Disney rebukes Ike-led board coup: “oblivious to the ongoing secular change in the media...
More shots fired in the Ike vs Iger battle at Disney
THUNDERCATS #1 already has more than 100,000 pre-orders…and Liefeld will pile on
ThunderCats #1 from Dynamite already has more than 100,000 pre-orders...and they're looking to get even more with a just-announced Rob Liefeld variant cover.
News and Notes: Morgan Perry, TMNT, Duke sells out, Soaring Penguin more
Rounding up some news and comings and goings from Duke to Soaring Penguin
Massive and Omnibus team for digital crowdfunding fulfillment on ZORRO: MAN OF THE DEAD
Digital rewards for the Zorro: Man Of The Dead campaign will be available via the Omnibus app starting today.
CGC slabbing scandal rocks the collecting world
The discovery of a scammer who was opening slabbed comics and swapping them out has sent shockwaves through the comics collecting community.
Sales Charts: Adult Graphic Novel Sales fell 22.4% in bookstores in 2023
Overall, book sales fell only 2.6% in bookstores in 2023, but adult graphic novels were down a whopping 22.4%, PW reports
Brubaker and Phillip’s CRIMINAL to be a series on Amazon Prime
Criminal, the noir series by much lauded creators Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, is coming to Amazon Prime as a series.
The Beat’s 2024 Creator Survey Part 4: from “comicbook stores to comic bookstores”
In the final part of our 2024 Creator Survey, more publishers and cartoonists look forward to the challenges facing the industry
Ike Perlmutter is back…and he’s got a team
It's a not so Secret Board Wars as Ike Perlmutter has assembled the Revengers to take over Disney's board
The Beat’s 2024 Creator Survey Part 1: What’s coming up and what comics need
Creators from Julia Wertz to Jamila Rowser on the biggest stories in comics and what's coming up...plus guilty pleasures.
The latest HEARTSTOPPER smashed the British graphic novel sales record in just three days!
The newest volume in Alice Oseman’s powerhouse LGBTQIA+ graphic novel series 'Heartstopper' broke a British record in its first week of sale - becoming the UK’s fastest selling graphic novel ever
Comics aren’t dying, but they are changing – and that’s got people scared
It's been a wild, wild week for discourse about comics retailing, but here are some stats and some facts
