Comics Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/comics/ International publishing news and opinion Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:08:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://publishingperspectives.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/08/cropped-P19-favicon-32x32.png Comics Archives - Publishing Perspectives https://publishingperspectives.com/tag/comics/ 32 32 France’s 2025 Book Market: Freida McFadden’s Unprecedented Success and Leading Trends https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/frances-2025-book-market-freida-mcfaddens-unprecedented-success-and-leading-trends/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/frances-2025-book-market-freida-mcfaddens-unprecedented-success-and-leading-trends/#respond Thu, 08 Jan 2026 13:07:36 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=214343 NielsenIQ BookData highlights top books in France for 2025, including books by Nicolas Sarkozy, Prix Goncourt winner Laurent Mauvignier, and American authors Freida McFadden and Suzanne Collins.

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]]> https://publishingperspectives.com/2026/01/frances-2025-book-market-freida-mcfaddens-unprecedented-success-and-leading-trends/feed/ 0 At Italy’s Lucca Comics & Games, AIE Reports Fast Growth https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/10/at-italys-lucca-comics-games-aie-reports-fast-growth/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 01:56:46 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=213388 AIE says the Italian comics market is showing superpowered dynamics among consumers, tripling its punch in six years.

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]]> French Publishers Prevail Against Manga Pirate Site Japscan https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/07/french-publishers-prevail-against-manga-pirate-site-japscan/ Fri, 01 Aug 2025 02:05:12 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=210827 Having helped take down the Z-Library pirate site, France's SNE publishers now have a court ruling against Japscan.

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]]> Frankfurter Buchmesse Outlines Plans for Comics, Manga, Webtoons https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/07/frankfurter-buchmesse-outlines-plans-for-comics-manga-webtoons/ Thu, 31 Jul 2025 07:24:54 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=210790 The Comics Business Center in Hall 6.1 will be Frankfurter Buchmesse's main gathering point in comics, manga, and webtoons.

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]]> HarperCollins Buying French, German Manga Operations https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/07/harpercollins-is-buying-french-and-german-manga-operations/ Wed, 16 Jul 2025 22:24:46 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=210625 'To expand our manga portfolio in Europe,' says Brian Murray, HarperCollins is acquiring Crunchyroll's manga elements in France and Germany.

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]]> French Publishers Navigate a Shifting Rights Landscape https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/07/french-publishers-navigate-a-shifting-international-rights-landscape/ Thu, 10 Jul 2025 18:57:57 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=210344 A newly released report show France's publishers faced a 2.6-percent drop in rights contracts in 2024, with co-editions surging.

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]]> China’s January Bestsellers: Managing Business and Education https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/02/china-bestsellers-in-january-managing-business-and-education/ Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:34:24 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=206699 January's China bestseller lists show business and the education that supports it drawing book consumers in a changing economy.

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]]> Bologna Book Fair’s ‘Grand Tour’ Heads to Angoulême https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/01/bologna-childrens-book-fairs-grand-tour-heads-to-angouleme/ Tue, 28 Jan 2025 12:48:35 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=205864 The traveling exhibition of illustration, the 'Grand Tour, makes its last stop before Bologna 2025 at the comics fair in France.

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]]> Binc Opens a $55,000 Matching Gift for California Book Retailers https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/01/binc-opens-a-55000-matching-gift-for-california-fire-victims/ https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/01/binc-opens-a-55000-matching-gift-for-california-fire-victims/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2025 20:34:16 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=205499 Backers of the Book Industry Charitable Foundation create a matching grant for bookstores and comics shops impacted by the LA fires.

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]]> https://publishingperspectives.com/2025/01/binc-opens-a-55000-matching-gift-for-california-fire-victims/feed/ 1 China Bestsellers: Reading the New Nobel Laureate https://publishingperspectives.com/2024/11/china-bestsellers-reading-the-new-nobel-laureate/ Mon, 25 Nov 2024 16:59:55 +0000 https://publishingperspectives.com/?p=204143 The Chinese readership in October honored the South Korean 2024 Nobel laureate Han Kang by placing 'The Vegetarian' on the fiction list.

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