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Image Publisher Eric Stephenson delivered a speech to retailers this morning and here's the text, courtesy of Image comics: I hope you don’t mind if...

Contrary to the reports from this past week, writer Jimmy Palmiotti has taken to Twitter - and The Beat's comment section - to state...

Hi everyone! New guy, Dave Carter, here with the first DC sales charts of 2014. I have an introductory write-up down at the end of this column, but since you're all really here for the sales numbers, commentary and snark, let's get to it: On the surface DC seemingly does well to start off the year, with their two premier Batman-starring titles in the #1 & #2 slots, and five of the top ten. But once you start looking a little deeper there is much to cause concern… Three of DC's top selling titles, Forever Evil, Superman Unchained, and Sandman Overture, did not ship this month, contributing to the overall sales decline.

DC has announced its September stunt for the year at the ComicsPRO meeting down in Atlanta and it's the return of those new-fangled lenticular...

With the final part of his 'Zita the Spacegirl' trilogy hitting stores in May, you might have been wondering what Ben Hatke's next project...

That Rocket Raccoon exploitation we told you about is well underway, but when the exploitation takes the form of a series written and drawn by Skottie Young, it's really really hard to complain. And note well: this is an ONGOING series, not a one-shot or mini. It's Young's first gig writing AND drawing for Marvel.

Here's a new website that anyone who care's about the continuing evolution of comics should bookmark and heck regularly: The Tiny Report, a news...

While the odds are still low on him showing up to fulfill his duties as Grand Prix winner, Bill Watterson is slightly less reclusive of late than he has been for most of the 19 years since he quite Calvin and Hobbes. For instance he has drawn the poster for the film STRIPPED, a documentary about comic strip artists which also features an interview with Watterson. The piece is billed as Watterson's first cartoon in 19 years (he's shown a painting since then, a contribution to Project Cul-de-sac.)

I've been following the progress of Sonny Liew's (Malinky Robot, My Faith in Frankie) upcoming biography of Singaporean comics pioneer, Charlie Chan Hock Chye...

Before I get into the nitty gritty.. Buy your tickets NOW.  Stop reading, and go buy them.  This is "Lion King" big.  This is "plan...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Aq4a7g_wdU It is a new millennium and a New Star Wars Trilogy. And according to reports this afternoon Adam Driver is nearing a deal to...

My sincerest apologies for both the lateness and the brevity of this month’s column. I’m in the middle of a move to a new city, and have just started a new job, so time has been especially scarce this month. I’ve not been able to comment on many of the titles towards the lower end of the chart, and I suspect next month will be very similar. Things should be back to normal by the February chart though! It was a relatively quiet December, Bill Willingham’s Legenderry the highest charting new entry amongst the usual bumper-selling Image titles, a couple of Star Wars books and My Little Pony. Elsewhere, it’s a very downward trending chart, with only 11 titles going up in sales and a colossal 123 going down, with the rest made up of new entries and specials.