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
Graphic Novel Review: BRING ME THE HEAD OF SUSAN LOMOND dead funny
Bring Me the Head of Susan Lomond
Cartoonist: Connor B
Publisher: Silver Sprocket / $11.99
February 2025
Macabre is putting it lightly with Monroe Poole. When she says...
Small Press Spotlight: Check out a preview of MADAME CHOI AND THE MONSTERS
The Small Press Spotlight is back with a preview of MADAME CHOI AND THE MONSTERS, hitting stores on November 26
Interview: Cullen Bunn on TRIPLE THREAT OF TERROR
Horror writer Cullen Bunn chatted with The Beat about TRIPLE THREAT OF TERROR, his latest Kickstarter project with Outland Entertainment
NYCC ’24: Filip Sablik finally unveils Ignition Press
At New York Comic Con, former Boom! Studios president Filip Sablik revealed the name of his next venture: Ignition Press.
