Comics

Launched in 2011 with much fanfare, ShiftyLook was a fun idea: redeveloping old Namco/Bandai video game properties as webcomics with an eye to further...

Comics is an unpredictable world to wander through. One day everything is understandable and safe, Chew sits on the shelf next to Revival, and...

Marvel announced some improvements to its AR app at SWSXi yesterday, including finally adding the audio components it talked about last year. It also has improved the panel flow and the AR extras will now be available in all digital comics. They also announced an Ultimate Spider-Man Infinite comic, to be aimed at younger readers. Ultimate Infinite Spider-Man -- that sounds pretty indestructible.

Comixology has been very busy at SXSW Interactive, giving away a ton of free graphic novels and gift cards to Amazon. They've just announced a new promotion making the top 100 books from the Submit program available for only $10, to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the program.

Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it’s More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat’s own Heidi...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=RIFqHn_Ul0M Nine years after the first SIN CITY created a whole new look for the movies, the first trailer for the sequel has been released....

I know everyone is tired of the dumping on Agents of SHIELD but Tuesday's big episode had the lowest ratings yet for the show....

In a letter to users this morning, ComiXology announced they have suffered a security breach, as stated in a letter that went out to...

GoodEReader is site that often has interesting digital news, but it just posted an alarmist article called Marvel Phasing out Retail Comic Distribution to Focus on Digital, which frankly is just wacky.

Marvel released three new #1s this week.  Revivals of Moon Knight and Magneto and a new first issue of Wolverine & The X-men that...

Walt Simonson's new book from IDW is coming out this summer and the pitch is as simple as it is irresistible. It's called Ragnarök, and it is Simonson's take on the original Norse Mythology. Considering what he did with this raw material in his beloved run on Thor, this should be a treat.

Kelly Angel is the writer and artist of Anything About Nothing, a webcomic which describes itself better than I ever could. But I shall...