San Diego Comic-Con under fire for allowing AI at 2026’s Art Show
The convention's organizers stated AI-generated pieces may be displayed but not sold at this year's Art Show.
NAACP Image Award 2026 nominations roll in
The full nominations list for the 57th NAACP Image Awards were announced Monday. For the third year, graphic novels were included in the list. Comics inspired media also had a pretty good showing with 13 total nominations between them
DILBERT creator Scott Adams dead at 68
Scott Adams, the cartoonist whose Dilbert became a pop culture sensation in the 1990s, has died, according to a statement from his ex-wife, Shelly Miles. Adams, who alienated much of his audience with a hard turn into right-wing politics in more recent years, was 68 years old.
GLAAD Awards 2026 Nominations Have Arrived
Last week brought the nominees in contention for the 37th GLAAD Media Awards. As ever, we have a smorgasbord of a list (especially in the comics and graphic novel categories). The winners will be announced March 5 at a special ceremony in Los Angeles
Graphic novel sales rose 9.2% in 2025
Although overall book sales were essentially flat in 2025, graphic novel sales rebounded with a 9.2% increase in sales
The Rainbow Project announces winners of second annual Velma Awards
Spotlighting positive onscreen representation of LGBTQ+ youth and their families.
AWARDS ROUNDUP: Eisner Awards, Graphic Medicine Awards & Cartoonist Studio Prize open submissions, and...
In this edition of ye olde Awards Roundup: three annual awards - including the Eisners - have opened for submissions, France introduces yet another comics award, and the British Book Awards introduce a graphic novel category (which is also open for submissions)
The JACK AND ROZ KIRBY AWARDS take shape
We now know that these brand new awards will cover a total of seven categories
Comings and Goings: Kusek, Ching, Collector’s Paradise, Harned
Changes and promotions at Kickstarter, DC, Boom! and Collector's Paradise as the year in business news kicks off.
Announcing the 2025 Comics Industry Person of the Year: Marie Javins
With DC putting out banger after banger after banger, editor in chief Marie Javins is the Comics Industry Person of the Year
The Very Last Days of Diamond Comics – UPDATED
Diamond Comics shut down for the final time on Wednesday, December 31st 2025, and it was eulogized in both images and words
Public Domain Day is coming — here’s what you need to know about characters...
Betty Boop and Nancy Drew might be entering the public domain -- but artists should be careful how they use them, because copyright and trademark law is weird and complicated.
