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Top Comics to Buy for March 11, 2026: ABSOLUTE BATMAN #18 leads the way

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Top Comics to Buy for March 11 features Absolute Batman #18, Exorcism at Buckingham Palace #1, Tigress Island #1, and more!
Retailing & Marketing

It’s official: We need sales charts for comics! 

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A straw poll confirms that most people in the comic book industry want sales charts. Here's why they're important.
Business News

Fans remain skeptical of Seven Seas’ potential AI translation usage

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In response to the public outcries against the use...
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Diamond Bankrutpcy Update: Publishers argue they should get their inventory back due to Chapter 7

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What has been happening in the last two months in the Diamond Chapter 7 bankruptcy and the fate of publishers' consigned inventory? A lot.

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Kristin Kreuk making comic book debut with BLACK STAR

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Retailing & Marketing

It’s official: We need sales charts for comics! 

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Comics

The Beat Digest 03/10/26: Zdarsky teases MAD ABOUT DC short

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Comics

The Curt Pires Interview: The future of Lost Fantasy, The Objectivist and putting family pets into armor

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Beat's Bizarre Adventure

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: LILIES BLOOMING IN 100 sketches

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NYCC

NYCC ’25: Exploring new worlds with the cast and crew of FIONNA AND CAKE Season 2

New season premieres Thursday, October 23 on HBO Max!
Art

Todd McFarlane’s Batman # 423 cover art sells for $781,250

Almost a million? in this economy?!?
Controversy!

Angoulême Festival’s crisis resumes

Angoulême Festival remains mired in controversy as the deadline for alternative showrunners entered its final days. Grand Prix recipient Anouk Ricard confirmed her decision to boycott next year’s festival, and two publishers have publicly declared they will not attend. Meanwhile it is believed that the widely unpopular showrunner incumbent 9e Art+ is the frontrunner to replace itself
Manga

TOKYOPOP announces FANGS and other titles have arrived on Manga Plaza

TOKYOPOP and NTT Solmare Corporation announced yesterday that many of TOKYOPOP's manga and light novel titles are now available on Manga Plaza.
Anime

DRAGON BALL’s Masako Nozawa becomes first VA to receive Persons of Cultural Merit recognition

Masako Nozawa, best known as Goku in "Dragon Ball," is the first voice actor to receive Japan's Persons of Cultural Merit recognition.
NYCC

NYCC ’25: All the cool toys coming soon from Bandai!

Bandai took over blocks of NYCC with their massive booths! Here's our favorite toys that we spotted from booth to booth.
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Manga and Anime News

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: LILIES BLOOMING IN 100 sketches

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This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga series LILIES BLOOMING IN 100 DAYS, S.A, and HEN KAI PAN.

Fans remain skeptical of Seven Seas’ potential AI translation usage

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In response to the public outcries against the use...

Manga Review: SCENES FROM AWAJIMA is a scenic portrait of ambitious young women

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Takako Shimura's drama manga set in an all-girls revue school Scenes from Awajima is available to read from Yen Press! Here's our spoiler-free review.

Seven Seas Entertainment announces three audiobook adaptations

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Seven Seas Entertainment announces three audiobook adaptations of its Siren Imprint light novels. Here's a detailed look.

Eiichiro Oda sinks the answer to the ONE PIECE into the sea—but fans know where it is

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Mangaka Eiichiro Oda sank the truth of the One Piece into the sea, and fans have already determined its location.

Manga authors and fans voice outrage towards Shogakukan and Manga ONE

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Shogakukan and Manga ONE continue to face backlash due to hiring Shoichi Yamamoto and Tatsuya Matsuki, two authors convicted of sex crimes.
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Business News

Fans remain skeptical of Seven Seas’ potential AI translation usage

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In response to the public outcries against the use...

Diamond Bankrutpcy Update: Publishers argue they should get their inventory back due to Chapter 7

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What has been happening in the last two months in the Diamond Chapter 7 bankruptcy and the fate of publishers' consigned inventory? A lot.

The future of Dark Horse: “creating the very best products and experiences for fans worldwide.”

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With Mike Richardson gone, what will happen next at Dark Horse? We don't know much yet but here it is.

Founder Mike Richardson out at Dark Horse after 40 years

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After 40 years, Dark Horse founder and CEO Mike Richardson has exited the company, reportedly in a move to "modernize and strengthen" the company

ComicsPRO ’26: The comics industry has done it!

