October 30, 2024
Despite fewer comics companies exhibiting than ever before, comics still stood out amid an ever more pop culture–focused show, with new players hitting the scene, beloved brands getting a refresh, and newcomers emerging from the wings. more 
The team behind Drawing Blood, the new graphic novel series from Image Comics, which follows the rapid rise and fall of the cocreator of a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles–like superhero team, discusses collaborating, comics history, and more. more.
The poet laureate of weird fiction has no problem embracing the inscrutable and uncanny—it's what fuels his writing. more
By next summer, the two mystery and thriller authors will have put out six books combined over the course of two years—including one written together. more
In his forthcoming middle-grade graphic memoir, Boy vs. Shark, the cartoonist recalls the summer of 1975, when the Steven Spielberg blockbuster made waves—and shaped his early conception of masculinity. more
JY presents The Weirn Books, Vol. 2: The Ghost and the Stolen Dragon, the latest graphic novel by Svetlana Chmakova, creator of Awkward. What Na'ya needs is the power to protect everyone in case the evil scientist returns, and she has the perfect solution—she'll turn into a dragon! Everything seems to be going according to plan, but what's that dark shadow slithering around the spell-casting range? (Sponsored) more
How does a bookstore know it's almost Halloween? When the horror shelves are a ghost town. Here are a handful of terrifying new titles you should bring home to haunt you this All Hallow's Eve. more
The crew recaps NYCC 2024, from Retailer Day to the ICv2 Insider Talks, the show floor to this year's programming, new publishing ventures and growing segments to the Harvey Awards and the show's best parties. more.
Live from the Javits Center, Calvin Reid talked with writer David Walker and artist Marcus Kwame Anderson and Meg Lemke spoke with comics creators Chip Zdarsky (pictured) and Curt Pires about their new books: Big Jim and the White Boy, The All Nighter, and Money, respectively. more
Heidi MacDonald talked with Derek Kirk Kim about his new graphic novel, The Last Mermaid, and Meg Lemke spoke with Oliver Bly (pictured) about The Mushroom Knight and Tula Lotay and Helen Mullane about their new series, Groupies. more
Heidi chats with Brian Mariotti of Thrilljoy collectibles, Calvin and The Graphic Graphic History of Hip Hop artist Tim Fielder (pictured) tour the floor, and Kate Fitzsimons snags some end-of-con interviews with Charles Soule (8 Billion Genies), Fawnduu (My Dragon Girlfriend), and Jeremy Bastian (Cursed Pirate Girl). more
In this poetic, quietly moving ode to his deceased painter mother, a cartoonist arranges a duet between his comics and her paintings. more
The Harvey Award winner delivers a poignant semi-autobiographical graphic novel about a couple who love dogs, in a small town that often does not. more
The duo adds more than 50 pages of new material to this hilarious collection of their long-running autobiographical comics series. more
A Christmas morning spirals into an ordeal rife with lust and brutality in this surreal graphic novel, a collection of comics its creator has been serializing for decades. more
This bold, informative graphic memoir debut tackles fatphobia in the media, the medical field, and in its author's own mind. more
- The State of Comics Sales: While sales of graphic novels and manga continued to drop from the record sales they notched during the pandemic, overall numbers have stayed impressively robust.
- Marvel Introduces Its Premier Collection: The new line of trade paperbacks, which will launch in February, aims to provide an accessible entry point to long-running series for new readers.
- IDW's Next Editor-in-Chief: After several years of turbulence, Bobby Curnow will return to IDW Publishing after a short stint with Magma Comix.
- And IDW's New Horror Imprint: IDW Dark, launching in 2025, will partner with Paramount to adapt comic books from horror film and TV franchises including The Twilight Zone and Event Horizon, as well as sequels to some of IDW's original horror titles.
- Inklore Teams Up with Tiny Onion: Two of the graphic novel business's rising star outfits will partner up to publish 12 books by comics star and Tiny Onion founder James Tynion IV.
- TCAF Gets a New Director: Amie Wright has been appointed executive director of the Toronto Comic Arts Festival, succeeding Miles Baker.
- Fantagraphics Crashes New Joe Sacco Book: Fantagraphics will publish War on Gaza, the comics artist's first new comics on Palestine and Gaza since 2010's Footnotes in Gaza, on December 17.
- Comixology Expands In Print: Amazon's digital comics platform has inked a new print distribution partnership with publishers Ablaze Publishing and Mad Cave Studios.
- Comics Creator Mourns by Giving Back: Award-winning graphic novelist Zoe Thorogood, rocked by her brother's suicide, is donating all profits from her graphic novel It's Lonely at the Center of the Earth to mental health charities, per the Guardian, with the book's publishers in three countries slated to match the donations.
- RIP Bernie Mireault: The work of the late comics artist "always projected the passionate fascination of someone standing just outside the comics mainstream without ever totally entering it," per the Comics Journal.
- Atlas Comics Returns: The classic '50s comics brands are being revived, with the initial product range exclusive to Walmart, per ICv2.
- Celebrating with the Beat: The comics publication founded by PW contributor Heidi MacDonald shares photos from its 20th anniversary party, held during this year's NYCC.
- Red Light Properties Returns: Creator Dan Goldman is bringing back his cult tropical horror comic series, starting with a Kickstarter campaign.
- NYC Dept. of Transit Yells 'Excelsior!': The New York City Department of Transportation is selling a limited number of "Stan Lee Way" commemorative street signs, per the Bronx Times.
- Alan Moore Slams Fandom: "Fan attitudes have toxified the world surrounding us, most obviously in our politics," the author argues in the Guardian.
- The Tale of the Trans Clone Trooper: The publication of a new reference book containing lore for a transgender Star Wars character was followed by backlash from "the notoriously intolerant portion of the franchise's fandom," reports Them.
- Spider-Man Returns, Again: Actor Tom Holland teased fans with news of Spider-Man 4, which has been greenlit by Sony and Marvel, per Deadline.
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