Publishers

A few months ago Dark Horse announced they were publishing The Legend of Zelda: Hyrule Historia an authorized art book of the storied video game franchise. Such was the excitement for this book that it knocked off Shades of grey from the Amazon best seller list for a while week, and money from The Beat's Amazon affiliate link paid for all our Christmas presents.

Some changes at Image Comics; Ron Richards, formerly of iFanboy, has been hired as Director of Business Development. You can read about Richards' new...

Another week where I purposely ignore Saga! What devilry is this? Surely answers must be forthcoming. This week I'll be reviewing X-Men #40, Hoax Hunters...

Two of the stronger X-Men titles during an incredibly strong period for X-Men titles in general, April will sadly see the cancellation of both...

The big sales news for December was definitely coming out of the Marvel Now relaunch and the "death" of Peter Parker.  Big numbers on...

Well, here it is. The final issue of CREATOR-OWNED HEROES. When you think “last issue”, particularly on a series meeting an untimely end, you...

A very cute cat with an extra claw named Lil Bub visited Marvel Comics, and thus perhaps the greatest post ever on the Marvel...

The Oscar nominations were announced the other day. To no one’s surprise, the screenplay for The Avengers was not among them. That’s a shame, because the screenplay for The Avengers is a startling model of precision, density and propulsion. It manages to juggle no fewer than ten wildly disparate main characters in its ensemble cast and give each of them weight, clarity and purpose. Dear readers, I’ve worked on many a comic-book movie, none of which ever got near production. To get one superhero narrative to work is damn near impossible; The Avengers soars with seven.

Paul Pope's long long delayed magnum opus is finally coming out this fall. EW has the cover and the scoop: First: The book. Battling Boy...

Today sees the release of Demon Knights #20 from DC, written by Robert Venditti and drawn by Bernard Chang. And Chang is so excited...

Brian Michael Bendis took to the Marvel Conference Phone this week, to listen in awe to the sonorous sounds of the comics press. Talking about his imminent relaunch of Guardians of the Galaxy with Steve McNiven, he was joined on the call by editor Steve Wacker, who alternately sighed and yelped “NO” every time the writer revealed a little too much about the upcoming stories.

While Marvel keeps rolling out its latest round of relaunches, DC is sticking to its guns in November. There's the "Death of the Family" crossover that continues running through various Batman titles. There's the "Rise of the Third Army" crossover that continues running through the Green Lantern books. There are three minor crossover storylines running through various other titles. And there are, finally, the Before Watchmen and "digital-first" lines of books, both of which continue to expand in November.