More to Come 703: PW's 2025 Best Books: The best graphic novels of the year; ComicsPRO and its annual comics retailing report; the Angoulême crisis; Baltimore Comic Con; Crunchyroll; Frieren goes on indefinite hiatus; and MTC takes a break while we revamp our format.

Panel Mania: 'Fela: The Music Is the Weapon' by Jibola Fagbamiye and Conor McCreery. A ten-page excerpt.

Must-Read Manga of 2025

Fantagraphics Launches East Asian Comics Imprint

Best Books 2025: Publishers Weekly: Best Graphic Novels for Adults

More to Come 702: NYCC 2025 Interviews: Calvin talks with Jeff Trexler, interim director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund; Heidi talks with writer and artist Tom Scioli, and artist Danny Earls; and Meg interviews Toril Orlesky.

More to Come 701: New York Comic Con 2025 Recap: Retailer day; ICv2 Insider Talks; DC and the Vertigo relaunch; Marvel Ultimates; the show floor; programming; party poop; the Harvey Awards; and the More to Come 700th Episode Spectacular, recorded live at NYCC.

Humanoids Files for Chapter 7 Bankruptcy

37th Harvey Awards Highlight Indie Publishers

Good Vibes at New York Comic Con

More to Come 700: Our Gala 700th Episode. Kate Fitzsimons, Calvin Reid, Meg Lemke, and Heidi MacDonald mark 14 years of podcasting about comics. MTC recorded its 700th Episode Spectacular live at New York Comic Con featuring creators Cliff Chiang, Ben Passmore, and Ngozi Ukazu.

Comics author Briana Loewinsohn, winner of the Harvey Award for Best Young Adult Book for her graphic novel 'Raised By Ghosts' (Fantagraphics), holds the Harvey statue at the Harvey Awards Ceremony last night at the Javits Center. Photo: Meg Lemke #NYCC2025

Jeff Trexler, interim executive director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, spreading the word on the freedom to read at New York Comic Con 2025. Photo: C.Reid #NYCC2025

PW's More To Come Podcast celebrated the show's 14th year with a 700th Episode Spectacular recorded live at New York Comic Con. Pictured (l. to r.) are MTC host Heidi MacDonald, Ngozi Ukazu, Kate Fitzsimons, Cliff Chiang, Calvin Reid, Ben Passmore, and, Meg Lemke. Photo: Jody Culkin #NYCC2025

Jacq Cohen and Joseph Montagne of Abram ComicArts show off some of the titles on display at the Abrams' booth. #NYCC2025 Photo: Meg Lemke.

DC returns to the floor of New York Comic Con with a new booth. Photo: C.Reid #NYCC2025

Nellie Kurtzman, chair of the Harvey Awards Executive Committee and daughter of Harvey Kurtzman, alonside Mike Richardson, founder and publisher of Dark Horse Comics and a presenter at last night's Harvey Awards Ceremony. Photo: C.Reid #NYCC2025

Cartoonist Patrick Horvath was the winner of the Harvey Award for Book of the Year for his graphic novel 'Beneath The Trees Where Nobody Sees' (IDW), last night at the Harvey Awards ceremony at the Javits Center. Photo: C.Reid

ICv2 Insider Talks. The Creator as Brand: ICv2 columnist Rob Salkowitz sits down with McFarlane to discuss his career, challenges and opportunities of today's market vs. when he first emerged, and the future of creator-driven brands and businesses. Photo: C.Reid #nycc2025

DC is back on the exhibition floor

New York Comic Con Day 1!

PW's More To Come Podcast: The 700th Episode Spectacular. Live at New York Comic Con.

