Comics

  by Zachary Clemente On Sunday of the 20th annual Small Press Expo (SPX), The Beat grabbed a strange, backless hotel couch surrounded by vacated folding...

This infographic is also an ad for WEBTOONS, a portal short serialized digital comics that are native on mobile platforms. The site is run by NAVER, the Google of South Korea. Despite the proprietary nature there is still some interesting info on the graph including projected worldwide size of the digital comics market...no idea where that came from, but webtoons are an established entertainment format in South Korea, seemingly more than in the US.

In a world where complains about overly idealized heroines are common, Faith, a member of Valiant's Harbinger teen superhero group is a nice break: a normal young woman who is learning to deal with her powers just like every other superbeing. And now she's getting her own one shot by Joshua Dysart and Robert Gill, with variant covers by Joe Quinones, Lucy Knisley and Brian Level. Valiant continues to branch out with their superhero line -- because it's a more diverse world and comics market out there.

The indie comics world and The Beat are recovering from the yearly love in also known as the Small Press Expo. You can see...

The Guardian is serializing a new Chris Ware comic, called The Last Saturday. If there was a contest to chose the most Chris Ware-like...

Who would win, Spider-Man or Ms Marvel? We may find out when they meet for the first time in October's AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #7. Will...

In August, I went on vacation with my girlfriend (who is now my fiancée) and took some well deserved time away from the store...

Teen Titans: Earth One Vol. 1   by Jeff Lemire, Rachel Dodson, Terry Dodson On Sale Date: November 25, 2014 9781401245566, 1401245560 $22.99 USD / $26.99 CAD Hardcover 144...

I just arrived at SPX and the thrill of excitement over comics is a palpable thing, as the young and the young at heart...

Rumors about Fantagraphics launching a smaller, micro press had been floating around for a while and in advance of SPOX they've made it official....

This sells itself doesn't it: hawkeye takes on the most popular Marvel character of the moment in a Halloween adventure. by Gerry DUggan and Matteo Lolli with a cover by James Harren (!) and a Jason Pearson variant.

First Second has released the cover for a new graphic novel by Asaf and Tomer Hanuka and Boaz Lavie.