Report: Graphic Novels are big in libraries and schools
Here's am impressive state of the graphic novel in schools and libraries piece by Shannon Maughan for Publishers Weekly that talks to all the major players – Telegemeier, Yang, Volin, and several dedicated teachers – and includes a great resource list.
Insight Editions launches Insight Comics imprint
It seems more and more people want to get into this comics business. California-based Insight Editions has already published a ton of pop culture guides,...
Kibbles ‘n’ BIts 8/31/16: Comics industry is in its death throes
§ The aptly named Jude Terror of The Outhouse stunned the comics world yesterday with a piece called Die, Industry, Die! (Or Why Letting...
Marvel: 40% of our readers are female and our sales are just fine, thanks
Marvel's David Gabriel, their svp - print, sales & marketing, doesn't do too many interviews, but a three parter at ICv2 is a news...
LINE Webtoon and Patreon team up to invest up to $3,600,000 in webcomics
The massively successful global webcomics portal LINE Webtoon and crowdfunding site Patreon are teaming up tp help fund more webcomics in several innovative ways,...
Comics and graphic novel sales top $1 billion in 2015
We did it! We hit a billion! It's been a slow and steady climb, and took a lot of hard work from the whole team, as chronicled by both ICv2's Milton Griepp and Comichron's John Jackson Miller, but we made it.
HUGE NEWS: New BISAC codes for kids and YA graphic novels
If I told you a secret cabal of the comics industry's most important players had been working behind the scenes for years to implement an important change for how comics are sold, your ears would perk up, right?
But if I told you this change was to get expanded BISAC codes for kids and YA graphic novels they'd probably perk right down again, right?
Barnes & Nobles loses $24 million in fiscal 2016, set to open restaurants
With the Nook dragging down profits all around, Barnes & Noble reported a 3,1% revenue fall for fiscal 2016, with a net loss of $24.4...
Coming and goings: Bernardi, Leong, Pereyda, Abel, Khoo
Lots of bold faced names have been moving around over the last few weeks -- congrats to all.
• Mark Bernardi (above) will replace Michael...
Hastings bookstore chain files for bankruptcy; debt to Diamond uncertain
As suggested by recent rumblings, Hastings, the third largest national bookstore chain after Barnes and Noble and Books-a-Million, hasfiled for bankruptcy following years of...
Nostalgia corner: Harris Publications shuts down
Books and comics may have survived disruption but magazines really haven't and the great 21st century newsstand massacre just claimed another victim as Harris...
Surprise! Raina Telgemeier tops indie bookstore graphic novels sales
While researching the previous item, I cam across this every other month chart of graphic novel bestsellers in indie bookstores, via the ABA. It's about what you'd expect, with Raina Telegemeier and Allie Brosh, Noelle Stevenson, Kate Beaton and Saga reigning supreme. In other words, the unstoppable forces of mainstream comics acceptance. A little surprised that no Walking Dead on there, but the new season hadn't debuted when this chart was made.














