PW Comics World: More To Come

Marvel Comics announces a move to California, and a new Editor In Chief; Dark Horse unveils new leadership; San Diego Comic-Con is around the corner; Comix Wellspring goes on hiatus; and the Japanese government invests tens of billions into anime and manga industries.

Stephanie Williams becomes the first black woman nominated for a writing Eisner; the dispute between cartoonist Tilly Walden and academic Rachel Hope Cleves over 'Charity and Silvia'; the new Supergirl movie; Heidi's experiences at ALA; a look toward SDCC 2026; comics on Kickstarter; AI translation in comics and light novels and more.

Heidi talks with the creator of the classic "The Dark Knight", "Sin City" and "600" comics about his life, his art and his new autobiography 'Push the Wall'

A tribute to the late Marjane Satrapi, creator of 'Persepolis'; and discuss the legal drama at Archie Comics and the publisher's future; a union update at Dark Horse; layoffs at Paizo; novel methods of promoting 'Rom #1' and Supergirl giveaway comics; 'Gender Queer' gets a new edition; and reexamining Alan Moore as a novelist.

A very tumultuous two weeks in comics with news of Dark Horse reorganizing and unionizing, Marvel getting a new boss, Boom losing its boss, AI and the Eisners and more! 

this year's Eisner nominations; Jack Kirby Way Day; Midnight Marvel and Marvel's slump; data showing that comics creators are suffering despite industry successes; the webtoon and webnovel under fair trade investigation in Korea; and Comixology turns off the lights as Neon Ichiban builds up speed.

Heidi talks with comics historian/curator Roy Schwartz who led the campaign to get a street named after Jack Kirby. Schwartz shares some of the behind the scenes of how it got done, and his thoughts on Kirby's life and career. 

BookCon 2026 and its fallout; BICS and Comics Arts Fest; the mangaka Syundei being driven off social media; a tribute to the late comics creators Gerry Conway and Frank Stack; Newsarama shutting down; Kadokawa's bid for the US retail market and more.

Heidi talks with Gemma Correll about her new memoir, 'Anxietyland', which chronicles her battle with severe anxiety in her trademark style. They also discuss her career, her most popular comic, and how to be a cartoonist on Instagram.

Major layoffs at Marvel and Disney and their potential AI connections; growth at Tiny Onion and GlobalComix; a new comics art festival for Brooklyn; a drop in young teen manga readers in Japan; indie comics Monstress and Niobe get animated adaptations; the return of superstar artists; and Stars and Stripes drops comic strips and gets backlash.

Live from the Metropolitan Pavilion in NYC, Calvin talks with Kendra Boileau, editor in chief of Penn State University Press and publisher of Graphic Mundi, its nonfiction comics imprint; Liz Frances, publisher of Street Noise Books; Rand Hoppe, executive director of the Jack Kirby Museum; and Charles Kochman, editor in chief of Abrams ComicArts. 

Atom Freeman of Prana Direct Market Solutions joins Heidi to talk about the debut of 'Comics! The Magazine', a new print magazine that reaches comics readers in a new (yet old) way. He also discusses how Prana is developing sales charts for the entire industry. 

Heidi visits the ComicsPRO annual retailer and publisher meeting, now that the press has been invited; announcements from ComicsPro; Kodansha's record-setting year in comic shops; Toyfair in the year of tariffs; a new Jack Kirby exhibit; and Seven Seas teams up with GlobalComix for all-you-can-read digital comics, and announces a Baihe imprint.

The comics of PW's Spring Announcements issue; the new GNCRT Outstanding Comics awards; Diamond's Chapter 7 bankruptcy and the effect on DSTLRY and micro-publishers; reported mass layoffs at Kindle Comics/ex-Comixology; fan responses to the shutdown of the Bato webtoon and manga piracy empire; Jim Lee's controversial praise of manga; and Angouleme plans a new festival with respect and women.

An interview with cartoonist and illustrator Tom Gaul, about science cartooning and his latest collection of cartoons, 'Physics for Cats'. Gauld's work has appeared in New Scientist magazine as well as The Guardian, The New Yorker, and The New York Times.

What’s coming in 2026, including the state of Marvel and DC, comics sales, indie comics, Webtoon, manga, a Chinese convention manga ban, and AI translation; plus, the Diamond aftermath, Universal Distribution, censorship, the relaunch of Vertigo, and new book projects. 

A look back on the biggest stories in graphic novel and comics publishing in 2025, from the Diamond Distributors bankruptcy debacle to Batman’s absolute triumph. Plus graphic novel and comics sales, the Warner Bros. sale, Angoulême festival cancellation, AI controversy, convention update, startups and more.

The best graphic novels of the year from PW's annual Best Books 2025 list; ComicsPRO and its annual comics retailing report; update on the Angoulême crisis; a report on Baltimore Comic Con; news from Crunchyroll; the Frieren manga series goes on indefinite hiatus because of the health of the creative team; and More To Come announces a break from programming while we revamp our format.

Recorded live at New York Comic Con 2025, Calvin Reid talks with Jeff Trexler, interim director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund about threats facing comics free speech; Heidi MacDonald interviews Tom Scioli writer and artist of 'Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theater', comics artist Danny Earls of 'Incredible Hulk' and 'Darth Vader'; and Meg Lemke speaks with Toril Orlesky, the creator of 'Hotblood!' coming out from Mad Cave.

The people and events of New York Comic Con 2025 including retailer day; ICv2 Insider Talks; DC and the Vertigo relaunch; Marvel Ultimates; the show floor; programming; party poop; the Harvey Awards; and the More to Come 700th Episode Spectacular, recorded live at NYCC.