Award-winning cartoonist and educator Gene Luen Yang has joined the CBLDF Board of Directors.

In the biggest expansion of comics distribution in a generation, DC Entertainment will launch a massive comics program with the nation’s largest retailer this summer, offering four exclusive series at over 3,000 participating Walmart stores.

Dave Elliott of Atomeka saw Rob Salkowitz’s column on the middlebrow comics glut, and directed our attention to his post (originally on DeviantArt), with his outline for improved publishing programs at the Big Two comic publishers.

The comics market has been feeling glutted for a while now, though most of the attention has been focused on the antics of DC Comics and Marvel Comics.

These are estimate of the sales on comic books by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2018.

These are estimates of the sales on graphic novels by Diamond U.S. to comic specialty stores during May 2018.

May was a big month for Marvel Comics and VIZ Media in their respective categories, and in the more diverse realm of Author graphic novels, Image Comics holds sway.

Superhero and author graphic novels divide neatly into winners and losers, while manga are a bit more complicated.

DC aims to help Heroes in Crisis in a seven-issue miniseries from writer Tom King and his Batman collaborator, artist Clay Mann.

This week, Bennett takes a look at DC’s attempt to launch a new line of characters, and at Man of Steel #1.