Anthony's December 2020 graphic novel picks and news
A look at graphic novels and trade paperbacks of interest coming out in December 2020 (and beyond), including a Nubia graphic novel.
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Anthony's November 2020 graphic novel picks and news
A look at graphic novels of interest coming out in November 2020, plus thoughts on comic industry news.
Anthony's graphic novel picks for September 2020
A look at comics of interest coming out in September 2020, including a new "Betty & Veronica" graphic novel.
AT&T commits to mass layoffs at WarnerMedia, DC Comics
AT&T has announced a major round of layoffs affecting all of WarnerMedia's divisions, including DC Comics.
Anthony's graphic novel picks for August 2020
A look at graphic novels of interest for August 2020 (and beyond), including a new volume of "The Avant-Guards."
2019 bookstore graphic novel sales: sales up over 2018; Scholastic, Viz dominate
2019 showed strong graphic novel sales through bookstore channels, with kids and young adult material dominant.
HBO Go axed in branding cleanup; also, HBO Max comics?
Since HBO Max‘s launch several weeks ago, AT&T and WarnerMedia haven’t rested on trying to make the new service a thing. So far, we’ve gotten
Anthony's graphic novel picks for July 2020
Here’s my look at graphic novels and trade paperbacks of interest coming out in July 2020. (Disclosure: The blog is an affiliate of Bookshop.org, and will earn a commission for
How to avoid or minimize using the police in superhero stories?
Superhero stories tend to frequently or even heavily involve the presence of the police. Part of this might be by their nature: at the end of the day, somebody has to arrest the
Anthony's graphic novel picks for June 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has seen the direct market’s offerings disrupted, delayed, and/or altered to a large degree. As such, it led me to stop writing these comics solicitations posts. However,