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by Nancy Powell The Comics Beat’s own Heidi MacDonald moderated a Thursday evening panel discussion on the state-of-state of comics journalism, featuring Megan Purdy of...

In a bit of an upset over Stucky and Stormpilot, Olicity won "Ship of the Year" at the 2016 MTV Fandom Awards. Teen Wolf,...

Here's a brief burst of non SDCC news: Noah Berlatsky announced that The Hooded Utilitarian blog is going on hiatus: Hey all. I wanted to...

Nearly a decade ago, Cheryl Eaton created a site called The Ormes Society. It was named after Jackie Ormes, the first African American woman cartoonist and creator of Torchy Brown. The site was devoted to recording the work of African American women in comics and when the site started, Eaton came up with 13 names.

A big Marvel reboot, a midnight release of a previews magazine that reveals the state of Marvel after a big event called "Wars"...and a...

MTV and Jolly Rancher have teamed up for some "Fandom of the Year" awards, for the third time, although I guess I missed the first...

Cartoonist Geneviève Castree lost her battle with cancer yesterday. She was 35 and leaves behind a husband and a young daughter. Battling Stage...

Cartoonist Benjamin Frisch makes his graphic novel debut this summer with THE FUN FAMILY, a subversive look at the underbelly of the All-American family...

Eric Powell gained a huge following with The Goon, but now he's got his own self published line called Albatross Funnybooks and a debut book, "Hillbilly" which went on sale this week. CBR has all the details, and though the bvook would appear to star a more violent Alan Moore it's actually about "Rondel, a man born with no eyes, yet cursed with terrible vision, who is out to rid the world of foul demons and witches." Spoiler: This book looks amazing!

It's one of the most durable licenses in comics: the WWE. And this time, Boom! is doing the honors, as revealed in the LA...

Maia Kobabe is a very talented up and coming cartoonist as the above page from her Tom O'Bedlam adaptation shows. (disclosure: she is also...

"The Winds of Winter," the finale to the sixth season of HBO's Game of Thrones was one of the most thrilling episodes of television...