Comics

All week long The Beat has been covering all facets of the comic book industry and attempting to secure our own doors away from...

Even though I was never quite in love with the considered-a-classic Samurai Jack TV show, I’ve been infatuated by Samurai Jack the comic book...

by Alex Dueben For the past few years, one of the funniest, strangest and most inventive webcomics around has been crafted by Sydney Padua, a...

By Cal Cleary Jack Baxter, an American filmmaker, went to Israel in 2003 to make a documentary. When his initial subject fell through, he found...

Not to be outdone by this Friday's release of Lego Jurassic World, WB Games UK debuted the first trailer for Lego Marvel's Avengers on...

Brian Wood is a Multiple Eisner Award-nominee comic book creator whose first comic, Channel Zero, debuted in 1997. He continued creating original series like DMZ,...

It's a little hard to find concrete reports from indie shows these days unless Secret Acres or Robyn Chapman post reports, from the social media, looks like CAKE Chicago this weekend was a successful indie show. I've heard mixed reports on sales in past years, but based on the "haul photos" I've seen, a lot of comics were purchased. I dug up a few more concrete reports:

The new "verismo" era of Archie kicks off on July 8th with the first issue of Archie #1 by Mark Waid and Fiona Staples. And to mark the occasion, Archie is making sure the numbers are up with 17 retailer exclusive variants. And it's quite an array of styles from Dave Dorman's Brad Pitt-esque version to Jae Lee's typically surreal take.

This past weekend, DC took over a panel room at Special Edition NYC to discuss their DC YOU relaunch titles.  Panelists included Gotham Academy...

In a shocking court reveal over the fate of one of the world's most beloved and influential comics characters, a Dutch court has ruled...

We give you the low-down on the best of Marvel news from their NYCC: Special Edition panel. Secret Wars, Lando, new Iron Man and more.

Marvel went to USA Today this morning to break the news that author Brian Michael Bendis is switching from X-Men to the new Invincible Iron...