PW Comics World: More To Come

R.E. Burke gets a publishing deal for her I.C.E. memoir; classic webnovel 'Worm' comes out as a comic; Art Spiegelman's AI kerfuffle; the aftermath of NYCC and the sad loss of several fandom icons.

Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald interviews comics creators Jeffrey Brown of 'Nicholas Nurdblock' 'Lucy & Andy'; Eso from the hip-hop group Czarface and the comic 'Czarface'; and Kate Fitzsimons interviews Jason Aaron of 'Absolute Superman'; Kimberly Wang of 'Of Thunder and Lightning'; David Peterson 'Mouse Guard: Dawn of the Black Ax' and Peter Kuper 'Insectopolis' at New York Comic Con 2026.

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.

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 Rainey ('Murder School'), Arizona O'Neil ('Opioids & Organs'), and Steve Lafler ('1956') at the 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.

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.

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

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