This week, columnist Rob Salkowitz provides his annual trip through the voluminous San Diego Comic-Con International programming to highlight panels of particular interest for professionals.

Graphix will publish The Cartoonists Club in 2025.

The line will include new mystery stories as well as updated takes on the original prose chapter books.

This chart of the top Superhero, Author, and Kids graphic novel franchises reflects sales in the bookstore and comics retail channels from September through December 2023.

The database lists artists whose work was used to "train" artificial intelligence products such as Midjourney to imitate their styles.

In this column, former longtime DC Comics executive Paul Levitz looks at why the Direct Market played the role it did in American culture.

This chart of the ICv2 Top 10 Graphic Novel Franchises in four categories (Superhero, Author, Kids, and Manga) reflects sales in all trade channels for Summer (May – August) 2023.

A number of creators, including several published by Scholastic Books, asked the company to stop setting aside books about black, brown, and LGBTQ+ characters in a separate case.

The chart has a different look in September, as readers snap up the latest volume of favorite series.

Year over year sales of the top 20 were down in September, despite new releases and media tie-ins.