PW Comics World: More To Come

Heidi 'The Beat' MacDonald interviews Caitlin McGurk, curator of comics and cartoon art at Ohio State’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library and Museum, about her new book, 'Tell Me A Story Where The Bad Girl Wins: The life and Art of Barbara Shermund,' a biography and artbook about the groundbreaking cartoonist.

Efforts to ban manga in public and school libraries; a look at lists of the best graphic novels of 2024; the rights and finances around turning comics into TV and film projects; the 2020 graphic memoir ‘Banned Book Club’ in the wake of the South Korean political crisis; and PW’s feature on webtoon digital comics and the book market.

Sony may buy Kadokawa; the legal situation at Action Lab, discuss the growth of Bluesky, scrutinize Bindings, a new comics marketing app; the growing DC Compact Comics line; Abrams ComicArts' new Marvel kids line (and DC pop-up title); the price of indie comics; and AnimeNYC’s expansion to four days.

Meg Lemke interviews Kendra Boileau, the publisher of Penn State University Press's comics imprint Graphic Mundi, about how an academic book series on graphic medicine morphed into a trade imprint aimed at publishing global voices; what it’s like to edit comics at a scholarly institution; key titles to their mission; and new and forthcoming releases.

The crowdfunded returns of ‘Metal Hurlant’ and ‘Heavy Metal’; tribute to the memories of Kazuo Umezo and Greg Hildebrant; DC’s Absolute revamps of Batman, Wonder Woman, and Superman; the relocation of the Desert Island comics bookstore; the Vatican’s anime influenced mascot; ‘Here’, the movie; the revised edition of ‘Origins of Marvel Comics’; and Deb Aoki’s trip around the world of manga-influenced comics.

In this month's Stargazing segment, Meg Lemke and Calvin Reid highlight the five adult graphic novels on PW’s 2024 Best Books list (Including 'The Heart That Fed' by Carl Sciacchitano), and the graphic titles on the annual Holiday Gift Guide; plus a few of their favorite graphic works not included on either listing.

This week on More to Come, the co-hosts Calvin Reid, Heidi MacDonald, and Kate Fitzsimons with Meg Lemke disccuss all the news from New York Comic Con 2024: the first Retailer Day, ICv2 Insider Talks, reactions to the Javits and the exhibit floor, programming, new publishing ventures, the growing impact of manga/anime and webtoons, the Harvey Awards, artist interviews, and the best parties including The Beat’s 20 year anniversary party.

In part 3 of More to Come's NYCC 2024 coverage, Heidi MacDonald talks with Brian Mariotti of Thrilljoy collectibles, formerly of Funko; Calvin Reid interviews and tours the convention floor with comics creator Tim Fielder of 'Graphic History of Hiphop'; and Kate Fitzsimons catches end of con interviews with comics creators Charles Soule, Fawnduu and Jeremy Bastian.

In part 2 of More to Come's NYCC 2024 coverage, Heidi MacDonald talks with comic creator and director Derek Kirk Kim, about his new book 'The Last Mermaid' and his years away from comics; and Meg Lemke interviews comics creators Oliver Bly, creator of 'The Mushroom Knight' and winner of the Eisner award for promising newcomer; and Tula Lotay and Helen Mullane about 'Groupies', their new series on Comixology, to come out in trade by Mad Cave.

In part 1 of More to Come's NYCC 2024 coverage, Calvin Reid talks with writer David Walker and artist Marcus Kwame Anderson about their graphic novel ‘Big Jim and the White Boy’, a response to Mark Twain’s ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’; and Meg Lemke interviews comics creators Chip Zdarsky about his book 'The All Nighter', and Curt Pires about his book 'Money' - both of which are released in digital series by Comixology and trade print editions by Dark Horse.