Avengers: Infinity War, Universal FanCon and Wicomicon, 2018 Eisner Awards nominations, middle grade graphic novels, and Hillary Chute's first column on graphic novels for the 'New York Times.'

Heidi interviews Avi Ehrlich of independent comics publisher Silver Sprocket Press, while Calvin interviews PW comics reviews editor Meg Lemke about recent best books in our Star Gazing feature.

The 2018 Diamond retailer summit and its discontents, MoCCA 2018, The Vulture 100 most influential comic book pages, famous Martin Luther King comic's creator finally revealed, Action Comics #1000, a cartoon Pulitzer controversy and a controversial new 'Nancy'.

Calvin interviews Ellen Lindner, creator of the new comics newsletter 'The Cranklet’s Chronicle: a zine about women and baseball' as well as editor of 'Strumpet', an annual international anthology of comics artists who identify as women. Calvin also interviews Haan Lee, David Iseri, and Paul Lau, members of the comics collective Pie Club, at MoCCA Arts Fest 2018

MoCCA Fest 2018 preview, DC makes a play for the bookstore audience with a new multi-book deal with Frank Miller, the 'New York Times Book Review' adds two graphic novel columnists and Heidi reports on the Diamond Retailer Summit.

Calvin interviews Kristen Radtke about her work as art director and comics editor at 'The Believer' as well as her new graphic memoir 'Imagine Wanting Only This'.

Difficulties in comics retail, Marvel's deep digital discountings; new comics awards, Comics benefit for Puerto Rico, and Ed Piskor's 'X-men: Grand Design.'

Heidi interviews Damian Wassel, Publisher of indie press Vault Comics; Lilah Sturges, writer of 'Jack of Fables' and Anne Bean, the owner of Emerald City Distro indie comics distribution.

The news coming out of ComicsPro, the conference of the comics retailers association, and Emerald City Comic Con including big news from Diamond, DC and Marvel; editor in chief Chris Ryall leaves IDW; Dead Reckoning, the new graphic novel imprint of the Naval Institute Press; PW's annual Comics Retailers Survey; and introduce Star Gazing, a new comics review segment with Meg Lemke.

Calvin interviews comics creator Tim Fielder about his new graphic novel, 'Matty's Rocket Book One,' a book that has been called 'Retro-Afrofuturist', setting a black protagonist in the splashy pulp science fiction realm of such works as Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.