Sales Charts: Champions lead Marvel back to the top in October
Diamond has just released the sales rankings for October, and Boom's Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York #1 was the best selling periodcal,...
Marvel unleashes Gwenster variants with giant rampaging woman-thing
Monsters Unleashed gets a totally weird set of variant with...GWENSTERS UNLEASHED. We've been telling you about the Monsters Unleashed for a while -- the...
Here’s the New Jersey Comics Expo programming slate with Kubert School 40th Anniversary and...
Next weekend it's the New Jersey Comic Expo in Edison, NJ, a moderate sized but highly enjoyable show with a fantastic guest list that includes Colleen...
Check out the first trailer for VALERIAN AND THE CITY OF A THOUSAND PLANETS
Luc Besson's new Euro sci-fi adaptation has its first trailer
Fox planning DEADPOOL 3, mulling reset of X-Men franchise
Fox looks to reconfigure their superhero universe in the wake of Deadpool's success
Wizard World sues Stephen Shamus for $1 million, but who are the 10 ‘John...
Say it ain't so, Norman Reedus. Last week convention company Wizard World fired their Chief Marketing Officer Stephen Shamus, and they filed suit against him. The suit alleges that Shamus used his position to obtain more than $1 million worth of signed memorabilia and collectibles from Wizard World guests which he then sold. A sweet set-up for some extra cash, if true.
Report: GAME OF THRONES star to play Steppenwolf in JUSTICE LEAGUE
The King Beyond The Wall will voice Darkseid's chief lieutenant
Is SDCC launching a San Francisco Comic-Con?
It seems that comics may be making a comeback in the Bay Area? Yesterday we had the happy news that the Cartoon Art Museum...
Unassuming Barber Shop: A Real Doctor Strange
Welcome back to Unassuming Barber Shop, a semi-regular column here at The Beat that examines--and sometimes flat-out speculates-- on the possible historical origins of fictional comics...
This Weekend: Comic Arts Brooklyn rolls out with some amazing comics
It looked a little rocky there for a while, but, Comic Arts Brooklyn is back at the Mt. Carmel Gymnasium, 12 Havemeyer St. in Williamsburg...
Comics publisher Double Take is shutting down at the end of the month
The boom in comics periodical publishers over the last few years has a first casualty: Double Take. The division of video game company Take Two Interactive, which was headed by former Marvel publisher Bill Jemas will shut down at the end of the month. The news was first reported at Bleeding Cool and independently confirmed by The Beat.
Woody Harrelson stars as WILSON in new Red Band trailer
The new Clowes' adaptation releases in March

















