Comics’ interactive, visual format is the perfect medium for bringing game action to life. Here are some new releases rolling out for comics fans, however they may game. more
Takumigraphics, the storied comics publisher’s new dedicated home for manga, manhwa, and graphic novels from across the region, will debut with four titles next spring. Fantagraphics editor Conrad Groth, associate publisher Gary Groth, and president Eric Reynolds will lead acquisitions. more
A passel of recent comics redefine the relationship between graphic storytelling and fine art. more
Descending from the depths of night, dorky Daisuke and devilishly dashing Dark return in a new special edition! Enjoy once more the tale of a young boy cursed to body swap with a legendary phantom thief, and lose yourself in the pages of this updated omnibus collection! (Sponsored) More
This week on More to Come, Kate Fitzsimons, Calvin Reid, and Heidi MacDonald highlight the best graphic novels of the year chosen for PW’s annual Best Books 2025 list; Heidi reports on ComicsPRO and its annual comics retailing report; and a whole lot more. more
These middle grade comics offer accessible stories about how one person (or many) can change the world. Or at least get their homework done. more
In Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance, the Ignatz Award winner sends his cartoon avatar time traveling through Black history. more
Mimi Pond’s Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me is both a rollicking graphic biography of seven brilliantly eccentric British sisters and a self-portrait of Pond’s 1960s Southern California childhood. Deeply researched and very funny, it’s a lively profile of the sisters—who were born to great aristocratic privilege, if not great wealth, and developed an impressive range of political dispositions and talents—including novelist Nancy, muckraking lefty journalist Jessica, and scandalous Nazi/Hitler sympathizers Diana and Unity.
In this 10-page excerpt, Pond remembers her own childhood, yearning for a sister and for the kind of posh and privilege that defined the Mitford girls. Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me by Mimi Pond is out now from Drawn & Quarterly.
‘Making Nonfiction Comics: A Guide for Graphic Narrative’ by Shay Mirk and Eleri HarrisFormer The Nib editors Mirk and Harris deliver a handy-dandy how-to for aspiring and established creators of fact-based comics. Full of sound advice and brimming over with energy, humor, and passion, this will make an indispensable addition to the bookshelves of comics creatives of all stripes. more
Science journalist Funneman partners with Dutch children’s book artist Brouwers for an appealing and informative comics primer on the omnipresence of electricity.This will appeal to fans of such pop science comics as The Hidden Life of Trees and Insectopolis. more
Teixeira combines folksy wisdom, queer romance, and a touch of horror into this affecting drama. The result is an intimate and thoughtful tale about working up the courage to face one’s fears. more
The buddy cop trope gets a sizable makeover—literally—in this playful series opener by Rose and King. Fans of the Fables and the Dresden Files series will get a kick out of this. more
An ad hoc cadre of militant cinemaniacs register their distaste for the consumer-capitalist status quo in this hilariously snarky collection of the Instagram webcomic by Gelgud. This one will be snapped up by cinephiles who might, in between Agnès Varda retrospectives and complaining about Letterboxd, wonder if they could hijack the Criterion Closet van. more
- Angoulême Festival in Crisis: Numerous publishers and authors are boycotting the Angoulême International Comics Festival to protest the continued involvement of its controversial official organizer, 9e Art+, and the company’s owner, Franck Bondoux, per the Beat.
- World Fantasy Awards Winners: Robert Jackson Bennett and Mariana Enríquez are among the winners of this year’s World Fantasy Awards, presented at the World Fantasy Convention in Brighton, England.
- No Treat for Comics Retailer: A North Carolina retailer was arrested and charged with a felony count of distributing obscene literature after a mother opened a bag containing a comic that was given away at Trunk or Treat, a Halloween tradition in Sunset Beach, N.C., according to the Beat.
- Precious Indian Comics Lost to Fire: A massive fire at the warehouse of Amar Chitra Katha in Bhiwandi, a suburb of Mumbai, destroyed nearly 600,000 books, including more than 200 original hand-drawn illustrations from the 1960s and ’70s, per the BBC.
- Local Comic Shop Day a Success: Local Comic Shop Day 2025 featured more than 270 shops, with an after-event survey indicating a boost in retail revenue from the event, per ICv2.
- Dungeon Crawler Carl Rakes in Millions: October was a booming month for crowdfunded comics, with The Dungeon Crawler Carl: Crocodile bringing in nearly $2.3 million to date, reports the Beat.
- ‘Southern Bastards’ Gets Hulu Pilot: Hulu has ordered a pilot for a new drama project titled Southern Bastards, based on Jason Aaron and Jason Latour’s graphic novel series of the same name, per Deadline.
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