Cartoonist Lalo Alcaraz wins 2025 RFK Journalism Award for Editorial Cartoons
Lalo Alcaraz was named the winner of the 2025 Robert F. Kennedy Journalism Award for Editorial Cartoons as part of The 2025 RFK Human Rights Book and Journalism Awards on May 22,2025. The ceremony...
Prolific creator Peter David has died at 68
Prolific creator Peter David has died at 68. The Beat sends its condolences to family, friends, and fans.
What the Mrs. Flood reveal on DOCTOR WHO means…
The Interstellar Song Contest saw the identity of Mrs. Flood revealed and the return of a major Doctor Who villain. The Beat breaks down who they are and what that means for fans!
New manga publisher BluPetal launched
With promise to bring more Boys Love, Girls Love, Shojo, Josei, Teens' Love and Gei Komi
SAG-AFTRA files unfair labor practice charge at FORTNITE over Darth Vader AI voice
AI generated voice of the late James Earl Jones is used by Darth Vader character to talk to players.
The Beat Digest 05/23/25: AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY, SECRET WARS delayed
There's tons more news from BOOM!, Titan, Dark Horse, and more on today's Digest too, including new MMPR/TMNT and Blade Runner: Black Lotus sequels.
Hermes Press now has no distributor due to Diamond situation
Hermes Press says the Diamond situations is "effectively halting distribution of our products and many others."
Titan Manga to release UNEMPLOYED KILLERS SUPPORT GROUP Vol. 1 in February 2026
Titan Manga will publish "Unemployed Killers Support Group" Vol. 1 by Taiwanese creator Rio in February 2026.
Opinion: Diamond is leaving retailers in the dark
Retailers still have no idea what is going to happen to Diamond Comics or Diamond Select Toys.
Wonderful Wednesdays: OUR SUNNY DAYS, HIBANA and more from Seven Seas
Fans rejoice as Seven Seas announces 5 titles in this week's Wonderful Wednesdays, including highly popular Boys' Love VSC "Our Sunny Days"!
The wait is almost over: BRASS SUN returns to 2000 AD in September
At long last - Ian Edginton and INJ Culbard's clockwork punk fantasy series Brass Sun will be returning to the pages of 2000 AD for its sixth series in September 2025. The critically acclaimed series had been absent since 2018.
Hard-boiled kid detective KID MAROON gets OGN after 75-year hiatus
This September, Christopher Cantwell and Victor Santos revive Kid Maroon, the hard-boiled kid detective created by Pep Shepard in the 1940s.