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Some observations on this year's ComicsPRO meeting, where everyone got together to talk about how well things are going

Media Do acquires Seven Seas for $80 million

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Japanese digital publisher Media Do has acquired US indie manga company Seven Seas for about $80 million to further "continued global momentum in manga, light novels, and international storytelling."
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Top Comics to Buy for March 11, 2026: ABSOLUTE BATMAN #18 leads the way

Top Comics to Buy for March 11 features Absolute Batman #18, Exorcism at Buckingham Palace #1, Tigress Island #1, and more!
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Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: LILIES BLOOMING IN 100 sketches

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga series LILIES BLOOMING IN 100 DAYS, S.A, and HEN KAI PAN.
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Horror Beat: RESIDENT EVIL: REQUIEM encapsulates all that’s to love in the series

Welcome back to Racoon City. It's been a long time.
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Classic Comic Compendium: SPAWN #72-75 introduces a new Heap

In the arc that spans from Spawn #72 - #75, the normal creative team on the title introduced its version of Heap.
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Graphic Novel Review: Mike Mignola’s URI TUPKA AND THE GODS is up there with his best comics

Mike Mignola's URI TUPKA AND THE GODS is up there with the cartoonist best books, making the future of his Lands Unknown project bright.
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Graphic Novel Review: THE DISNEY AFTERNOON ADVENTURES: DUCKTALES: TREASURE OF THE LOST LAMP AND OTHER STORIES

The sixth entry in the ongoing series, The Disney Afternoon Adventures: DuckTales: Treasure of the Lost Lamp and Other Stories, has arrived.
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Manga Review: SCENES FROM AWAJIMA is a scenic portrait of ambitious young women

Takako Shimura's drama manga set in an all-girls revue school Scenes from Awajima is available to read from Yen Press! Here's our spoiler-free review.
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Graphic Novel Review: MRS ORWELL is believable graphic historical fiction of the highest order

With their new graphic novel Mrs. Orwell, Andrea Chalupa and Brahm Revel deliver an entertaining story for our times.
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The Marvel Rundown: X-MEN #26 can’t define itself

In this week’s Marvel Rundown, we look at X-Men #26, X-Men Annual 2026, and a new Star Wars: Darth Maul comic.
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Entertainment

Nintendo serves U.S. government with tariff lawsuit

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Nintendo of America us suing the U.S. government for a refund of the money it paid for Trump's illegal tariffs.

Why comics creators must fight the proposed censorship of H.R. 7661

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H.R. 7661 could restrict federal funding for schools over LGBTQIA+ and sex education content. Here's what's at stake and how to fight back.

CHIKN NUGGIT creator Kyra Kupetsky leaves BuzzFeed to protest AI requirement

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The creator and voice of Chikn Nuggit, Kyra Kupetsky, has left the production in protest of BuzzFeed's plan to use the series to train AI.

Full trailer for THE BOYS season five arrives

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The new trailer for the show's final season, premiering April 8, confirms returning Gen V characters, Daveed Diggs's role, and more.

Thelma and Louise to reunite at C2E2

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Geena Davis and Susan Sarandon will appear at a Thelma & Louise themed panel at C2E2 and be available for autographs and photo ops

Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre are hard-traveling heroes in new LANTERNS teaser trailer

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Arriving this August on HBO Max.

Wrestling News and History

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Why the F*CK ICE chants in the Brody King vs MJF match were an important moment in wrestling

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Brody has become wrestling’s voice of resistance.

Turnbuckle BEATDown: John Cena’s Career is Compromised to a Permanent End

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Hdddrrrrrrrrraaaaapadooooo (hoot toot do toooooo)

Turnbuckle BEATdown: AEW did the right thing with Kris Statlander

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The future remains bright for Statlander.

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Remembering the Reigns of Terror, Pt. 2 – Jeff Jarrett

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Lo, I looked to the horizon and saw him brandishing the NWA Championship and behind him, four horsemen who brought the apocalypse: "My World," ref bump, low blow, and guitar shot

NYCC ’25: DC x AEW crossover debuting at event

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The two-part series, helmed by Steve Orlando and Travis Mercer, will debut with a special preview issue at this month's convention.

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Rhea Ripley becomes the latest victim of TERRIFIER’s Art the Clown in Ice Nine Kills concert

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Should Art the Clown be Cody Rhode’s next title defense match?
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