PW Comics World: More To Come

Frank Miller talks about 'Frank Miller: American Genius', the new documentary about his career, his line of books at Abrams ComicArts, manga and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Also short interviews with cartoonists Joel Priddy, Grace Desmarais, and Kevin Huizenga.

Calvin interviews Eddie Ahn about his new graphic memoir ‘Advocate: A Graphic Memoir of Family, Community, and the Fight for Environmental Justice’, a warm and affable record of his immigrant family and their life in Korea before moving to the U.S. Ahn also discusses his journey from working in the family store to his work as a committed environmental activist, lawyer, and administrator in San Francisco, alongside his equally passionate efforts to continually develop his skills as a cartoonist.

An interview with writer Ben Coleman, co-creator of 'The Long Con', a post-apocalyptic humor comic about the society that develops inside a comic-con that survives a disaster.

The problems facing the comics direct market business model, as targeted by comics retailer and pundit Brian Hibbs; the top-selling comics of 2018, comics artist Nick Drnaso in the 'New Yorker', and the top comics stories at PW of 2018.

An interview with writer and comics publisher Tze Chun, cofounder of the new comics publisher TKO Studios, about its business model, its list of titles, and his vision of today's graphic novel market.

A look at notable upcoming 2019 graphic novels and predictions; the recent movies 'Aquaman' and 'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse'; plus Mattel's troubles as they lose the DC Comics action figure license.

We look back over the past year at the biggest news events in comics and graphic novel publishing, film, TV and streaming media, and comics convention culture.

Changes in the leadership of IDW and Valiant, layoffs at Lion Forge, sexual abuse allegations against comics creator Eric Esquivel of 'Border Town', new comics publisher TKO Studios, the 2018 PW Graphic Novel Critics Poll, and a big manga update

Saying goodbye to Stan Lee; Abrams ComicArts cancels its controversial suicide bomber graphic novel; convention reports on Comic Arts Brooklyn and AnimeNYC 2018; plus an update on the Black Label imprint of DC Comics.

Recorded live at AnimeNYC, Calvin interviews Kinokuniya manga and graphics novel buyer Terrence Irvins about co-sponsoring AnimeNYC and competing with Animefest@NYCC; and at Comic Arts Brooklyn, Heidi interviews David Sandlin, creator of the '76 Manifestations of American Destiny' exhibition, and comics creator Frank Santoro; Calvin interviews Hartley Lin (aka Ethan Rilly), creator of 'Young Frances'; and Heidi interviews Kriota Willberg of the artist self-care book 'Draw Stronger'.