PW Comics World: More To Come

Heidi interviews Damian Wassel, Publisher of indie press Vault Comics; Lilah Sturges, writer of 'Jack of Fables' and Anne Bean, the owner of Emerald City Distro indie comics distribution.

The news coming out of ComicsPro, the conference of the comics retailers association, and Emerald City Comic Con including big news from Diamond, DC and Marvel; editor in chief Chris Ryall leaves IDW; Dead Reckoning, the new graphic novel imprint of the Naval Institute Press; PW's annual Comics Retailers Survey; and introduce Star Gazing, a new comics review segment with Meg Lemke.

Calvin interviews comics creator Tim Fielder about his new graphic novel, 'Matty's Rocket Book One,' a book that has been called 'Retro-Afrofuturist', setting a black protagonist in the splashy pulp science fiction realm of such works as Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon.

A discussion of Black Panther as a movie, comic book, and cultural phenomenon, plus Heidi interviews Barbra Dillon of comics publisher and news site Fanbase Press.

Calvin interviews comics creator Joel Christian Gill, creator of Strange Fruit, a selection of short comics about African American history; plus excerpts from archived interviews with John Ridley, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, and Andrew Aydin - co-author of Rep. John Lewis's 'March' trilogy graphic memoir about the Civil Rights movement.

Heidi interviews comic creator Greg Pak about connecting to comic readers today, working with Jonathan Coulton, DIY in the digital age, making preorders easier, and new series, 'Mech Cadet Yu' from Boom and his upcoming book 'Weapon H' from Marvel.

DMG buys Valiant Comics, IDW 2017 financial results, Kuo-Yu Liang leaves Diamond Book Distributors to run ReedPop's international shows; and Heidi reports on her trip to the Angoulême Comics Festival in France.

An interview with Chris Thompson, brand manager of Titan Comics' Statix Press, live from the Angoulême Comics Festival in France, plus this week's news including comics sales, John Ridley's 'Other History of DC Comics', Eisner Hall of Fame inductees and more.

Calvin interviews Dr. Sheena Howard about her non-fiction book 'The Encyclopedia of Black Comics' as well as her new comic 'Superb', out from Lion Forge, about a teenage super hero with Down Syndrome.

Direct market (aka comics shops) comic book sales slip in 2017, Black Panther anticipation heats up, trouble surrounding the elderly Stan Lee, the upcoming 2018 Black Comics Festival, a new comics award in Denver and more

Geof Darrow, creator of 'Hardboiled' and 'The Big Guy and Rusty the Boy Robot' talks about his new graphic novel 'Shaolin Cowboy: Who'll Stop the Reign' - the second volume in his Shaolin Cowboy series, as well as his new art book 'Lead Poisoning'.

A look at 2017 in comics news including the PW Graphic Novel Critic's Poll, sexual harassment, Marvel and DC, indie comics, retail, TV and Film, comics conventions and more.

Heidi MacDonald interviews comics writer Alex De Campi, creator of the upcoming romance comic anthology 'Twisted Romance', coming out this February from Image. They discuss the book itself as well as lettering, comics storytelling, working with artists and her many upcoming projects.

The More To Come crew review the movie, and speculate on the production issues and problems that shaped it. In addition the cohosts examine the protests about Patreon's new crowdfunding fee structure.

Marvel e.i.c. Axel Alonso has been replaced by C.B. Cebulski, followed by revelations of Cebulski's past under the Akira Yoshida penname, meanwhile DC's Eddie Berganza was fired for sexual harassment. Also, reports on visits to Comic Arts Brooklyn and AnimeNYC.

Kate Fitzsimons interviews C.S. Pacat author of 'The Captive Prince' and hit fanartist Johanna the Mad about their upcoming LGBT sports comic 'Fence' and animation producer and comics creator LeSean Thomas about creating and crowdfunding his upcoming animated series 'Cannon Busters' and working in animation overseas.

Calvin Reid interviews writer Josh O'Neill, editor Shannon Wheeler and artist Gideon Kendall, the team that brought 'Marley's Ghost' - Harvey Kurtzman's unproduced 1954 'A Christmas Carol' graphic adaptation - to life, as well as literary agents Denis Kitchen and John Lind, who oversee the Kurtzman literary estate.

Brian Michael Bendis of 'Alias' and 'Powers' leaves Marvel for DC, graphic novels on PW's Best Books of 2017, Disney's possible move on Fox which may be X-Men motivated, hopes and fears for the upcoming Justice League movie and more.

Calvin Reid interviews Dan Didio and Jim Lee, the co-publishers of DC Entertainment about the influence of the book trade on comics, the growth of the graphic novel format, new readers, the relaunch of Milestone Media and more.

Heidi's blog gets acquired by Lion Forge, Heidi will leave PW but not the podcast; sexual harassment in comics; Marvel's advises creators to avoid online fights; indie publisher Spike Trotman's Iron Circus hits $1 million in Kickstarter fundraising raised and more.