Comics Deal Tracker

• BAD IDEA Prestige Series: Emmy-winning Love, Death & Robots writer Philip Gelatt and Brightburn director David Yarovesky launch It Demands...

No significant updates today.

WEBTOON is staging its biggest SDCC footprint yet—four panels plus an ENHYPEN DARK MOON Ballroom 20 event—to claim the $14 billion vertical-scroll...

Oni Press is centering its SDCC 2026 presence around Scott Pilgrim nostalgia and Archie collaborations, with booth #1829 stocked for heavy fan...

Key takeaways from the ARC festival panel on international print publishing:

• Print's longevity advantage: Physical comics outlast digital, reaching...

Penguin Random House's Book World booth (#1514-1515) returns to San Diego Comic-Con with a large roster of author signings, giveaways, and limited...

Universal Distribution is adding a 31,259-square-foot warehouse and office in Round Rock's 45 industrial park, expanding its existing local logistics to support comic shops and hobby retailers. Construction starts July 20.

Digital Distribution Shifts

• 🔥 Image Ends GlobalComix Partnership: Image Comics is pulling all new comics from GlobalComix after three years,...

Image Comics has stopped supplying new releases to GlobalComix after a three-year partnership, with titles since April 2026 absent from the platform....

Scott Dunbier's Act 4 Publishing partners with Skybound and Image Comics on Circus of Bones: The Art of Mike Mignola, the official 144-page hardcover...

UDON Entertainment's San Diego Comic-Con 2026 plans center on legendary illustrator Shinkiro's booth appearances at #100, where fans can access...

Two Image co-founders reveal sharply different paths forward for creator-owned comics.

• McFarlane is pioneering direct-to-fan distribution via...

• Three-way partnership between Nacelle Company, Oni Press, and Rebellion debuts with a publishing and merchandising collaboration
• Judge Dredd/Biker...

SDCC 2026 Publisher Expansions

• 🔥 Ignition Press SDCC Growth: Ignition Press is expanding its San Diego Comic-Con 2026 presence with its first...

Ignition Press is scaling rapidly from its offsite-only debut last year to a first-ever exhibit hall booth plus the new Ignition Pavilion, positioning...

Allied Market Research projects the comic book market expanding from $16.8 billion in 2024 to $31.2 billion by 2034 at 6.6% CAGR.

• Physical comics...

Ink Alliance unites Black-owned comic shops to pool resources for exclusives, partnerships, and programming that expand representation and access.

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Key creator appearances and events at SDCC 2026 signal publisher strategies and deal flow:

• Sean Chen (Marvel's X-Men, Iron Man) signs exclusively...

• Tommy Devoid gained a book deal, newspaper syndication, and coffee merchandising through Comics Kingdom after launching on Instagram.
• The platform...

Comics Deal Tracker · Jun 19 Daily Digest

Creator-Led Licensing Deals

• 🔥 Glenn Danzig Hellmask Adaptation: Glenn Danzig will direct a feature...