and illustrator of 'Brownstone', received word on Sunday that their graphic novel had won the 2025 Michael L. Printz Award, neither was anticipating the call.

01/31/2025

Jules Feiffer—Author, Illustrator, Cartoonist, and More—Dies at 95

The multitalented Jules Feiffer, known for his caustic wit as an author-illustrator, cartoonist, satirist, playwright, and screenwriter died on January 17, just shy of his 96th birthday.

01/25/2025

More to Come Podcast 657: Alex Krokus Interview. Cartoonist and animator Alex Krokus joins Heidi to talk about his two upcoming books: 'Loud & Smart & in Color' from Silver Sprocket, and a graphic memoir, 'My Father's Ghost', coming later this year from Chronicle.

This week on More to Come, Cartoonist and animator Alex Krokus joins Heidi to talk about his two upcoming books: 'Loud & Smart & in Color' from Silver Sprocket, and a graphic memoir, 'My Father's Ghost', coming later this year from Chronicle. Alex talks about moving between animation and making comi...

01/21/2025

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Happy Martin Luther King Day. This is the historic comic book commemorating the Montgomery Bus Boycott as well as documenting the nonviolent philosophy and strategies of the Civil Rights Movement.

01/16/2025

The More to Come Podcast Crew 2025

01/16/2025

Five Comics Business Storylines to Watch in 2025

The coming year seems poised to usher in a turbulent, albeit potentially lucrative, era for many industries, and comics and graphic novel publishing is no different. Here are five storylines to keep an eye on.

01/16/2025

The Beat: Announcing the 2024 Comic Book Industry Person of the Year

Who was the Comics Industry Person of the Year? Daniel Warren Johnson had a transformative year, you might say.

01/16/2025

TCAF Moves to Toronto Metropolitan University

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival The Toronto Comic Arts Festival has found a new home for this year’s event, which will be held June 7-8 at Toronto Metropolitan University’s Mattamy Athletic Centre.

01/16/2025

How Neil Gaiman’s Publishers Have Responded to the Sexual Misconduct Allegations

Following the publication, in ‘New York’ magazine, of a piece detailing accusations of sexual assault and misconduct made against Gaiman by nine women, HarperCollins, Marvel, and Norton said they have no new books by the author planned.

01/15/2025

Diamond Comic Distributors Files for Bankruptcy

The company has been a linchpin in the distribution of comics to comics shops since its founding in 1982. The future of its comics distribution and graphic novel divisions remains uncertain.

01/14/2025

More to Come 655: Rick Parker Interview. Meg talks with cartoonist Rick Parker about his graphic memoir ‘Drafted,’ which tells the story of being drafted into the army during the Vietnam War and the trials and tribulations of basic training.

This week on More to Come, graphic novels review editor Meg Lemke interviews celebrated cartoonist Rick Parker, also a writer, humorist, and longtime artist for the Beavis & Butthead comic book series, about his graphic memoir ‘Drafted,’ which tells the story of being drafted into the army durin...

01/04/2025

More to Come 654: Looking at the Year Ahead. Calvin Reid, Heidi Macdonald, Kate Fitzsimons and Meg Lemke preview the big themes likely in 2025

This week Calvin Reid, Heidi Macdonald, Kate Fitzsimons and Meg Lemke preview the big themes likely in 2025: AI’s impact on comics publishing; distribution and Diamond; Book Bans and LGBTQ storytelling, book market growth; a surge in indie comics, manga, and webtoons; marketing and social media; C...