PW Comics World: More To Come

Co-hosts Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald, Christian Holub and Kate Fitzsimons, with host emeritus Calvin Reid discuss New York Comic Con 2026, Calvin and Heidi's part in its founding, and 20 years of the show's hometown convention.

The webtoon platform Tapas is shutting down; the comics news site Popverse closes; Warner Brothers and Paramount get approval to merge; new comics app Sweet Shop; New York Comic Con comes and an anime voice actor sues Tiktok over AI voice theft in a landmark Japanese case.

Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald interviews comics creators Paul Raney, Arizona O'Neil, and Steve Laffer at Small Press Expo 2026.

West Coast decision day for Marvel staffers; Small Press Expo 2026; the state of the manga industry; Kodansha House returns; and Crunchyroll pulls physical products from their store.

Co-hosts Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald, Christian Holub and Kate Fitzsimons discuss Flame Con 2026, Anime NYC 2026 and more

In Part 2, co-hosts Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald, Christian Holub and Kate Fitzsimons discuss the Anime and Manga Licensing meeting during day 1 of Anime NYC; what US comics could learn from manga; Lanterns on HBO.

Fall previews for upcoming comics and manga; the state of digital comics after Comixology; the final fate of the books held hostage by the Diamond bankruptcy; Marvel's announcement of their Star Wars crossover event; the legacy of classic comics artist Joe Kubert on his upcoming 100th birthday and more

Heidi MacDonald talks with animator and comics creator Alice Darrow about her comic 'Tramps of the Apocalypse'; and guest contributor Badr Milligan interviews Patrick Horvath about his graphic novel 'Beneath the Trees Where Nobody Sees: Rite of Spring'; recorded live at San Diego Comic-Con.

Heidi's SDCC 2026, and news from the con including the leaked Eisner Awards; threats of closing Hall H; new licensed comics at Dark Horse and Marvel; the Independent Manga Alliance; and the Lucas Museum of Narrative Arts.

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.