More to Come Podcast 699: Stargazing plus Carla Speed McNeil Interview. ‘The Weight,’ Melissa Mendes’ depression-era family saga, and Mimi Pond’s ‘Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me,’ a bio of the wildly dysfunctional Mitford family. Plus, ‘Absolute Wonder Woman' and ‘Grommets’

More to Come 698: NYCC 2025 Preview; Demon Slayer's new box office; Webtoon and Disney; Warner Brothers; Heidi's goes to SPX; the One Piece flag becomes a symbol of revolution. Also, More To Come is having free live show 700th episode at NYCC 2025 on Saturday night!

Panel Mania: ‘Absolute Wonder Woman Vol. 1: The Last Amazon’ by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman. A 6-page excerpt.

New York Comic Con 2025 Gets the Business

More to Come Podcast 697: SPX 2025 Interviews Tom Devlin, Editorial director and co-owner of Drawn & Quarterly, and Lee Lai, the creator of the graphic novels 'Cannon' and 'Stone Fruit'

Panel Mania: ‘From Cocinas to Lucha Libre Ringsides,’ edited by Frederick Luis Aldama and Angela Sánchez. A 12-page excerpt.

Acclaimed cartoonist Anders Nilson holds two Ignatz Awards bricks after winning prizes for 'Tongues Supplement #1' (No Miracles) for both Outstanding Comic and Outstanding Artist. The comic was self-published to accompany his Pantheon graphic novel of the same title. #SPX2025 Photo: Meg Lemke

Self-Publishers Rise Up at 2025 Ignatz Awards

More to Come 696: DC Cancels Red Hood Over Author Post

Fall 2025 Comics & Graphic Novels Preview

Crossed Hearts Aims to Streamline Webcomic Adaptation

More to Come Podcast 695: Nathan Gelgud Interview. | @DandQ

More to Come Podcast 694: Anime NYC 2025 Recap. The convention experience at the Javits Center; the winners of the American Manga Awards; plus an update on the Diamond bankruptcy, and lessons from the failure of Once Upon a Con.

Emotional Autobiography: PW Talks with Diane DiMassa

Corto Maltese Sets Sail at Fantagraphics

DC Comics Sees An ‘Absolute’ Success

More to Come Podcast 693: AnimeNYC 2025 Interviews. Calvin interviews Ed Chavez publisher of the indie manga house Denpa Books, and Kate speaks with Haga and Kang Jiyoun, creators of the hit BL webtoon 'King's Maker', along with reporters Michele Kirichanskaya and Adam Wescott.

Acclaimed manga-ka Kengo Hanazawa signs autographs at the Denpa Books booth at #AnimeNYC2025. Hanazawa is the creator of the Under Ninja series which was awarded the first AnimeNYC American Manga Award of Distinction at the historic Japan Society on Thursday evening. #MangaAwards2025 Photo: C.Reid

Artist Alley at #AnimeNYC2025 at the Javits Center. Photo: C.Reid

More to Come Podcast 692: George Takei interview. Meg Lemke interviews 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.

AnimeNYC at the Javits Center. Photo: C.Reid

Deb Aoki, manga editor, journalist and committee chair of the American Manga Awards, shows off the award that is presented to each of the winners of the #MangaAwards2025, held last night at the Japan Society in New York City. Deb was one of the hosts for the awards ceremony. Photo: C.Reid

The winners and accepting editors of the American Manga Awards 2025 last night at the Japan Society. Photo: C.Reid

Emanon’s wanderings across late-1960s Japan bring her across other lives in small country towns, with each encounter leaving people transformed in her wake. Panel is from Emanon Volume 2 by Shinji Kajio and Kenji Tsuruta, available wherever you buy manga. #DHManga

Interview: James Tynion IV celebrates 5 years with DEPARTMENT OF TRUTH #0

Graphic Novel Review: Jesse Lonergan’s DROME is the front-runner for 2025 book of the year www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...

psst get on it / vote for KC Councilor and whoever else you like (or any of the other great nominees in that category, you do you) www.smallpressexpo.com/ignatz-ballo...

More to Come Podcast 691: New Webtoon and Disney Comics Pact; 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'.