COMICS! The Magazine

COMICS! The Magazine

COMICS! The Magazine

On comic stands, next to the very comics it talks about!

The most enthusiastic magazine about comics in HISTORY! Interviews, creator rankings, previews, art lessons, and even COMICS, in one beautiful COMIC BOOK SIZED print package!

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What’s inside
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CallIssue #9 · Last Call October 12, 2026 · On sale November 4, 202627days left

Why it works002

Comics get bought in comic shops.
That is where this magazine lives.

Every other way to reach a comic buyer asks them to be at a screen. This one is already in their hands, at the counter, at the exact moment they are deciding what to carry home.

100,000 copies of Issue #1 pre-ordered to stores — a number we fully intend to hit again.
87% of comic buyers only research their purchases when they are in the shop.
100% of COMICS! The Magazine readers are comic readers. It is in the danged title.
10,000 subscribers to the PranaDM Bullet, the retailer newsletter behind the magazine.
Format 40pp Full colour comic-book format, monthly.
Cover price $3.99 Priced to be picked up on impulse at the counter.
Distribution Direct Available at comic shops worldwide through the direct market.
Publisher Prana Published by Prana Publishers, a Prana : Direct Market Solutions company.
Classifieds $1/word The cheapest way into the book. Twenty-word minimum.

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What’s in the magazine003

Made by people who make comics.

Creator interviews about what people actually read, the monthly Pullbox Power Rankings, and excitement about the medium of comics that jumps off the page.

An interview spread from COMICS! The Magazine: Ronda Rousey Fights for Comics, on her graphic novel Expecting the Unexpected.

Creators, at length

Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips on Criminal, Reckless, Pulp, The Fade Out and Kill or Be Killed. Ronda Rousey on writing Expecting the Unexpected. Layman and Guillory on new Chew.

A criticism spread from COMICS! The Magazine: Dave Baker Really Likes Sammy Harkham's Blood of the Virgin.

Passion — in print

We love comics. It’s why the name is COMICS! We interview people who love COMICS — people like Robert Kirkman, Kevin Eastman, Mark Spears, and secret comics fans like Ronda Rousey!

The top of the COMICS! The Magazine issue #8 cover: New Achievement!

What’s new

We spotlight the best upcoming comics every month — the things we’re pumped about, the comics creators are excited to share, and the books readers are buzzing about.

The Pullbox Power Rankings spread from COMICS! The Magazine: Top 10 Titles and Top 10 Cover Artists.

Pullbox Power Rankings

The top ten titles, publishers and cover artists, ranked every month with real sales data — and printed only in the magazine. You’ll have to pick one up.

Tell us what you’re reading.

Letters run in every issue. Found the next big thing before we did? Surprised where your favourite title landed in the Pullbox Power Rankings? Write in and we’ll print it.

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“COMICS! The Magazine is a love letter to the whole culture.”

Atom! Freeman, Publisher

The issues so far004

Every issue and counting.

Monthly, on the direct market calendar. Retailers order against the Last Call date; readers find it on the shelf about four weeks later.

COMICS! The Magazine is available at comic shops worldwide. Ask your retailer to order it by UPC, or tell them the Last Call date above.

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Who makes it

Working comics professionals — retail, editorial, colour, sales and operations. Nobody here is covering comics from the outside.

Atom! Freeman

Atom! Freeman

Publisher

Comics industry consultant and entrepreneur. Started in retail, won the 2008 Eisner Spirit of Retail award, helped reimagine and launch multiple publishers, and now leads Prana : Direct Market Solutions.

Joe Keatinge

Joe Keatinge

Editor-in-Chief

Comics writer and editor known for Shutter, Evolution, Glory, and co-editing Image’s Popgun anthology. Has written for Marvel, DC and Image.

Rico Renzi

Rico Renzi

Art Director

Colour artist and designer known for bold palettes on Spider-Gwen, Squirrel Girl and GRIM. Work featured in WIRED and Fast Company.

Megan Marsden

Megan Marsden

Director of Operations

Comic book, graphic novel and pop-culture marketing & sales specialist with Prana : Direct Market Solutions.

Brian Garside

Brian Garside

Director of Digital

Superhero in Residence at Manage Comics and a founding member of the Comics Industry COMET Standard. Has been making websites since 1993 and cannot seem to stop.

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