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GAH!  We're heading deep into "comic con summer" (TCAF, BookCon, BookExpo...) and ReedPOP has announced that tickets for New York Comic Con, scheduled for October...

Fantagraphics has been teasing something new from Daniel Clowes for a few weeks and now and here's the official word: Patience, a new 180-page graphic novel from Clowes is coming in March 2016. It's described as "an indescribable psychedelic science-fiction love story." Certainly the art seems like a technicolor throwback to some of Clowes earlier genre-influenced work, as well as The Death Ray.

When the worlds end the Secret Wars begin. Well...kinda...

I didn't think London would be a particularly (hip hop) happening place for comics, alas I was wrong. In many instances I was pleasantly...

On this New Comic Book Day Eve, here are some of the non-Joss Whedon related headlines that are making waves today

By Nick Eskey Penelope Bagieu is a French illustrator who over the last ten years has become more involved in making comics and graphic novels. Some of her works include Josephine, Not Bad, White Page, and Stars of the Stars. She also has a comic blog, My Life Is Quite Fascinating, where she portrays everyday life in a humorous light.

The new Disney Infinity 3.0 WILL be with the force.

The weirdest thing happened to members of The Stately Beat Manor yesterday. None other than Bessie the Hellcow was seen loitering our gated off community. We're not heartless, so we decided to let Bessie in for the day (more like a week). Now relieved of her Earthly crusade to seek vengeance upon Dracula, she has gained a completely new state of mind after kinda (sorta) dying at hands of Howard the Duck. We attempted to further her new mindset by teaching her how to read...comic books of course! Only a few Beat Staffers even have the capacity to read books with words (is that even still a thing?). Unlike Floyd Belko (A.K.A. Arm-Fall-Off-Boy) from last week, Bessie immediately grew a taste for exploring the world of Valiant Comics. Since there are few titles that are all so easily accessible, Bessie was able to read the entirety of Valiant’s 2012 catalogue after a couple of all night binging sessions. We thought it was unhealthy, but proceeded in joining her late into the evening. After diving headfirst into exploring the wild and wonderful world of comics, here’s what she and the rest of the Beat Staff had to say for the week of 5/6/15.

It's the 96th Annual Children's Book Week, and this year's theme is COMICS. This is a great team up because, as I've noted many...

While the second biggest opening weekend in domestic cinema history doesn't seem like painfully coming up short, Avengers Age of Ultron failing to beat...

It feels like every week is Star Wars week these days, plus Mortal Kombat players bring Jason into the fight.

Per The Wrap, the next Star Wars anthology film, the very film that just lost director Josh Trank, will focus on everyone's favorite Mandalorian...