The Man reigned over our year, but newcomer Olivia Jaimes made her voice heard.
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The Pulse: The Apocalypse No Longer Has A Beeper and More in New Releases for January 21st, 2018
Welcome to The Beat’s Wednesday Pulse! This series will check in with what’s coming out in comic stores each and every week, offering insight to […]
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Review: Julie Delporte continues to convey the intangible and the profound in ‘This Woman’s Work’
Julie Delporte’s work is raw, and she is still impeccable at laying out an unmappable thought process that feels like a profound journey into the unknown.
Black Comic Book Festival ’19 was a revolutionary celebration of blackness in comics
The 7th annual Black Comic Book Festival, which took place on January 18-19 at the Schomburg Center in Harlem, was a fierce statement on black representation in comics. Not a plea but an actual boots-on-the-ground, grassroots expression of black creativity, independence, and resiliency. There was an air of hope throughout the festival. Creators of color, […]
Preview: Livewire #2 shows saving humanity might make you its enemy
Valiant’s Livewire is not just another superhero comic. It’s a contemplation on public perception and identity, where saving innocent lives doesn’t automatically result in widespread acceptance. Vita Ayala, Raúl Allén, and Patricia Martin are not the first creators to tackle this subject, but they are amongst the few to really dig into the personal sufferings […]
PREVIEW: Riverdale Welcomes the Anti-Christ in BLOSSOMS 666 #1
The series is the latest addition to Archie’s line of horror comics.
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EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: Flashback to the Wedding that Wasn’t in BATMAN #63
“I tried to…I wanted to be good.”
Vita Ayala Brings Xena Back to the Action in Dynamite’s New Ongoing Series
Get your Chakram ready! Xena: Warrior Princess returns this April in a new ongoing series published by Dynamite. Written by Vita Ayala (Black Panther, Shuri, Wonder Woman, The Wilds) and drawn by newcomer Olympia Sweetman, Xena and Gabrielle investigate a village where kids have uncanny strength. The situation smells of Greek god meddling, but if they […]
A Year of Free Comics: A Haunted House with a Twist in Adam Szym’s Barge
A Year of Free Comics – A Haunted House with a Twist in Adam Szym’s Barge
George Pérez Announces his Retirement from Comics
The artist and writer will also be limiting convention appearances and commissions going forward.
A Year of Free Comics: Carta Monir’s Poignant RIPMOM
A Year of Free Comics – Carta Monir’s Poignant RIPMOM
Review: ‘Seven Places Without You’ captures the calm center of heartbreak
Spanish cartoonist Juan Berrio captures the not the high emotions that leads to cacophonous confrontations, but the quiet moments
EXCLUSIVE PREVIEW: In ARCHIE: MODERN CLASSICS Vol. 1, Jughead Gets Lost in POKÉMON GO
Or at least something pretty close!
REVIEW: Neon Future #1, the revolution has begun, where it will go is anyone’s guess!
Unfamiliar with Steve Aoki’s music, I thought it might be interesting to dive into a debut series and focus on it as a comic standing on its own. I’ve found it to be engaging in a peculiar way… To summarize, an underground outlaw group of “Augmented” (people who chose to integrate their bodies with technology) begins […]
Rob Liefeld’s latest addition to the X-Men canon, MAJOR X, to debut this April
The six-issue miniseries will feature the titular character meeting the X-Men of different eras.
All the hirings and promotions from the last month: everywhere from Marvel to Random House
Gagliano’s Random House Graphic imprint staffs up with Leopard and Crotty.