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ANGOULÊME: Her name is Élise. Former employee dismissed by 9e Art+ after reporting sexual assault comes forward

The person whose allegations against Angoulême Festival operator 9e Art+ shook the French comics industry this year has waived her anonymity and spoken out

Exclusive: Chisholm’s IS TED OK? arrives from Mad Cave in February

Mad Cave Studios has announced Is Ted OK? a new limited series from award-winning creator and musician Dave Chisholm.

DC Comics February 2026 Solicitations

Full solicitations information and cover images for DC Comics titles scheduled to arrive in stores in February 2026 and beyond.

CRWN Studios launches distribution arm

The long running Portland-based publishing services house CRWN Studios is expanding to distribution with a 25-year-Diamond Comics veteran as Director of Sales

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Crowd Watch: Full Bleed #3 is a sumptuous magazine about comics and culture

Full Bleed is a rather unique* project: a full size hardcover anthology of comics, articles, and stuff, a throwback to when we wanted out...

The Battle for Earth-1 Concludes! – Supergirl S4E09, “Elseworlds, Part 3” Recap

Can a powerless Barry Allen and Oliver Queen somehow restore reality to its proper order?

The Best Comics of 2018

The Beat's editorial team and contributors present a list of the best comics of the year. Is your favorite here?

Valiant promotes Robert Meyers to senior editorial director

Meyers, who was most recently editorial director for the publisher, first joined Valiant as an intern back in 2013 and will now have more say in guiding the company’s output.

MAGIC: THE GATHERING Burns Up Your Holiday Reading with TWO New Book Releases

Wizards gifts fans with a new MAGIC comic series and a free novella by Brandon Sanderson

Manga and Anime News

AVIOT wireless earbuds’ Amazon Black Friday sale kicks off

Make a friend (or yourself) by treating them to a high-quality AVIOT wireless earbuds, now up to 50% off during Amazon Black Friday sale!

Shonen Jump Shop makes its Tri-State Area debut Nov. 21

The Shonen Jump Shop will be in East Rutherford, New Jersey from Nov. 21 until Jan. 20 with imported manga and anime merch from Japan.

Wonderful Wednesdays: PREDATOR WITCHES, WHEN IT RAINS, IT POURS and more from Seven Seas

This week's Wonderful Wednesdays is catered to light novel fans! Here's what to look forward to in the upcoming months from Seven Seas.

Cloudflare gets court order to pay $3.2 million for manga piracy

The Tokyo District Court has ordered Cloudflare to pay $3.2 million to Japanese manga publishers over online piracy.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: FRUITS BASKET is a classic

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers FRUITS BASKET, MONEY FOREST and THE SKELETON SOLDIER FAILED TO DEFEND THE DUNGEON.

Manga Review: WITH YOU, OUR LOVE WILL MAKE IT THROUGH Volume 2

With You, Our Love Will Make It Through Volume...

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CRWN Studios launches distribution arm

The long running Portland-based publishing services house CRWN Studios is expanding to distribution with a 25-year-Diamond Comics veteran as Director of Sales

In Funko’s Fall, We Sinned All

With Funko's future in doubt, a look back at how Pops took over the world and comics shops, and whether they can be replaced

Portland’s Books With Pictures starts GoFundMe campaign

Portland's beloved Books With Pictures comics shop has launched a fundraiser to pay off debts, and the community is rallying around it

Kickstarter staff strike ends

The platform's unionized workers, Kickstarter United, gained "historic protections" against AI and more after striking for 42 days.

Disney and YouTube announce a truce after Disney’s hard line with investors

Disney-owned channels are back on YouTube TV after a two-week absence. The two mega-corporations had reached an impasse in their carriage negotiations, and eventually their previous deal expired, leading to a showdown.

Dynamite signs with Universal for distribution in the US

Universal Distribution has signed a second publisher, Dynamite Entertainment, for a non-exclusive distribution deal in the US and Canada

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Entertainment

Horror Beat: KEEPER sees Osgood Perkins get even weirder

The latest from the director of The Monkey sees him fully embrace his love of David Lynch

Superman #1 sells for record setting $9.12 million at auction

What do you do after buying a $9 million dollar book? Do you open a museum and charge people to look at the book?

TRANSFORMERS: EARTHSPARK concludes with two epic specials on Paramount+

Continues the saga of a new generation of Transformers born on Earth

THE HUNGER GAMES: SUNRISE ON THE REAPING teaser trailer released

Lionsgate has released the first official teaser trailer for The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping, the prequel which will hit theaters one year from today.

WICKED: FOR GOOD writers dismiss “spoiler” concerns

Thirty years after the release of the WICKED novel, screenwriters think the spoilers are hard to avoid.

WEDNESDAY creators tackling animated GRIM series for Netflix

The supernatural comic, created by Stephanie Phillips and Flaviano, ran at BOOM! Studios from 2022 to 2025.

Wrestling News and History

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

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

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

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

Turnbuckle BEATdown: So, WRESTLEMANIA is coming to Saudi Arabia

It would mark the company's first ever overseas Wrestlemania.

Turnbuckle BEATdown: AEW is now officially on its HBO Era with PLE livestreams

Not necessarily cheaper than WWE’s ESPN package, though.

Pokémon, CMLL Announce Collab Event to Promote Newly Unveiled Mega Hawlucha

BAH GAWD, THAT’S NINTENDO’S MUSIC!!