Classic Comic Compendium: THE MAXX – MAXXIMIZED VOL. 1 by the great Sam Kieth
With The Maxx - Maxximized Vol. 1, this column takes a look back at the work of the one-and-only, late great Sam Kieth.
What the return of the superstar artist means for comics
The comics industry has decided that artists are important after all, and superstar artists are now on the rise
Self-Published Saturday: Jim Mahfood and Jesse Lonergan deliver alternate takes on bat-themed vigilantes
For this new edition of self-published Saturday, we take a look at two very different bat-evoking comics by Jim Mahfood and Jesse Lonergan.
IDW announces STAR TREK: RED SHIRTS sequel series, GHOST OF THE 21ST CENTURY
One of Comics Beat's best comics of 2025, Star Trek: Red Shirts, is getting a sequel series: Ghost of the 21st Century.
Exclusive: Nakama Press announces BEST FRIEND SHOW
Mad Cave Studios imprint Nakama Press has announced a new young adult graphic novel, Best Friend Show, hitting shelves in August 2026.
Graphic Novel Review: PUNK’N HEADS reminds you that your 20s were messy and fun
Punk'N Heads, the new book from Dave Baker and Nicole Goux, is a graphic novel reminder that your 20s were messy and fun.
Exclusive Preview: Stephan Franck’s PALOMINO concludes with Volume 6
Stephan Franck's neo-noir saga Palomino will soon hit Kickstarter. Check out an exclusive preview of the Vol. 6 finale.
The Week in Diamond: DENIED!!!
The court has denied motions filed by publishers to get their consignment stock back, but that's not the end of the Diamond Bankruptcy case
Graphic novel sales rose 28.5% in Q1 2026
Graphic novel sales were WAY up in Q1 2026, but what drove the surge isn't clear based on the data we have.
Exclusive Preview: WAR OF THE WORLDS – THUNDER CHILD reinterprets a classic
An extended first look at War of the Worlds: Thunder Child, a graphic novel depicting events that happen parallel to the H.G. Wells novel.
Animation Legend Willie Ito on Disney, Hanna-Barbera, and the two-decade journey of Hello Maggie
Willie Ito was ready to retire in 1999 after a 50-year career at the world's biggest animation studios. Instead, he spent the next two decades bringing a deeply personal story of the Japanese American incarceration to the screen.
New comics nonprofit BODEGA launches Brooklyn Expo of Comics
Bryce Gold, James Tynion IV, Courtney Menard and more team up to launch comics nonprofit BODEGA and the Brooklyn Expo of Comics (BEC) 2026.
