I guess the Black Widow novel Forever Red novel did well, since Marvel Press has announced a followup, as well as four more young adult and middle-grade books due out in 2016. * Margaret Stohl’s Natasha Romanov sequel will be titled Black Widow: Red Vengeance and feature “her fellow vigilante operative, Ana Orlova… the Red Widow.” * Tom Angleberger is writing Rocket & Groot: Stranded on Planet Strip Mall, a comedy starring the fan-favorite Guardians of the Galaxy characters. * […]

ComiqueCon is taking place next month. It’s a one-day gathering on Saturday, November 7, at the Arab American National Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. Organizers describe the show, appearing for the first time, as “a one-day celebration of the amazing work of female comic creators” where they want to explore “the growing impact of women readers of comics and graphic novels… in an effort to celebrate and promote diversity among readers of those two mediums.” Featured guests include Nancy A. Collins, […]

Dark Horse has announced that they will be expanding their Buffy the Vampire Slayer comic line with an original graphic novel series called Buffy: The High School Years. The first volume, Freaks & Geeks, will be written by Faith Erin Hicks (Friends With Boys, The Adventures of Superhero Girl) with art by Yishan Li. (The background furniture in this piece looks like the same art style as my mom’s cookbooks from the 50s.) As with the other Buffy comics, this […]

Earlier this year, Dark Horse announced that their graphic novels would be available on ComiXology, finally giving the digital distributor access to all the major comic book publishers. Now, the rest of the Dark Horse titles join the party, as Dark Horse has now announced that they will make their monthly single issues available on five new platforms with same-day releases: Apple’s iBookstore, Amazon Kindle, Barnes & Noble’s NOOK, Google Play, and Comixology. (Now that ComiXology is part of Amazon, […]

Warner Bros. Consumer Products is now pushing a “new Super Hero universe created for girls featuring iconic DC Comics female characters including Wonder Woman, Supergirl, Batgirl, and Harley Quinn.” Other characters included in the diverse line are Katana, Bumblebee (who’s also a “tech genius” in addition to shrinking), Poison Ivy, Cheetah, Catwoman, Hawkgirl, and as the token boys, Green Lantern Hal Jordan and Beast Boy. They all attend Super Hero High in a line targeted at girls aged 6-12. In […]

Scholastic has announced a deal with Warner Bros. Consumer Products to publish a series of three illustrated novels based on well-known DC superheroes. Written and illustrated by Dustin Nguyen and Derek Fridolfs, the DC Comics: Secret Hero Society series will debut in February 2016 with Study Hall of Justice, the first book in the series. It presents a twist on the idea of junior sleuths, using comics, journal entries, newspaper articles, and doodles to reimagine Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman […]

Continuing her series of graphic memoirs featuring family encounters, Lucy Knisley announced her next graphic novel will be Something New: Tales from a Makeshift Bride, described as a funny and whip-smart new book about the institution of marriage in America told through the lens of her recent engagement and wedding…. The graphic novel tackles the all-too-common wedding issues that go along with being a modern woman: feminism, expectations, getting knocked over the head with gender stereotypes, family drama, and overall […]

The dominoes continue to fall. Digital distributor ComiXology has announced that Drawn & Quarterly joins their near-monopoly market-dominant list of comic publishers available through their service. Typical of recent announcements, and reflecting corporate owner Amazon, also included is a deal for the works to also become available on the Kindle Store. D&Q authors whose works are covered include Lynda Barry (One! Hundred! Demons!), Guy Delisle (Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City), Chester Brown (I Never Liked You), Tom Gauld (You’re […]