These charts are presented courtesy of Prana: Direct Market Solutions, Manage Comics, and Comic Shop Assistant and are based on data from 80,000+ consumers and 600+ stores in various markets www.comicsbeat.com/sales-charts...

The New York City Department of Education has released Know Your Rights, a comic aimed at informing readers about their rights in case they’re confronted by the likes of DHS and ICE. Respect to Alex Segura and the rest of the team for putting this together. www.comicsbeat.com/nyc-know-you...

"At the end of all this, I’m reminded of The Big Lie – the idea that making media deals for comics properties is a sound business model for a publishing company. It is not." www.comicsbeat.com/archie-comic...

BOOM!, DC, Image, and Marvel writer Stephanie Phillips offers a practical breakdown of how to make a living as a comic book writer. www.tiktok.com/t/ZTBaCR867/

Oni Press will publish the sixth and final volume of LySandra Vuong’s Covenant exclusively in print, despite the fact that the series has 738,000 followers and over 29 million reads on the Webtoon platform, where it began. icv2.com/articles/new...

Popverse outlines current comic jobs available at publishers, as well as at distributors, retailers, art agencies, and other places www.thepopverse.com/comics-jobs-...

“It’s clear that for many titles variant covers likely make the difference between profit and loss on a title, and that without them, the new comics business would be a much smaller one.” icv2.com/articles/mar...

Persepolis was a milestone, drawing new attention to the medium, and providing a point of comparison for the literary graphic novels that followed. icv2.com/articles/new...

Dark Horse is now the third comics publisher with a union affiliated with the CWA. icv2.com/articles/new...

"It's kind of an open secret at this point that the company leans upon the passion tax, the idea that you are going to do cool shit, so they’ll pay you less and you’ll just have to take it." icv2.com/articles/col...

American Bookseller Association membership was up 19% in 2025, to 3783 member locations…consumers are looking for real-world interaction with the communities that independent retailers create and the curated products that they sell. icv2.com/articles/new...

Cartoonists and readers alike are dissatisfied with how the large, established, corporate-backed webtoon publishers have been running their platforms, so where are people going now? kcomicsbeat.com/2026/05/26/o...

Creators should review their shipping costs and reward pricing to account for these additional charges. help.kickstarter.com/hc/en-us/art...

There’s been a major push for unionization in comics for years, and creators and readers alike seem to be in full support. www.comicsbeat.com/dark-horse-c...

Comic book law is a specific area of intellectual property. I’ve represented hundreds of comic book creators and publishers for more than 25 years. If you want a free legal consultation for your comic book or the contracts related to your comics, please visit my website. www.gamalhennessy.com

Just days after the market-leading crowdfunding platform started taking projects including NSFW material off the site, a new release confirms the company is reversing course. www.comicsbeat.com/kickstarter-...

There’s a marketwide conviction that long-running series are good for business, boosting sales of earlier volumes, sowing faith with booksellers, and pulling in new readers. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

MomoCon 2026 Itinerary Friday 1:00 PM Portfolio 101 Friday: 4:00 PM An Introduction to the Business of Comics Saturday: 1:00 PM Freelance Comic Book Publishing If you’re interested in joining me, get your tickets here. www.momocon.com

The leadership change is, in some ways, a long time coming. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige added publishing to his portfolio in 2023, and observers have been waiting for him to put his imprint on the comics side of the company. www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/bus...

The fine folks at MomoCon have invited me to provide two presentations this Friday and Saturday at the Georgia World Congress Center in Downtown Atlanta. If you’re interested in understanding the business of comics, get your tickets here. www.momocon.com

Payment processors like Stripe, Mastercard, and Visa, have increasingly come under pressure by politicians and pro-censorship groups to take down material they cannot censor via legislation due to free speech rights in the US www.dailycartoonist.com/index.php/20...

The theme of the Crunchyroll Anime Future Forum will be “Designing for Anime’s Future,” with programming on fandom, technology, storytelling, and IP protection. icv2.com/articles/new...

Nearly four years into the AI Copyright Wars, more than 100 copyright lawsuits have been filed against AI companies. chatgptiseatingtheworld.substack.com/p/openai-fac...

The story of ComiXology – build something awesome, sell it for a lot of money to a mega corp and watch it get destroyed – is basically the American Dream these days www.comicsbeat.com/the-last-com...

"The idea is that the marketplace corrects for itself…you do too much that people don't want, then retailers stop ordering them. By nature, you stop doing them because you can't sell them.” www.thepopverse.com/comics-marve...

