PW Comics World: More To Come

this year's Eisner nominations; Jack Kirby Way Day; Midnight Marvel and Marvel's slump; data showing that comics creators are suffering despite industry successes; the webtoon and webnovel under fair trade investigation in Korea; and Comixology turns off the lights as Neon Ichiban builds up speed.

Heidi talks with comics historian/curator Roy Schwartz who led the campaign to get a street named after Jack Kirby. Schwartz shares some of the behind the scenes of how it got done, and his thoughts on Kirby's life and career. 

BookCon 2026 and its fallout; BICS and Comics Arts Fest; the mangaka Syundei being driven off social media; a tribute to the late comics creators Gerry Conway and Frank Stack; Newsarama shutting down; Kadokawa's bid for the US retail market and more.

Heidi talks with Gemma Correll about her new memoir, 'Anxietyland', which chronicles her battle with severe anxiety in her trademark style. They also discuss her career, her most popular comic, and how to be a cartoonist on Instagram.

Major layoffs at Marvel and Disney and their potential AI connections; growth at Tiny Onion and GlobalComix; a new comics art festival for Brooklyn; a drop in young teen manga readers in Japan; indie comics Monstress and Niobe get animated adaptations; the return of superstar artists; and Stars and Stripes drops comic strips and gets backlash.

Live from the Metropolitan Pavilion in NYC, Calvin talks with Kendra Boileau, editor in chief of Penn State University Press and publisher of Graphic Mundi, its nonfiction comics imprint; Liz Frances, publisher of Street Noise Books; Rand Hoppe, executive director of the Jack Kirby Museum; and Charles Kochman, editor in chief of Abrams ComicArts. 

Atom Freeman of Prana Direct Market Solutions joins Heidi to talk about the debut of 'Comics! The Magazine', a new print magazine that reaches comics readers in a new (yet old) way. He also discusses how Prana is developing sales charts for the entire industry. 

Heidi visits the ComicsPRO annual retailer and publisher meeting, now that the press has been invited; announcements from ComicsPro; Kodansha's record-setting year in comic shops; Toyfair in the year of tariffs; a new Jack Kirby exhibit; and Seven Seas teams up with GlobalComix for all-you-can-read digital comics, and announces a Baihe imprint.

The comics of PW's Spring Announcements issue; the new GNCRT Outstanding Comics awards; Diamond's Chapter 7 bankruptcy and the effect on DSTLRY and micro-publishers; reported mass layoffs at Kindle Comics/ex-Comixology; fan responses to the shutdown of the Bato webtoon and manga piracy empire; Jim Lee's controversial praise of manga; and Angouleme plans a new festival with respect and women.

An interview with cartoonist and illustrator Tom Gaul, about science cartooning and his latest collection of cartoons, 'Physics for Cats'. Gauld's work has appeared in New Scientist magazine as well as The Guardian, The New Yorker, and The New York Times.

What’s coming in 2026, including the state of Marvel and DC, comics sales, indie comics, Webtoon, manga, a Chinese convention manga ban, and AI translation; plus, the Diamond aftermath, Universal Distribution, censorship, the relaunch of Vertigo, and new book projects. 

A look back on the biggest stories in graphic novel and comics publishing in 2025, from the Diamond Distributors bankruptcy debacle to Batman’s absolute triumph. Plus graphic novel and comics sales, the Warner Bros. sale, Angoulême festival cancellation, AI controversy, convention update, startups and more.

The best graphic novels of the year from PW's annual Best Books 2025 list; ComicsPRO and its annual comics retailing report; update on the Angoulême crisis; a report on Baltimore Comic Con; news from Crunchyroll; the Frieren manga series goes on indefinite hiatus because of the health of the creative team; and More To Come announces a break from programming while we revamp our format.

Recorded live at New York Comic Con 2025, Calvin Reid talks with Jeff Trexler, interim director of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund about threats facing comics free speech; Heidi MacDonald interviews Tom Scioli writer and artist of 'Godzilla's Monsterpiece Theater', comics artist Danny Earls of 'Incredible Hulk' and 'Darth Vader'; and Meg Lemke speaks with Toril Orlesky, the creator of 'Hotblood!' coming out from Mad Cave.

The people and events of New York Comic Con 2025 including 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.

More To Come: Kate Fitzsimons, Calvin Reid, Meg Lemke, and Heidi MacDonald are celebrating their 700th Episode and you’re invited! To mark this very special event, More to Come recorded a 700th Episode Spectacular live before an audience at NYCC, featuriing an all-star line-up of creators Cliff Chiang ('Paper Girls', 'Wonder Woman'), Ben Passmore ('Black Arms to Hold You Up'), and Ngozi Ukazu ('Check Please', 'Flip').

This Stargazing episode, Meg and Calvin discuss ‘The Weight,’ Melissa Mendes’ depression-era family saga, and Mimi Pond’s ‘Do Admit: The Mitford Sisters and Me,’ a graphic biography of the entertaining and wildly dysfunctional Mitford family. Plus, ‘Absolute Wonder Woman' by Kelly Thompson and Hayden Sherman, and ‘Grommets’ by Rick Remender and Brian Posehn. Also, Heidi interviews Carla Speed McNeil, Eisner winning creator of 'Finder' about their new book 'Settlers of the Storm Worlds'.

New York Comic Con preview; Demon Slayer's new box office record; Webtoon and Disney's new joint app; Warner Brothers has a potential new owner; Heidi's goes to SPX; and 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!

Meg Lemke interviews Tom Devlin, Editorial director and co-owner of Drawn & Quarterly, and Lee Lai, the creator of the graphic novels 'Cannon' and 'Stone Fruit' about her works live at SPX.

DC's cancellation of a new Red Hood series over a controversial social media comment; DC returns to the New York Comic Con exhibition floor; anime news update; distribution (and Diamond) news update; and conventions fight AI invasion.