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Webcomics, especially the vertical long-scrolling sagas popular on sites like Webtoon and Tapas, have emerged as industry game-changers. 'A decade and a half ago, all the talk was print-to-digital,' says [...]

This season, Ruth Chan, Jules Feiffer, and other kid-lit stars from across generations enter the bustling middle grade category--where realistic coming-of-age dramas and fantastical escapes fill up the same tween [...]

Big names like Ryan Estrada, Derek Kirk Kim, and Jen Wang headline a fall lineup that's full of fresh takes on familiar coming-of-age and romance themes--plus super-futuristic mermaids. TOP 10 [...]

All Our Ordinary Stories Teresa Wong (Arsenal Pulp) $21.95 Wong explores her Chinese immigrant parents' history with curiosity, wry humor, and moments of aching regret. The language gap is an [...]

REGULARS / COLLECTIBLES MATTERS OF MOMENT THE COLLECTOR Tintin tops This is one for the future. If you’re interested in investing in models that are likely to appreciate, I have [...]

Sketches are constantly gesturing toward internet culture -- which makes sense, since the show has long been internet culture itself. There was a moment during the cold open of a [...]

In This Issue / INTERVIEW THOMAS WARKENTIN DRAWN TO THE STARS: COMIC STRIP WRITER THOMAS WARKENTIN WORDS: RICH HANDLEY On 2 December 1979, the [I.Los Angeles Times] Syndicate launched a [...]

Byline: Our Bureau, Bengaluru Merck, a global leader in science and technology, launched two engaging comic books in collaboration with Tinkle at Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru. These books were [...]

Profile Always with Passion Imploring people to take notice, this artist highlights the plight of endangered and exploited animals via her canvas. Amber J Sena I’m unable to recall the [...]

BY BRIAN KEVIN PHOTOGRAPHY BY SOPHIE PARK ILLUSTRATIONS BY ROSEMARY MOSCO Rosemary Mosco has built a career on making jokes out of science and nature. Suppose you had to summarize [...]

BY JENNIFER BOGO, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF AS WE WERE WORKING ON this issue, my 6-year-old discovered the joy of Calvin and Hobbes. I would hear him cackling gleefully as he devoured a [...]

Spring's slate features big-name female artists, including Leela Corman, Emil Ferris, and Marjane Satrapi; diverse graphic memoir debuts from promising newcomers such as Tessa Hulls and Eddie Ahn; and weirdo [...]

Ngozi Ukazu and G. Willow Wilson headline a season full of serious and sassy offerings, including punky graphic novels, coming-of-age tales with modern vibes, and flights of fantasy--and flirtation. TOP [...]

Eisner-nominated cartoonist Sarah Andersen's strip Sarah's Scribbles, which mixes observations from her life with jokes about monsters, cats, and weird animals, has been running online for more than 10 years [...]

'These characters are from my webcomic Raruurien. It's a slice-of-life story of a single mother and her two kids, wrapped in a fantasy theme. I wanted their everyday activities to [...]

Evercore ISI initiated coverage of Webtoon with an Outperform rating and $30 price target. The global Web-comics and Web-novels platform that has attracted over 170M users and 24M creators and [...]

LEISURE BOOKS COMIC RELIEF The Comics Culture Collective is trying to introduce Bengali comics to a larger audience —Aditya Mani Jha In JANUARY, DURING A WEEKLONG trip to Kolkata, I [...]

Byline: Adgully Bureau Continuing its efforts to strengthen India's democratic process, ABP News has unveiled the 'Adarsh Voter' campaign, a series of educational comic strips designed to promote informed voting [...]

Garfield’s antics are as timeless as a well-aged lasagne. Keep laughing, keep smiling, and remember, there’s always room for more Garfield in your day! Garfield is a global sensation! His [...]

This fall the bursting-at-the-seams middle grade comics category is fueled by a diverse cast of debut authors--plus plenty of returning favorites, including Ben Hatke and Nidhi Chanani. TOP 10 Alterations [...]

This portrait is part of an illustration series called Fancy Hats. It's a personal project where I focus on showcasing various headdress designs from seven different fantasy tribes within the [...]

Byline: Kaan Serin A Short Hike and so many more cool indies join to raise funds Independent creatives have joined together to form The Palestinian Relief Bundle - which gives [...]

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Byline: AnimationXpress Team K-pop band Enhypen is back with webcomic series Children of Vamfield by Dark Moon which will be exclusively available on the Korean webcomic platform Webtoon. Children of [...]

Sports stories have so much to do with physical movement, and the visual format of comics, graphic novels, and manga is a natural fit for the genre, bringing to vivid [...]

Spring is often when publishers take risks, and this season offers plenty to discover, including ambitious debut memoirs from gag cartoonists, weighty topics addressed with frank humor, and edgy sex [...]

Beginning readers and comics are natural partners. Both use visual support to help readers make sense of their stories. In beginning-reader comics, this allows authors opportunities to use more difficult [...]

Grand, Alex UNDERSTANDING SUPERHERO COMIC BOOKS McFarland (NonFiction Nonfiction) $39.95 6, 13 ISBN: 9781476690391 Grand explores the history of the medium in this nonfiction work. The author was first introduced [...]

After Lambana Eliza Victoria and Mervin Malonzo (Tuttle) $16.99 * Manila is home to two linked realities in this melancholy but ultimately hopeful urban fantasy inspired by Philippine folklore. Ever [...]

A preview of new titles published between October 2022-September 2023 After a strong opening to 2022, any fears that the genre's success over the past two years would prove a [...]