DC Comics announce HARLEY AND IVY: LIFE AND CRIMES
DC Comics announce new series HARLEY AND IVY: LIFE AND CRIMES, with everyone's favorite criminal couple getting a brand new series in November.
Flame Con 2025 to honor ‘the vibrancy and resilience of the trans community’
Flame Con, the world's largest queer comic and pop culture convention, returns to the Sheraton New York Times Square on August 16–17, 2025, with expanded programming for youth.
SDCC ’25 Interview: Nicole Maines teases more on Dreamer and Galaxy’s reunion
The Beat spoke with Nicole Maines at SDCC 2025, where she shared her go-to Taco Bell order, the challenges and triumphs of working with artists to bring Dreamer's story to life, and where Dreamer's story is going next.
SDCC ’25: George Takei on not washing his hand after meeting MLK, discovering comics,...
George Takei chatted with editor Leigh Walton at SDCC 2025 about not washing his hand after meeting MLK, discovering comics, and more
SDCC’ 25: Prism Comics returns for 22nd year at SDCC
Prism Comics is hosting over two dozen creators at SDCC
What’s going on with NSFW comics lately?
What's going on with NSFW comics lately? We ask a few comic creators currently working within the genre
Interview: Sam Prentice-Jones talks debut graphic novel ARCANA: THE LOST HEIRS
The Beat caught up with Prentince-Jones over email to discuss his debut graphic novel Arcana: The Lost Heirs, how it was inspired by tarot, and what it was like being the first graphic novel to be published by Hot Key Books.
Pride 2025 Interview: Khalid Johnson talks SANGUINE FOUNDATIONS and art as advocacy
Successfully funded on Kickstarter in April 2025, Sanguine Foundations by Khalid Johnson is the story of Jess Freeman, a Black trans woman who discovers that she's a witch after enrolling in a magical university, with a violent and transphobic past.
Comics Beat’s Pride 2025 Manga Reading List
Celebrate Pride with this non-exhaustive list of queer manga stories!
Exclusive: Maverick announces queer YA OGN WRACK & RUNE
Maverick has announced Wrack & Rune, a queer, fantastical, young adult graphic novel about power and privilege.
Pride Interview 2025: Kendra Wells talks their shit, REAL HERO SHIT 2 and future...
Fully funded in 12 hours, Real Hero Shit 2: Harder Than It Looks is the next installment in the Real Hero Shit series by...
Pride 2025 Interview: Jeremy Whitley talks the ACES & AROS anthology
Aces & Aros affirms that ace and aro identities are neither fringe nor fleeting but rich, complex, and deeply human.
























