Publishers

Well here's something super progressive. According to a leaked agreement between the Sony and Marvel studios that share film rights for the Spider-Man franchise, the Spider-Man character...

Livewire, the ass-kicking electro-magnetic supervillain is coming to the DC You next month in Cameron Stewart and Babs Tarr's Batgirl #42.  The character, who was...

These days, rarely do I look at an illustrator's portfolio and outright gasp.  It's not that I'm necessarily jaded-- I recognize and appreciate all the...

It's week 3 of Kyle's adventure in the DC Universe, come join the party!

Writer: Mark Russell Artist: Ben Caldwell Inker: Mark Morales Colorist: Jeremy Lawson Letterer: Travis Lanham Meet Beth Ross, the first teenaged President of the United States. In a nation where corporations can run for...

Other members of Team Beat will be along soon to give their reviews of Disney/Pixar's "Inside Out", debuting tomorrow. There was mention of a...

Holy cow! It's taken some time to finally see the conclusion to Matt Fraction and David Aja's wonderful Hawkeye run. Even Marvel moved on,...

While there's been some shifting around and experimentation with other platforms for some publishers, it seem Marvel will makes theirs Comixology, at least where digital comcs are concerned. They've just announced a renewal of their agreement to sell Marvel digital comics, with an expansion to the Kindle platform for the first time:

Founded in 1997, TokyoPop was one of the most influential publishers of the Aughts, driving the manga boom in the US as the first publisher to print manga in its original right-to-left format, a move that helped cement its authenticity among young readers. Later on their "original English language manga" line developed an entire generation of young creators working in a manga style, including Becky Cloonan and Amy Reeder Hadley. But it all came to an end in 2011 when the company shut down except for the German office. Owner and founder Stuart Levy went on to make a documentary about the Tohoku earthquake, even amidst continuing controversy about the reversion of rights to creators However there have been flickers of life since then, with some new digital publishing, licensing OEL books like King City to Image, and a TokyoPop-branded newsletter that was part of Nerdist's adventures in that area. Since TokyoPop never went bankrupt, it's entirely possible that Levy can bring it back, as promised on the company's about page:

By Victor Van Scoit With San Diego Comic-Con around the corner, press releases titled "San Diego Comic-Con 2015 Exclusive" are coming fast and furious (where's...

Note: The distribution numbers used below are estimates, not hard sales numbers.  They're accurate to the trends, but take the exact unit measurements with...

It's going to be Batman day again! But it's a great promotion and adds another holiday to the Comics Calendar. Celebrate by brooding and going to a charity ball.