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Oni Press quietly moves into turnaround mode
The Oregon-based publisher is looking to add a marketing co-ordinator, according to an online posting
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DC, Marvel, and more: The best superhero comic collections to give to loved ones for this holiday season
Yes, you count as your own loved one if you want
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Dike Ruan feels amazed to be here
Italian comics artist Dike Ruan chats with Popverse about breaking in, his work on Shang-Chi, and his dream jobs
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Marvel Studios finds a new writer and director for Mahershala Ali's Blade
Yann Demange, who directed the pilot for HBO's Lovecraft Country, will head up the movie moving forward
Guide
MCM Comic Con London 2022: Be there from anywhere with filmed panels, celebrity interviews, and showfloor reports
MCM returns, and Popverse is here in London covering the news, panels, guests, cosplay, and more
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Dawn of DC - How DC is taking advantage of how much you miss your favorite heroes
With 20+ new launches expected throughout 2023, will the new DC restore the classic status quo after so many years?
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Exclusive | Exclusive: Los Angeles Comic Con announces main stage panels including Lord of the Rings, The Sandlot, The Boys
An early sneak peek at the biggest panels announced for Los Angeles Comic Con 2022
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Queer comics & graphic novels to gift this holiday season
Nine queer graphic novels to gift this holiday season
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Archie Comics adds a new character to the Riverdale mythos: Cassie Cloud
Meet the colorful new addition to the Archie Comics family: Cassie Cloud
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Felix the Cat jumps comic publishers to be flagship of new kids comics imprint from Rocketship
The graphic novel is currently being funded on Kickstarter
How to
The Walking Dead read order: The Walking Dead universe in release and chronological orders
With over 200 comic book issues, as well as prose novel and game tie-ins, the Walking Dead comics universe can be hard to figure out... so let us help!
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The Rocketeer flies back into comics with an one-off issue featuring work by Adam Hughes, Jae Lee, and more
The Kickstarter-exclusive release supports the upcoming Dave Stevens documentary
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Marvel brings Thor and WandaVision's Darcy into the comic book universe
The character, played by Kat Dennings in the MCU, will be part of the upcoming Scarlet Witch comic book series
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Zine librarian Jenna Freedman chats about the Barnard Zine library and why every grrrl's story is important
Barnard College's campus features a zine library that focuses on the work of women, nonbinary people, and trans men.
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James Tynion IV heads to Dark Horse Comics with new imprint
The creator's new line at the publisher will include material from his Substack deal and more
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Let's Play creator parts ways with WEBTOON
"There have been ongoing difficulties for several years, most of which I can’t discuss," Leeanne M. Krecic told fans
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DC expands the Sandman Universe with a new Nightmare Country series in 2023
James Tynion IV and Lisandro Estherren return for the six-issue Glass House
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Want comics based on Lord of the Rings, Borderlands, and Deus Ex? So does Dark Horse Comics
The Dark Horse CEO talks about the potential of new comics based on its parent company's videogame properties, including Tomb Raider, Deep Rock Galactic, and Deus Ex
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Streaming Video | How did the first Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie get made? Watch the NYCC panel to get answers here
Bobby Herbeck, Kim Dawson, Randy Falk, Chris Castaneda are at NYCC to talk about the unlikely success of the TMNT film, which started with a “no” but formed a lasting legacy.
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AMC Networks to publish Persian White by Kelly Sue DeConnick and Bill Sienkiewicz in 2023
The creators' long-awaited collaboration will be published late next year, AMC Networks has announced
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How to make the most of your holidays, via mixing fandom and advent calendars
Celebrate the 24-day countdown to Christmas with these 12 geeky advent calendars
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Rest in Peace, Carlos Pacheco
The artist of X-Men, Flash, Fantastic Four, Green Lantern, and many more titles passed Wednesday
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Streaming Video | Watch the full Star Trek comics panel from NYCC '22 with Jackson Lanzing, Collin Kelly, Liana Kangas, Heather Antos, JK Woodward, Chris Fenoglio
Join Collin Kelly, Liana Kangas, JK Woodward, Chris Fenoglio, Jackson Lanzing and, Heather Antos as they boldly go where no Star Trek comic has gone before!
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Asian and Pacific American cultures, creators, and fans take center stage at New York Comic Con 2022
Asian and Pacific American representation at New York Comic Con 2022
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A new crowdfunding campaign aims to restore 1947's All-Negro Comics to comic book history
The Kickstarter campaign funds a restored version of the first comic book entirely created by Black creators
News
Fantagraphics signs with LibraryPass for digital comics in school libraries
The new distribution deal will make digital versions of titles like Monsters and Love & Rockets available in schools and libraries
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Is a piece of Darwyn Cooke's beloved DC: The New Frontier becoming part of mainstream DCU canon?
