ALA Annual 2024

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San Diego, California, United States

ALA Annual 2024 Feed


My Adventures with Superman

The supporting cast: The importance of secondary characters, according to writers of My Adventures with Superman, She-Ra, Eat Your Heart Out, and more

Are you an aspiring storyteller needing tips on your supporting cast? Hear what some comic creators have to say.

Gary Catig

Cover for A Haunted Girl by Naomi Sacks and Ethan Sacks.

How a Star Wars writer partnered with his daughter to create an all-ages horror comic in A Haunted Girl

Naomi Sacks brought a youthful influence and personal experience while working on A Haunted Girl with her dad, Ethan Sacks.

Gary Catig

Cale Atkinson author photo. He has a monkey on his shoulder.

The excitement of rejection: Inside Simon & Chester author Cale Atkinson’s failed syndicated comic strip career

Only if people could take rejection as well as Simon and Chester graphic novel series creator.

Gary Catig

Cropped cover of Raina Telgemeier's Drama, featuring three characters walking in front of a purple curtain

Raina Telgemeier & Tri Vuong light up at the idea of video game adaptations of their comics

Raina Telgemeier and Tri Vuong value the medium of comics, but are intrigued by other areas for adaptations.

Gary Catig

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My Hero Academia meets the “effortlessly gay” world of She-Ra in I Heart Skullcrusher

Josie Campbell talks about her comic series from Boom! Studios

Gary Catig

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The DC kids superhero team book Jeffrey Brown almost did

The pull of Batman and Robin and Howard was too great, but Brown found a solution.

Gary Catig

Cover for The Cartoonist Club by Raina Telgemeier and Scott McCloud.

Raina Telgemeier talks about her collaboration with Scott McCloud for next year's The Cartoonist Club

Now a book to help those younger enthusiasts make comics.

Gary Catig

A panel from Superman: Harvests of Youth graphic novel of Clark Kent flying.

The secret Britney Spears influence on DC's Superman: Harvests of Youth by Sina Grace

The pop star's hometown helped shape the look of Smallville

Gary Catig

Cross My Heart and Never Lie cover

Nora Dåsnes' Cross My Heart and Never Lie in early talks for an animated movie or TV series

The award winning Norwegian coming of age graphic novel may be coming to our screens.

Gary Catig

Orion in Barda

DC's Orion is "the new emo king" in Ngozi Ukazu's upcoming sequel to Barda

Check, Please! artist/writer Ngozi Ukazu is working on a second New Gods book called Orion, after the success of Barda.

Chris Arrant

Multiversus

Follow along to the 'Discover DC' panel from the 2024 ALA Annual here!

DC opens up about its upcoming plans for comics for kids and teens.

Gary Catig

DCeased

DCeased, Static, Kingdom Come, Batwoman, and more announced as part of DC Compact Comics wave 2

DC is betting big on Batwoman, Static, Superman, and some zombie superheroes with DC Compact Comics wave 2.

Chris Arrant

Eat Your Heart Out

A Latina Snow White inspired tale with the gay equivalents of the seven dwarves blossoms in Eat Your Heart Out

Eat Your Heart Out is about an aspiring big city fashionista with her seven supportive gay roommates.

Gary Catig

Ariana Grande

Ariana Grande's official comic was fueled by watching "a lot of music videos," says the writer

Terry Blas reveals what it was like working on the comic Ariana Grande vs. Sargeant Shade and the Clonebot Brigade

Gary Catig

Image Comics panel at ALA Annual 2024

Follow Image Comics' mega-panel with Saladin Ahmed, Tim Seeley, Ethan Sacks, and more from the 2024 ALA Annual!

Expect big things from the Image Comics Summer Spectacular at the ALA Annual.

Gary Catig

Absolute Power #1 variant cover

Discover DC Comics' 2025 plans and more by following along to the DC's New Reads panel from the ALA Annual

DC is coming to San Diego early for the ALA Annual!

Gary Catig

Oni Press / ALA Annual

Oni Press reveals plans for San Diego's 2024 ALA Annual with Subzero, Night Mother, and Eat Your Heart Out creators

Oni Press is bringing their big upcoming books to the pinnacle of library conventions, the ALA Annual

Chris Arrant