"Today's industry faces a unique opportunity to shape the habits of a new generation of readers in ways that can lock in some level of stability for years to come." icv2.com/articles/col...

Conway started in comics at the age of 16, and went on to write some of the most iconic stories in superhero comics, including the death of Gwen Stacy, the first appearance of the Punisher, Superman vs. the Amazing Spider-Man, and an eight-year run on Justice League. aiptcomics.com/2026/04/27/c...

Manga Spot, which quietly launched several test stores in the past three years, is now going ahead full steam and could become North America's largest comic store chain. www.thepopverse.com/comics-manga...

Overwork and ignoring health issues are pretty common in the comics industry. Take care of yourself while you take care of your comics. www.comicsbeat.com/jim-lee-reve...

WEBTOON emphasizes that the feature is fully opt-in and won’t train on creator art or their stories. www.comicsbeat.com/webtoon-team...

As a comics creator, think of your solicitations as a kind of trailer or advertisement. It’s content that should help readers find and buy your comic. www.howtolovecomics.com/2026/03/18/c...

Marvel was the top publisher in the comics industry for most of Gabriel’s tenure icv2.com/articles/new...

Comic book law is a specific area of intellectual property. I’ve represented hundreds of comic book creators and publishers for more than 25 years. If you want a free legal consultation for your comic book or the contracts related to your comics, please visit my website. www.gamalhennessy.com

Marvel is hiring a new talent relations coordinator who will focus on finding new writers and artists to work on its comics. (Apply if you love traveling.) www.thepopverse.com/comics-marve...

Tokyopop will need to cut its loss substantially or get back to profitability in 2026 to turn things around operationally. icv2.com/articles/new...

In the same way modern food in America is produced across a spectrum that runs from organic fruit to Doritos, comics will develop a range of designations, depending on the level of AI or human involvement in the project. This might be the beginning of that process. www.comicsbeat.com/kindt-oni-an...

"The return of the artist as superstar is good for the business, it is good for the art form.” www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie...

“The moves will give more options to independent publishers and retailers by offering onsite printing at offset-comparable pricing. This will eliminate the shipping costs and delays associated with overseas printing.” www.comicsbeat.com/philbo-distr...

Comic book law is a specific area of intellectual property. I’ve represented hundreds of comic book creators and publishers for more than 25 years. If you want a free legal consultation for your comic book or the contracts related to your comics, please visit my website. www.gamalhennessy.com

You have to sell your comics where your readers are, but if your readers are men under 25, they might not be at comic cons. icv2.com/articles/col...

A quick look at the Top 10 from both 2025 and 2026 reveals manga-heavy sales in both years, so a jump of almost 30% indicates that category of comics is becoming even more popular. www.comicsbeat.com/graphic-nove...

The Best of Times and the Worst of Times... The Business of Comics Podcast for March 30th, 2026 www.gamalhennessy.com/blog/the-business-of-comics-for-march-30th-2026

“We will continue to engage with AI platforms to find new ways to meet fans where they are while responsibly embracing new technologies that respect IP and the rights of creators.” www.comicsbeat.com/sora-shutdown/

If you would like to protect the legal rights to your comic or your professional comic book career, my firm is currently accepting both short-term and long-term clients. Please contact me to schedule a free consultation. www.gamalhennessy.com

We recognize that emerging technologies, including AI, can be used as creative tools, but also that their use raises valid concerns about originality, respect for artists' rights, and quality. globalcomix.com/ai-policy

“As with any massive multinational corporation, the org chart is always going to be tinkered with, and a greater integration within PRH seemed inevitable back when Boom was acquired by PRH two years ago.” www.comicsbeat.com/boom-restruc...

"Ehrlich noted that the store had been profitable up until 2023, but rising rents, and a drop in foot traffic in the Valencia neighborhood where it was located had cut into profits." www.comicsbeat.com/silver-sproc...

There are still a few publishers we can absolutely take on, but most are either under the Prana banner or the Massive banner. As long as their numbers make sense, we'll take them on separately, outside those banners, once those contracts come up icv2.com/articles/new...

“Sam brought a completely unique look and voice to the industry. His art was raw and unmistakably his. Sam’s influence will be felt for generations.” www.comicsbeat.com/sam-kieth-ob...

"Right now is the best time there has ever been since 1938 to start a business in the comics industry." www.linkedin.com/pulse/dogman...