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§ Condolences to Matt Fraction on the passing of his father. Dennis Fritchman attended several HeroesCon with is family and clearly he was a man...

Yes, that's right: Image. I know I usually do the DC Comics sales summaries here at The Beat, but while Heidi looks for someone to step in and handle the Indy comics chart I volunteered to do a column focusing on Image. With around seventy titles each month they're about as large (titles-wise) as Marvel or DC, so I figure they should have their own column, yes? Warning: The commentary may be even more mis-informed than usual...

The important thing to remember when looking at Image's sales numbers is that they're not really playing the same game as other comics companies. My understanding (and I'm sure you'll all correct me if I'm wrong in the comments below...) is that Image charges a flat fee for producing, listing and distributing comics, so that after that fee and the printing costs, whatever is left over goes directly to whoever supplied the comic. (This may be different for the official Image partners...)

Well, this is a shocker for the first time ever, The Hulk is going to be...a teenager! As predicted many times, the hulk in...

  Force Friday is here! A brand new holiday established to make people line up and buy toys.  If you can find one, Hasbro's magnetic BB-8...

Since the announcement of Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige's move to report to Alan Horn and away from Ike Perlmutter, there's been talk of...

On my lunch break today, I decided to catch up on a few books I had fallen behind on.  Among them was Silk.  I picked...

The SPX programming went live today, with a plethora of great programs and a bit of news: Bill Kartalopoulos, programming director for the last nine years, is stepping into an advisory capacity, mostly with international guests. This year's programming was handled by a committee led by Esther Kim of Fantom Comics that includes Michael Cavna and Jen Vaughn, with Kartalopoulos continuing in a consulting capacity with a focus on international guests. 

Disney XD brings the Guardians of the Galaxy from the theaters to your kids TV in their own series. Our thoughts on the series premiere.

The panel schedule for New York Comic Con is live! Of note this year, some panels will be held at the Hammerstein Ballroom up the...

Not too many comics or graphic novel make Page Six, the NY Posts's venerable gossip page, but the book party the other night for...

The Dark Knight Trilogy wraps up on November 25th with the first issue of DARK KNIGHT III: THE MASTER RACE #1, written byFrank Miller and Brian Azzarello and drawn by Andy Kubert and Klaus Janson. You can bet there will be several variant covers as well, and here's the first, a retailer variant by Dave Johnson, based on a sketch by Jim Lee—when you order it as a store, you get your logo put on it.

§ I know it's all good, but Todd Allen looks at some of the shaky ground that the comics industry growth is based on: As...