How The New Golden Age plays fast and loose with Who's Who in the DC Universe
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Streaming Video | Watch DC's Superman panel from NYCC 2022 with Dan Jurgens, Joshua Williamson, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, Mark Russell and Alex Segura
30 years after the Death of Superman, Joshua Williamson, Mark Russell, Phillip Kennedy Johnson, and Dan Jurgens join moderator Alex Segura for DC’s all-things-Superman panel!
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Black Adam, Michael Corleone, Charles Foster Kane, and Darth Vader: the eerie parallels between four iconic characters
With the Black Adam film in theaters, we look at the character's connections to three other iconic cinematic icons
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How the late Kevin O'Neill changed comics for the better
Yes, he was a comic artist unlike any other, but Kevin O'Neill did more for comics than many know
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Doom Patrol's Joivan Wade, Michelle Gomez, and April Bowlby on what to expect in the show's new season (maybe)
Spoiler warning: There's a chant of "Sniff those butts" midway through this interview (really)
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Kevin O'Neill, artist best known for work on 2000 AD and League of Extraordinary Gentleman, has died
Gosh Comics, a comics shop in London which often worked with the artist, made the announcement early Monday morning
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It's Marvel vs. Monkeys in February as Marvel unveils Planet of the Apes variant cover program
Marvel is bringing the Planet of the Apes into its superhero universe in a series of variant covers, set for release in February 2023
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At the Los Angeles stop of her tour, Kate Beaton shares Ducks through the history of the mines, a slideshow presentation, and music
Kate Beaton gave a intimate and haunting look into the world behind her graphic memoir Ducks
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Vault Comics announces new graphic novel line Headshell
Vault is launching a new imprint of graphic novels inspired by musicians including Fall Out Boy, the Beach Boys, and Metallica
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Drawing for all ages (with professional cartoonists!) at New York Comic Con
On Kids Day at this year's NYCC, Colleen AF Venable, John Gallagher, Liz Montague, Matthew Holm, and Mark Siegel
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Image Comics signs new distribution deal with school library program LibraryPass
The new agreement will make Image titles digitally available for thousands of readers
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Streaming Video | Stream the Water, Earth, Fire, Air Avatar panel from NYCC
Rachel Silverstein, Alex Monik, Cara O'Neil, Brendan Conway, and Anne Heltzel took the stage at the Javits Center to talk about continuing the legacy of Avatar.
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Exclusive Sneak Peek: Bob Phantom returns to Archie Comics (with a special guest)
Bob Phantom is back! And this time he's accompanied by Valerie from Josie and the Pussycats
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The pop culture of all things: Chatting with proprietors of NYC comic shops at NYCC 2022
New York Comic Con features booths from some of the best comic shops in the city. We had a chance to chat with them.
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Marvel announces 2023 Free Comic Book Day titles, teases possible Uncanny Avengers revival
Get ready for some peeks into the future of the Marvel Universe coming next May
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Chatting with Sina Grace, the Rockstar of Rockstar and Softboy
"It's been really cool to do the thing you want to do and have people respond to it," writer Sina Grace tells Popverse
News
Legal charges against Stan Lee's business manager dropped by judge
A judge dismisses the charges against Keya Morgan after the jury became deadlocked
Interview
Comic artist Simon Roy returns to his webcomic roots with Griz Grobus
A holy robot, a war god goose, and their comic that hit its Kickstarter goal in under a day.
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Heartstopper's Joe Locke joins Marvel's WandaVision spinoff Agatha: Coven of Chaos
The Netflix star will play an unnamed role in the first of two spinoffs from the Disney+ hit
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Remembering Vincent Kukua, comics artist, professional, and community member
Vincent Kukua passed away at age 45 on October 4, 2022.
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Indie anthology Off Into The Sunset gains a second life on social media, thanks to its creators
The collapse of the original project wasn't the end of the story for creators behind the failed anthology Off Into The Sunset
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This Month in Comics History: Mephisto grants Peter Parker One More Day
Not to mention the first openly lesbian character in comics turns 50
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Streaming Video | Watch: Judge Dredd writer Arthur Wyatt talk Best of 2000 AD at this year's NYCC
Best of 2000 AD, a new quarterly graphic novel series, aims to bring the best of the British comics titan to the US.
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Streaming Video | DMC and Amy Chu headlined the NYCC Darryl Makes Comics panel - stream it here!
