Emotional Autobiography: PW Talks with Diane DiMassa
The cartoonist revisits her 30-year-old legendary character Hothead Paisan. more...
Diamond Update
The court approved the sale of Diamond UK and blocked a bid by Diamond to sell the publishers’ inventory. more...
More to Come, the PW Comics World Podcast
This week on More To Come: We recap Anime NYC 2025 and the convention experience at the Javits Center; offer a report on the winners of the American Manga Awards; plus our cohosts provide an update on new developments around the Diamond bankruptcy, and lessons from the failure of Once Upon a Con.
DC Comics Sees An ‘Absolute’ Success
The comics giant has three new books featuring familiar superheroes on the shelves this month—but the origin stories within are anything but familiar. DC executive editor Chris Conroy explains why the publisher’s Absolute Universe has struck a chord. more...
Corto Maltese Sets Sail at Fantagraphics
U.S. comics fans will soon be able to experience the adventures of Hugo Pratt’s iconic seafarer like never before thanks to a new publishing program at Fantagraphics, which aims to make the entire Corto Maltese series available across six deluxe full-color hardcover editions. more...
Fall 2025 Comics & Graphic Novels Preview
From spine-tingling monster tales to swoonworthy love stories, serious nonfiction and hard-hitting histories, our editors select the season’s most promising Adult, Middle Grade, YA, and Manga Titles. Plus we've got lists of selected great graphic works focused on food and cooking, monsters, movies, and interviews with acclaimed cartoonists. more...and more.
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DC Comics Sees An ‘Absolute’ Success
The comics giant has three new books featuring familiar superheroes on the shelves this month—but the origin stories within are anything but familiar. DC executive editor Chris Conroy explains why the publisher’s Absolute Universe has struck a chord.
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Corto Maltese Sets Sail at Fantagraphics
U.S. comics fans will soon be able to experience the adventures of Hugo Pratt’s iconic seafarer like never before thanks to a new publishing program at Fantagraphics, which aims to make the entire Corto Maltese series available across six deluxe full-color hardcover editions.
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Panel Mania: ‘Second Shift’ by Kit Anderson
This dream-like science fiction tale captures the slowly disorienting mental states of workers on a faraway planet. A 12-page excerpt.
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Emotional Autobiography: PW Talks with Diane DiMassa
The cartoonist revisits her 30-year-old oeuvre and legendary character Hothead Paisan: Homicidal Lesbian Terrorist, whose rage-filled adventures are collected in a new book from New York Review Comics.
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2025 American Manga Award Winners Announced
Kodansha and Square Enix each took home two of the night’s six awards, which were launched last year to honor outstanding achievements in the world of Japanese comics. The ceremony, held August 21, coincided with the first day of this year’s Anime NYC convention in New York.
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Diamond Bankruptcy Hearing Heats Up
As the bankruptcy hearing over the fate of the remaining assets of Diamond Comic Distributors unfolded this month, the court approved the sale of Diamond UK and blocked a bid by Diamond to sell the publishers’ inventory it holds rather than return it.
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Freedom Fighting and History Writing: PW Talks with Rob Edwards
In his new graphic novel, Defiant (Legion M/Stranger, out now), the Captain America: Brave New World screenwriter tells the little-known story of Robert Smalls, who escaped slavery in 1862 and went on to become a U.S. Congressman.
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Panel Mania: ‘Everything Sucks: Kings of Nothing’ by Michael Sweater
This graphic collection captures the antics of a very funny crew of shiftless stoners determined to avoid responsibilities of any kind.
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SDCC 2025: Comics Reclaim the Spotlight in Hollywood’s Absence
At this year’s San Diego Comic-Con, held July 23–27, comics took back their top spot in the Con’s pecking order thanks in part to fewer movie stars visiting Hall H.
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Panel Mania: ‘Meat Eaters’ by Meredith McClaren
This grisly teen drama about a college town full of horrific shape-shifting monsters hiding in plain sight delivers brisk, comic banter alongside bold, stylized linework.
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