PW Comics World: More To Come

Hastings bookstores files chapter 11 bankruptcy owing about $1 million to Diamond Book Distributors, a graphic novel and pop culture vendor; the MTC crew also discuss Awesome Con in Wash. DC, copyright turmoil in Artists' Alley, Book Con@NYCC and more convention news and controversy.

Calvin interviews comics creator Evan Keeling of the Smithsonian and the DC Conspiracy comics collective, and Andrew Aydin, co-author of Rep. John Lewis' acclaimed Civil Rights graphic memoir 'March,' at Awesome Con 2016 in Washington D.C.

DC Rebirth, Cap, Hydra and Marvel fan discontent, Louise Simonson and more

Heidi MacDonald interviews award-winning comics creator and educator Glen Downey at TCAF

Comics at BEA 2016 Chicago, Toronto Comics Arts Festival 2016, the late comics creator Darwyn Cooke, Captain America: Civil War and more.

Calvin Reid interviews Terence Irvins, graphic novel buyer for Kinokuniya in New York City.

Grant Morrison and Wonder Woman, Shelly Bond leaves Vertigo, sexual harassment at DC, Frank Cho fan protest, the Dark Knight at Citi Field, and Brooklyn's Sakura Matsuri

Calvin Reid interviews Max Uriarte, creator of the 'The White Donkey: Terminal Lance', a graphic novel about life as Marine in the Iraq war, that began as a webcomic, then a kickstarter self-published book and is now a hardcover release from Little, Brown.

2016 Eisner nominations, GLAAD awards, Lynd Ward prize, Attack on Titan Japanese/English simulpub, upcoming superflicks including R-rated 'Killing Joke' animation, more on Bat v Super plus 'Dr. Strange' and 'Ghost in the Shell' controversies.

Live interviews from the London Book Fair, the MoCCA comics fest, and WonderCon including Europe Comics's Nazeli Kyuregyan; at MoCCA with Anelle Miller, Craig Yoe, and cartoonist Kate Lacour and at WonderCon in L.A., Kyle Baker and Kevin McCarthy.

MoCCA Arts, WonderCon and DC's Rebirth, Batman v Superman, Image Expo, and the Star Wars: Poe Dameron comic

Live from WonderCon in Los Angeles, Heidi interviews creators Hope Larson and Tom King, part of DC's Rebirth creative teams and Beau Smith, creator of the SyFy network's 'Wynonna Earp'

Calvin Reid interviews Stephane Metayer, creator of the hip-hop and manga-inspired comic 'Tephlon Funk', about the development of the narrative, its characters, the $22,000 he raised on Kickstarter to fund the graphic novel and much more.

MoCCA Unveils its 2016 Programming, Ta-Nehisi Coates's Black Panther revival is previewed on TheAtlantic.com, Kickstarter and small press publishing, Brian Hibbs looks at the Bookscan graphic novel sales figures and First Second's line of kids' science graphic novels.

NPR Pop culture critic Glen Weldon on Batman, obsession, the importance of pop culture criticism and his new book 'The Caped Crusade'.

French publishers call for a reorganized Angouleme festival, DC and Stela apps, pricing at The Big Two, Kinokuniya tries variant covers, book stores and book sales rise, and the LA Times Book Prize graphic novel nominations.

Deadpool sweeps the box office, Calvin on the curious lack of comics in Cuba, DC Rebirth plus DC Superhero Girls at Toyfair.

As the 'Deadpool' movie is released, Heidi interviews his co-creator, Image co-founder and 90's comic revolutionary Rob Liefeld.

Calvin moderates a panel on women in comics at the Festival d'Angouleme which has had been marred with controversy over women in the French comics industry.

Calvin Reid recaps his first visit to Festival d'Angouleme, the annual French comics Festival, revisting the event's recent controversies about women creators as well as the shows extraordinary presentation of vast numbers of great comics.