TIFF ’26: The Five Best Films of the Toronto International Film Festival
With this year's edition of the Toronto International Film Festival wrapping up, it's time I share with you, dear reader, the five best films...
Horror Beat: Keith Rosson delivers his best novel yet in CRONE
Sister, mother, daughter, crone, keeper.
TIFF ’26: YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER YOUR MOTHER reimagines the Blade we almost got
Seven years ago, I sat in Hall H with Heidi, my partner Hannah, Taimur, Patrick Meany and other Beatsters, as we did every year...
TIFF ’26: THE LAST PHOTOGRAPH is Zack Snyder’s Worst Film
Zack Snyder returns for his most wildly misguided film yet
Graphic Novel Review: Box Brown’s WTF IS A PODCAST WITH MARC MARON chronicles vital...
Box Brown's new book, WTF IS A PODCAST WITH MARC MARON, sees the best biographer in comics chronicling vital Internet history.
Horror Beat: Kim Bo-young ‘s A PLAGUED SEA gives humanity to eldritch horrors
A daring interpretation of Lovecraftian horror.
Graphic Novel Review: MARVEL DIMENSIONS gets lost in its own universe
Marvel Dimensions sees Alex Ross get lost in his own ideas of heroism even if he still drawing some gorgeous looking comics.
Marvel Rundown: Miraculous events in AVENGERS ARMAGEDDON #4
This week we look at Avengers Armageddon #4 and its dramatic reveal. Plus, reviews of Queen in Black: Defenders of Light and DNX #1.
Wednesday Comics Reviews: We’re doing DND and CREEPSHOW like it’s 1985
This week's lead review is the first issue from the latest volume of CREEPSHOW, the fifth to be published by Skybound. Plus, much more!
DC Round-Up: The BAD SEEDS event spreads across the Bat-titles
This week's four BAD SEEDS entries are excellent event comics, but they’re even better entries in their own ongoing tales.
Top Comics to Buy for September 16, 2026: A gruesome bunch of murder books
This week's gritty bunch of top comics to buy for September 16 features Nightwing, Exquisite Corpses, The Patron, and more!
Classic Comic Compendium: JOE THE BARBARIAN will inspire you to explore the worlds inside
Joe the Barbarian occupies the same space as something like The Filth and Annihilator, but approaches it from a different angle.




















