Exclusive Preview: Take a trip with ILL VACATION
Steve Thompson and Gonzalo Ruggieri's Ill Vacation debuts with Comixology Originals in June. Here's an excerpt from Chapter 3.
Manga Mavericks Books to launch first three titles in July
Manga Mavericks Books, a new North American manga publisher, will release its first three titles on July 16.
Exclusive: Read the entire first chapter of THE LAST BAND ON EARTH
Read the entire first chapter of Elaine M. Will's post-apocalyptic graphic novel, The Last Band on Earth, available now.
Interview: Jason Rosen takes us to MONSTERWOOD
Jason Rosen takes us to MONSTERWOOD, the new graphic novel omnibus available from publisher Outland Entertainment
Graphic Novel Review: BASKET changes the game
Basket
Writer: Paco Moccand
Illustrator: Marie Derambure
Letterer: Steph Bulante
Editors: Sara Hagstrom and Steph Bulante
Publisher: Lucky Pocket Press / $25
Spring 2025
Basket is exactly what you want. The...
Manga Review: YOU TALK TOO MUCH, SO JUST SHUT IT ALREADY! is a comedy...
In this review of "You Talk Too Much, So Just Shut It Already!," we explore a sweet, silly manga full of heart, humor, and hilariously failed sign language.
RED NIGHT and DING DONG CIRCUS hit shelves this April from Breakdown Press
Breakdown Press brings experimental manga to the forefront with "Red Night" by Kazuichi Hanawa and a long-awaited reprint of "Ding Dong Circus" by Sasaki Maki, both arriving April 28, 2025.
INTERVIEW: Magnetic Press founder Mike Kennedy unpacks the last 10 years
Magnetic Press founder and publisher Mike Kennedy speaks to the company's origins, growth, and future plans.
Interview: Fieldmouse Press talks tariffs and how to support small press operations
In this economy? Fieldmouse Press talks tariffs and how to help small press publishers right now.
CoryxKenshin’s MONSTERS WE MAKE becomes fastest selling indie manga in the U.S
It's been a while since I last covered the indie manga, Monsters We Make. A passion project created by popular YouTuber CoryxKenshin, it was...
Interview: COME OUT AND PLAY editors on why ‘queerness and athletics are not at...
Previously in The Beat's Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up column, we announced that Stacked Deck Press's latest project, Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project,...
MOCCA 2025 passed the busy table test
MOCCA Fest 2025 was mostly awesome, as usual, but there were a few questions about economics
