The original artwork of “Video Girl Ai” was stolen and sold online
"There are about 2,500 original drawings across all 15 volumes. If each drawing costs 300,000 yen(1,931 United States dollars), the total damage amounts to 750 million yen. (4,828,569 United States dollars)."
CHABOUTÉ wins 2025 Landernau Prize
French graphic novelist and auteur Christophe Chabouté has been awarded the 2025 Landernau Prize for his latest book
Brian Michael Bendis shares an exclusive look at AVENGERS #800
Next week, with Avengers #34, the title will recognize its landmark 800th issue since the title launched in the 1960s. It's doing so in grand fashion, by bringing back legendary Avengers scribe Brian Michael Bendis and his longtime collaborator Mark Bagley for a backup feature.
French critics association ACBD announces 2025 Kids Prize Winner and Grand Prize Finalists
In France, the Association of French Comics Critics and Journalists (ACBD) announced wordless 3D graphic novel Jean Jambe et le mystère des profondeurs, by Matthias Picard, the winner of their annual Prix Jeunesse kids prize. The ACBD also narrowed down its contenders for their signature award, the Grand Prix de la Crtitique
CRWN Studios launches distribution arm
The long running Portland-based publishing services house CRWN Studios is expanding to distribution with a 25-year-Diamond Comics veteran as Director of Sales
THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING teaser trailer released
Lionsgate has released the first official teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the prequel which will hit theaters one year from today.
WICKED: FOR GOOD writers dismiss “spoiler” concerns
Thirty years after the release of the WICKED novel, screenwriters think the spoilers are hard to avoid.
In Funko’s Fall, We Sinned All
With Funko's future in doubt, a look back at how Pops took over the world and comics shops, and whether they can be replaced
Cloudflare gets court order to pay $3.2 million for manga piracy
The Tokyo District Court has ordered Cloudflare to pay $3.2 million to Japanese manga publishers over online piracy.
Portland’s Books With Pictures starts GoFundMe campaign
Portland's beloved Books With Pictures comics shop has launched a fundraiser to pay off debts, and the community is rallying around it
Mike Mignola and Dark Horse announce LEONIDE THE VAMPYR: THE HOUSE OF YONDA
Hellboy creator Mike Mignola is reteaming with acclaimed artist Rachele Aragno (Yuletide, Mel: The Chosen) to return to the world of Leonide The Vampyr with a new two-part comics event, debuting this spring from Dark Horse Comics.
America’s first video game champion Rebecca Ann Heineman has died
Interplay co-founder and America's first official video game champion, Rebecca Ann Heineman, has died following a short battle with cancer.























