SDCC '17

Nick Nostalgia is in full swing at Comic Con this year. Everywhere you go you see reminders of Nickelodeon’s past. Besides yesterday’s Rocko’s Modern Life panel and reveal, nothing has been anticipated more than...

By Rachel Maurer With the end of Secret Empire in sight, Marvel gathered creators from a variety of upcoming titles to discuss what’s next for our favorite superheroes – and drop a couple of exciting...

We all know the game “Tetris.” It’s addictive and embedded in the halls of video game history. Did you know though that it originated from Russia? How about that near the pinnacle of its...

Hasbro is without a doubt one of the toy juggernauts at San Diego Comic-Con, having a fairly-large slice of the collectible’s market. Just look at their line that wraps around their own booth like...

On Thursday at SDCC, Dark Horse editor Ian Tucker sat down with 343 Industries (Halo Wars 2) Frank O'Connor and Blizzard Entertainment's (Overwatch) Robert Simpson to talk about bringing beloved video game franchises to...

While there has been all kinds of exciting comics news coming out of the San Diego Convention Center (Ed Piskor's take on the X-Men, Arkham Asylum 2, a pair of Donny Cates projects at...

By Andrea Ayres Five years after the first Women in Comics panel, how much has changed and how much has stayed the same? Do we even need diversity panels anymore or are they passé? Those...

Marvel Games is having a console renaissance of late with Telltale's Guardians of the Galaxy and all the buzz surrounding Insomniac's Spider-Man. Thursday at SDCC 2017, Kinda Funny's Greg Miller hosted a murderers row...

When Battlestar Galactica launched in 2004 on SyFy, it defined the concept of “binge-watching” television for millions of Americans (to the point that the concept was parodied in a sketch on Portlandia). But producers Ron Moore and David Eick, who were on-hand for the Battlestar Galactica reunion panel at San Diego Comic Con, aren’t sure the show would have thrived in the same way in newer streaming models that encourage binge-watching.

By Nancy Powell Science fiction writer Sharon Shinn (Twelve Houses series) and writer illustrator Molly Ostertag have combined to create an emotionally resonant story in which a young woman who has lost everything—family, fortune and...

By Gabriel Neeb On the floor of any comics convention, there are hundreds of titles inspiring awe, wonder, devotion, and occasionally, production and licensing deals. Many of these are benefitting not just their parent media...

If you were busy at the show or just catching up, here are all The Beat's Thursday links in one place.  Happy Comic-Con! DC’s June Sales Distribution: It’s a Good Thing Batman Bounced Back ...