Comics

˙ʇᴉ ɟo puoɔǝs ʎɹǝʌǝ ʎoɾuǝ ll,noʎ ʇnq pɐɯ noʎ ǝʌᴉɹp llᴉʍ ʞooq sᴉɥʇ. This book will drive you mad but you'll enjoy every second of it.

There are scores of great webcomics to read from indie cartoonists on these internets. There are also tons of great mini comics on sale from cartoonists at CAFs. But what if you can't get to a CAF or want a more curated portal to help you find good stuff? Zco.mx (pronounced zee·com·ics) is a new site that offers a curated list of cartoonists with selected digital offerings, all available to read for free -- but you are also encouraged to make a donation. Comics are downloadable as CBZ files via torrents or DC. I'm not super crazy about that format, but the reader on the site itself works very smoothly, and I don't have any room on my iPad anyway.

A common comment often heard around the con floor is "Why doesn't Marvel Studios do more to promote the COMICS with all those movies?"...

New documentary takes audiences into the world of indie development, Batman wants $40 more bucks from you, Star Wars is liquidating their games digitally, and you'll believe a man can skydive on to a plane and then backflip off of it with a shotgun.

According to a report from Variety, San Diego-based Luth Research has been analyzing Netflix's original content and concluded that Marvel's Daredevil was the most popular of the streaming service's original series in recent months, with 10.7% of domestic Netflix subscribers tuning in for at least one episode in the show's first 11 days of airtime.

With the new Avengers movie looming, Comics Beat comes up with new ways for Marvel and Disney to merge at the Happiest Place on Earth.

It's our annual announcement of the biggest graphic novel of the year! Wimpy Kid #10 will be out on November 3rd and it will be...

Welcome to MATT CHATS, a weekly interview series in which I, Matt O'Keefe, talk with people of interest in the comic book industry. Whether...

WOW!  Forbidden Planet in New York City, one of the oldest and best comics retailers in the country, has an amazing amount of events...

A countdown of the MCU from worst to best

Audi produced this short comedy advertisement with Stan Lee teaching how to do what he does best: appear in cameos in Marvel films. The short, directed by Kevin Smith with appearances by Smith, Jason Mewes, Michael Rooker, Tara Reid and, poignantly, Lou Ferrigno, sort of sums up where we're at as a culture right now. “I’ve studied a lot of acting methods,” Rooker says in the short. “I’ve studied the Stanislavski method, the method method, but I’ve never studied anything like the Stan Lee method.

Floyd Belkin joins the Beat Staff for our weekly picks on the best new comics available at your local shop this week. Pull apart these books!