DMC, Amy Chu, N Steven Harris, Dean Haspiel, David Proch, and Riggs Morales discuss creativity, culture, and comics at the Javits Center.
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Wonder Woman Historia's Gene Ha talks his creative process and favorite art tools
"If you're an artist working with a writer who hasn't done comics before you have to explain different techniques you can use," Gene Ha says
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Streaming Video | SPAWN turns 30! Watch this year's NYCC celebration panel, featuring Todd McFarlane!
The Toddfather headed to the Javits Center along with Jim Lee and Greg Capullo to talk about the first thirty years of Spawn… and the next!
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Streaming Video | Watch the Yen Press industry panel from NYCC on Popverse
Yen Press has been bringing the best in Korean manga entertainment to the US; hear them talk about the process at the Javits Center.
News
Stargirl comes to an end at The CW
The DC hero is ending her flight on television, with the news that the CW series will come to a close at the end of its current third season this December
Interview
Molly Mendoza discusses toxic nostalgia and their latest book STRAY
"I hope the audience gets from Stray it's 'Hey, you messed up but someone still loves you, baby.'"
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Streaming Video | Tom Welling, Erica Durance, and Laura Vandervoort are talking Smallville in London - watch it here!
Don’t miss this look back on the lasting legacy of Smallville as stars Tom Welling, Erica Durance, and Laura Vandervoort take the Main Stage at MCM.
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Top fun things to do at MCM London
A summary of all the activities at MCM for ticket holders
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The complicated real world backstory of Marvel's Miracleman, explained
How did the forgotten classic become forgotten in the first place, and what did Todd McFarlane have to do with everything?
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Build your Magic: The Gathering comic deck with a sale on the comic books & graphic novels for Magic 30
Magic: The Gathering comics & graphic novels go on sale for Magic 30 30th Anniversary event
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"This is the dream; this is the astronaut job": David Pepose talks the critic-to-creator pipeline at NYCC 2022
"I either need to walk away or I need to change my relationship with products"
News
WEBTOON to end Creator Rewards Program in February 2023
The decision pushes webcomics creators on the platform towards ad revenue and tips as the primary ways to make money
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Streaming Video | DC Comics Presents… Jim Lee! Watch the panel here
Chief Creative Officer of DC Comics Jim Lee heads to NYCC to highlight some of this year’s bets DC stuff and tease what’s in the future.
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IDW announces a Dungeons & Dragons movie prequel in graphic novel form
The graphic novel prequel to next March's Dungeons & Dragons movie is timed to debut a month before the movie
Interview
Alyssa Wong teases body horror and a love interest in Deadpool #1
The Merc with A Mouth presents a new challenge for the Doctor Aphra Writer
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The final Judgment Day is upon us, with a vision of humanity's future via its recent past
The EC Comics classic knew what it wanted to say, even if others didn't necessarily like it
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Streaming Video | Todd McFarlane takes NYCC into the McFarlane Toys multiverse!
Todd McFarlane is joined by Brian Walters, AJ Morris, Cristy Collins to talk everything McFarlane Toys.
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Comics are under attack. The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund shows us how to fight back.
At NYCC, The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund celebrates recent victories for free speech, while preparing for its most challenges to date.
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Comics pioneer Denis Kitchen talks comics, history, and censorship at NYCC 2022
In conversation with one of comics' greatest living legends.
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Exclusive | Exclusive excerpt: Searching for the man behind the genius in Jim Ottaviani and Jerel Dye's Einstein
Jim Ottaviani and Jerel Dye's Einstein hopes to dispel the myth that Einstein did poorly in school
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Streaming Video | WATCH: Webtoon and DC come together for an unmissable NYCC panel
David Lee, Marie Javins, Manou Azumi Vixen, Patrick R. Young, Rosie Knight are at NYCC to talk Wayne Family Adventures, Vixen, and Zatanna.
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Streaming Video | Watch: Popverse’s own Tiffany Babb host NYCC 2022's Traps, Tropes, and Tribulations: The Genre Comics panel
Popverse’s Deputy Editor Tiffany Babb hosts a Genre Comics panel featuring Ram V, Sara Alfageeh, Soo Lee, and Amy Chu.
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Avery Hill's Spring 2023 Kickstarter campaign is live, featuring comics by Nicole Goux, K. Briggs, and Ellice Weaver
Avery Hill has just launched their newest Kickstarter
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What should you read and watch this Spooky Season?
