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GlobalComix announced yesterday that they will be revealing three new Asian-comics publishing partners this week leading up to Anime NYC, beginning with manhua publisher FanFan Comics. Today they revealed their second partner in ComiJoy, a comics and webtoons publisher with Japanese, Chinese, and Korean content.

X-Men: Elsewhen, the long-awaited continuation of comics creator John Byrne’s storied run on the title during the 1970s, has made an unexpected splash since its release in June. To date, Abrams says it has sold 25,000 copies, selling through its initial pre-order, and a second printing is already on the way for August.

Less than three years ago, the lights on digital comics seemed to be getting dim. In November of 2023, Amazon announced the impending shutdown of the Comixology app—the platform that had accounted for the large majority of digital comics sales from every major U.S. publisher for the past 10 years.