I’m a Comics Fan, How Can I Order?  All titles from Comics Retail are available for purchase. The Penguin Random House Comics Retail site does not currently have a checkout page; however, titles can be purchased by submitting an order to your local comic shop.  The first step in the ordering process is to create a

Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15- October 15, and there’s no better time to celebrate Hispanic and Latino creators and characters in the comics world! Below, see some of our favorite picks for this month. Familiar faces like superheroes Miles Morales and Jaime Reyes make an appearance, but there are also great children’s titles

Ordering from Penguin Random House gives you many other options besides just graphic novels, manga and comics.  There are two streaming releases dominating our pop culture conversations right now, and whose viewers are also likely to be shoppers at your own store too. This is a perfect opportunity to capitalize on these television releases with

Banned Books Week this year is coming up on September 18 – September 24! Graphic novels are not immune to challenges and censorship, with graphic illustrated works frequently finding themselves banned from classrooms and libraries for alleged violence, “pornographic” illustrations, and other “adult” themes. Books banned most frequently include those dealing with sexuality and gender,

IDW’s first IDW Original title, Dark Spaces: Wildfire, is being optioned for an on-screen adaptation by Universal Content Productions, known for producing other comics-based shows like Happy!, Deadly Class, and The Umbrella Academy. This fresh Scott Snyder title, combining the character-based storytelling of Orange Meets the New Black with the outlaw heist plot of Six

You know the feeling: you’ve heard the buzz about a great manga series. Maybe your friend leant you a volume 5 to sample, or maybe an anime adaptation is about to drop on streaming. Either way, you want to catch up. You go to the bookstore, scour shelf after shelf, but that darn volume 1

Are there important properties missing from your shop’s children section? Today we highlight three of our best selling kids lines you may not have taken notice of yet. Season 3 of Bluey is streaming now on Disney+! Bluey is one of the most popular current TV shows, with hundreds of thousands of plays each episode.

Few comic writers have left as indelible a footprint on the modern comic medium as Grant Morrison.  They have a unique ability to combine insight and philosophy along with action and excitement.  They have succeeded both as a critical darling and a commercial juggernaut.  They have breathed new life into established characters and created their

PENGUIN RANDOM HOUSE ANNOUNCES NEW ‘TRICK-OR-READ’ EVENT FOR COMIC SHOPS Fans can pick up free comics at their local shop October 2022   New York, NY (August 2, 2022)—Penguin Random House celebrates the spooky season with Trick-Or-Read, a new event that provides comic shops with free comics to hand out to their customers in October. With

Witches, ghosts, and mysterious forces of the unknown take center stage in these bestselling spooky picks for young readers. If you’re stocking up for Halloween, don’t forget these age-appropriate stories of ghouls, creepy mysteries, and bands of plucky children who ultimately make their brave escape with a little help from their friends.

Filmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro’s favorites, from Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Ray Russell’s short story “Sardonicus,” considered by Stephen King to be “perhaps the

Sometimes taking a trip to your local comic shop isn’t just about picking up the new Captain America. Comic shops thrive because they’re a hub for the alternative, in a variety of ways. Independently curated, community focused, and diversely stocked shops are the beating heart of the LCS lifestyle, and for those of us on