We have horror movie and comic book suggestions to help
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Video Interview | James Tynion IV talks about his recent Eisner Award win
"[I] just tried not to cry," Tynion tells Popverse
Guide
New York Comic Con 2022: Watch 30+ filmed panels, read numerous interviews and news reports, and hear conversations with celebrities
NYCC is here, and Popverse is in full force covering the news, panels, guests, and more
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"It was kind of the start of my career:" Nick Dragotta looks back on the ten-year anniversary of the end of Marvel Comics' FF
It has been ten years since the conclusion of FF-- here are Nick Dragotta's thoughts
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IDW has a humble mission: to be the best publisher in comics
Unveiling the four pillars of IDW at this year's NYCC
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Vault Comics teases a new line of titles on the horizon as part of NYCC 2022 panel
"This one has rocket fuel dripping from it."
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Highlight Video | Re-live the best of New York Comic Con 2022 with NYCC Insider from Popverse
See the best from the NYCC 2022 show floor, the biggest stages, and backstage with Popverse's NYCC Insider 2022
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A visit to the Society of Illustrators in New York City
Checking out From Brotherman to Batman, Nora Krug, and book illustration at the Society of Illustrators on the Upper East Side
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The lessons learned from, and the questions never asked at, New York Comic Con 2022's Q & A panel
Sunday afternoon brought convention organizers face to face with fans, with one shared mission: making NYCC better
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Tom King talks DC's Danger Street: "This is the meanest thing I could've done to an artist" (Sorry, Jorge Fornés!)
In a free-wheeling chat at New York Comic Con, the Human Target writer talks about cake, shame, and DC's First Issue Special
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Members Access | NYCC: ICv2 gives comic professionals a glance at the state of the comic book industry by the numbers.
A peek into this year's ICV2 Insider event at NYCC
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In the city that doesn't sleep (or mask): A travelog of New York Comic Con
An account of a week at New York Comic Con 2022
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Streaming Video | Watch NYCC's full George Pérez remembrance panel with Dan DiDio, Phil Jimenez, Dan Jurgens, Constance Eza, Alex Segura
A panel of comics talent honors the life and works of one of the greatest artists that ever blessed the comics medium, George Perez.
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Marjorie Liu unpicks the mysteries behind The Night Eaters: She Eats The Night
The writer of Monstress talks about her new graphic novel series, its roots, and collaborating with Sana Takeda
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Streaming Video | Watch Mason Alexander Park's full Endless Nights concert from NYCC 2022
Desire themself, Mason Alexander Park, heads to Comic Con for an evening unlike any that Sandman fans have ever experienced.
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The end of DC's Flashpoint Beyond teases a return to the world of Watchmen, let's take a look at what that might mean
What does Nostalgia have to do with the future of DC's comic book output?
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Black Cloak mixes magic and sci-fi for the first big comic of 2023
The new Image Comics series comes from Kelly Thompson and Meredith McClaren
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Members Access | Ram V dishes on his comic book origins and evolution
In a spotlight interview, Eisner and Harvey Award-nominated comic book creator Ram V recounts how he started writing comics and reinvents himself throughout his career
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Hamish Steele's DeadEndia returns to print (with an all-new third volume, as well!)
The comic behind Netflix's Dead End: Paranormal Park is returning to print with an all-new final volume on its way courtesy of Union Square Books
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Sleepy Hollow reimagined as a supernatural queer romance by Lumberjanes co-creator
Shannon Watters and Branden Boyer-White discuss the supernatural in celebration of the OGN Hollow
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Image Comics to debut James Tynion IV's new ongoing horror comic in the 30th anniversary Image! anthology
Writer James Tynion IV has big plans for 2023, and they're getting started early with a sneak peek at his next series in November's Image! anthology
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Exclusive: Bestselling YA series The Raven Cycle to be adapted to graphic novels
Maggie Stiefvater’s acclaimed YA series will be adapted into a graphic novel by creative team Stephanie Williams and Sas Milledge
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Peach Momoko and her husband/manager open up about the overwhelming issues surrounding her New York Comic Con 2022 booth
The Demon Days creator found herself constantly surrounded at the four-day event in the Javits Center
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Z2 Comics unveils new leadership team after the departure of founder/co-owner Josh Frankel
The independent publisher has promoted a number of figures internally
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2022's most terrifying tales to read this Halloween season
Six scary comics and two prose novels for your Halloween reading list
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Marc Silvestri shares the unexpected origin (and classic inspirations behind) Batman/Joker: The Deadly Duo
The Image Comics founder spilled the beans behind next month's launch at New York Comic Con 2022
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Abrams ComicArts Talks Publishing in 2022 and Beyond at NYCC 2022
The publisher has had a big year but they are just getting started