![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It’s Kristantina’s first full length book, and says she fell in love with the characters, which led her to collaborate with Bernardin. In the book, our central character is on a quest to reach outside of a world that confines her. Bernardin spoke of his daughter’s diagnosis with autism and how wondering about her world and her experiences influenced writing this new graphic novel. Marc Bernardin, Ariela Kristantina, and editor Will Dennis took the stage. We’ve told publishers that we’re seeing a multi-year change in consumer behavior, from single issues to trade paperbacks and graphic novels, to discount-oriented sales, to subscriptions.Īdora and the Distance is an upcoming title they expect to receive industry attention. So, I’m going to talk a little about what we’re seeing. Not only is the industry seeing incredible sales for young readers – which dominated 2018’s Bookscan’s top ten last year and are creating a generation of lifelong comics readers, but manga is making a resurgence – I’m happy to report that our manga business is up significantly in the last five years.Īnd we’re in full-on mission mode, trying to contribute to the next big gains for comics, graphic novels, and manga. I’m not saying there aren’t some clouds out there, and I said, certainly we’re facing competition from lots of other entertainment, but there are actually some really bright trends to focus on. As fans of the form, we love the drama, we do! The talk about the industry swings like that: it’s feast or famine. ![]() They’re full of sturm and drang, melodrama, big emotional swings, clear good and evil and all that. At the comiXology Originals press event at SDCC 2019, we expected a focus on recently announced titles as well as some new announcements, and we were not disappointed.ĬomiXology Co-Founder and CEO and Amazon Head of Digital Comics Worldwide, David Steinberger said the following in his keynote speech: ![]()
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