PW Comics World: More To Come

An interview with actor, activist, and Eisner winner George Takei, also known as Sulu from Star Trek, about his new graphic memoir, ‘It Rhymes with Takei,’ out now from Top Shelf.

The new Webtoon/Disney vertical scroll comics deal; KPop Demon Hunters top the charts; changes at Crunchyroll; AI manga translation controversy; Archie digests are done; Angoulême festival boycott; and (spoiler alert) 'Superman 2025' and the 'Fantastic Four'.

Meg Lemke speaks with Eric Reynolds, VP and Associate Publisher of Fantagraphics, and more, and also with Sam Kusek, Kickstarter senior outreach lead for comics, recorded live at San Diego Comic Con 2025.

First-hand reports from San Diego Comic-Con from Heidi and Meg, including the artists, publishers, show floor events, parties, and panels at the show. Plus a salute to this year’s Eisner Award winners including our own Heidi MacDonald, editor in chief of the Beat, which received the Eisner for Best Comics-Related Journalism.

Heidi MacDonald, Brigid Alverson, Johanna Draper Carlson at San Diego Comic-Con 2025 discuss comics, this year's convention and the Eisner awards, including the Eisner for Best Comics-Related Journalism which was awarded to Heidi and The Beat.

Calvin uses Zoom to tour the floor of SDCC with cartoonist Tim Fielder, Heidi interviews Alessandra Ferrari, the head of content at Wattpad Studio, and Meg talks with Ben Wickey about his debut graphic novel 'More Weight' (Top Shelf), with his wife Mariana Yovanovich.

Meg Lemke speaks with Mimi Pond about her graphic biography 'Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me', out from D&Q in September, live from the floor of San Diego Comic-Con 2025.

Meg Lemke speaks with Anna Meyer, debut creator of the graphic novel 'Saint Catherine' from 23rd street books, and Tony Weaver, Jr., creator of 'Weirdo,' his Eisner-nominated debut graphic memoir from First Second live from the floor of San Diego Comic-Con 2025.

A preview of San Diego Comic-Con, which runs July 23-27; plus a look at total graphic novel and comics sales in 2024; the current Diamond bankruptcy situation; ICv2’s interview with the CEO of Universal Distribution; and the strong opening of James Gunn’s ‘Superman.’

An interview with cartoonist Mary Shyne about her YA graphic novel ‘You and Me on Repeat’ out now from Henry Holt. Shyne is on staff handling all things Snoopy at the Schulz studio in Santa Rosa, and talks with Lemke about time loops, drawing family dynamics, ‘Peanuts’ boomtime, and why teens so love romance.