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ALA Annual 2024 Spotlight

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

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

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

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
ALA Annual 2024 Feed

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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'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

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

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 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