Top News
DC Comics August 2024 Solicitations
Beat Staff - 0
Full solicitations information and cover images for DC Comics titles scheduled to ship in August 2024 and beyond.
Max Fellwalker 1966-2024: A personal remembrance
Beat Staff - 0
Artist Max Fellwalker, the cover artist for the original Men in Black comics, passed away recently, and a friend recalls her life and work
Columns
The Indirect Market // How to Survive the Closure of Your Business
The Indirect Market returns to talk about how to survive the forced closure of your business, and what lessons the industry can learn from it.
Trade Rating: SCRAPPER is a classic superhero story…starring a dog
Scrapper is a new comic that asks what if a Batman-esque superhero were a dog? And then it builds a fantastic story from the question.
Image, DC and Kelly Thompson lead 2024 Eisner Award Nominations
Image Comics, DC Comics and Kelly Thompson led the 2024 Eisner Award Nominations, which were full of great books and worthy surprises
Latest News
Comics
Shut In Theater: Weekend Reading 209
Weekend Reading 209 feat. Star Trek: Die Standing, Animorphs: The Graphic Novel #1: The Invasion, Judge Dredd Megazine #445 & MORE!
Video Games
NSS: Nintendo on the way to Nintendo-ing all over again with the SNES Classic this fall
"The Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Nintendo’s follow-up console to the legendary Nintendo Entertainment System, launched in 1991 and introduced what many consider some of...
Art Comix
01/07/2017: Canada 150 Special: Small Press & Indie Comics
--
§ For this monthly "Small Press & Indie Comics Galore", we'll focus more than usual on Canadian content to celebrate Canada's 150th anniversary! My...
Marvel
Stan Lee endorses Marvel Legacy – but have fans *really* demanded this?
Normally, it's expected that repeating a press release is poor journalism, but in the case of the PR that Marvel just sent out for...
DC
Preview: A new era begins in WONDER WOMAN #26’s “Heart of the Amazon”
Last week saw the end of one the first longer-lasting Rebirth creative teams, as Greg Rucka, Liam Sharp and Bilquis Evely bid adieu to...
First Second
Ngozi Ukazu’s phenomenon Check, Please! gets two book deal at First Second
Check, Please! is the queer-themed hockey romance comic that has taken the internet by storms. A Kickstarter for the second print collection made just...
Conventions
This Weekend: Eternal Con Expands to the Nassau Coliseum
The ever moving world of comic con rolls on and this weekend for fan on Long Island, it's Eternal Con, also known as The...
Business News
Kakao Piccoma to shutter French webtoon app, operations in Europe
After a two year run and launching its expansion to great fanfare in 2021, Kakao's Piccoma digital comics platform will shut down French-language European operations in September.
SOMETHING CRAWLED OUT #1 will be free for retailers
Retailers like free #1s - so Vault is giving them Something Crawled out #1, a new horror series from Son M. and Cas ‘MadCursed’ Peirano
D&Q to debut English edition of Sanpei Shirato’s THE LEGEND OF KAMUI in January 2025
In their continuing efforts to publish important work of...
AI manga translation start-up Orange gets $20 million in funding
Orange Inc., developers of a Japanese-to-English language manga localization...
Sales Charts: Top Ten Most Popular Comics on GlobalComix the week of May 5, 2024
Come get your sales chart! There's a new #1 atop the Top Ten Most Popular comics on @GlobalComix this week.
Super Like or Super Dud? Inside Webtoon’s new program
WEBTOON rolled out its Super Likes program for tipping creators this week but there were many complaints.
Reviews
Video Game Review: Relax with the timeless puzzles of MEET ME AT NOON
Meet me at NooN is an unassuming little title I came across while looking for games to review. Here's what I thought about it!
Trade Rating: SCRAPPER is a classic superhero story…starring a dog
Scrapper is a new comic that asks what if a Batman-esque superhero were a dog? And then it builds a fantastic story from the question.
Graphic Novel Review: THE HIGH DESERT is an absolutely gorgeous memoir
With his new memoir The High Desert, cartoonist James Spooner invites you into a pivotal time of his life, moshing and all.
REVIEW: DOCTOR WHO FCBD ’24 sets up an all-new adventure for the Doctor and Ruby
COMIC REVIEW: DOCTOR WHO FCBD '24 sets up an all-new adventure for the Doctor and Ruby
The Marvel Rundown: All Hail DOOM!
Reviews of this weeks Marvel Comics, including DOOM, Amazing Spider-Man: Blood Hunt, Venom: Separation Anxiety, and more!
Wednesday Comics Reviews: DARK RIDE #12 is a satisfying end of the line
Dark Ride #12 is this week's main feature for Wednesday Comics Reviews, with blurbs about Briar #5, Heartpiercer #1, and more!
DC Round-Up: BATMAN/DYLAN DOG #3 concludes an all-time great crossover
Batman/Dylan Dog #3 is this week's main review in the DC Round-Up, with blurbs about Action Comics and Batman & Robin.
Top Comics to Buy for May 15, 2024: Endings and beginnings
This week's Top Comics to Buy for May 15 features Batman/Dylan Dog, Dark Ride, Doom, My Bad, and all the usual lists!
Classic Comic Compendium: BATMAN – BROKEN CITY
Batman - Broken City is a tale that will leave you wondering if existence in Gotham City could possibly get any bleaker.
Entertainment
Video Game Review: Relax with the timeless puzzles of MEET ME AT NOON
Meet me at NooN is an unassuming little title I came across while looking for games to review. Here's what I thought about it!
Oscar Isaac to voice Jesus in KING OF KINGS animated film
Also featuring Forest Whitaker as the voice of Peter the Apostle
Shut In Theater: Weekend Reading 209
Weekend Reading 209 feat. Star Trek: Die Standing, Animorphs: The Graphic Novel #1: The Invasion, Judge Dredd Megazine #445 & MORE!
HACK/SLASH celebrates 20 years by releasing its first-ever card game
There is a lot to be happy about if...
Interview: Conjuring magic with the cast and crew of FAIRLY ODDPARENTS: A NEW WISH
The classic Nickelodeon cartoon returns in a new CG-animated series!
George Miller on FURIOSA: A MAD MAX SAGA and Planning a Saga Over Multiple Decades
While many franchises today feel very polished, cohesive, and...
Manga and Anime News
HANA-KIMI shojo manga finally gets anime adaptation
After multiple live-action adaptations, the Hana-Kimi: For You in Full Blossom manga from Hisaya Nakajo will finally get an anime adaptation.
Kakao Piccoma to shutter French webtoon app, operations in Europe
After a two year run and launching its expansion to great fanfare in 2021, Kakao's Piccoma digital comics platform will shut down French-language European operations in September.
Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: Adventure, sorcerers, roosters, oh my!
This week on Beat's Bizarre Adventure, three writers cover SPRIGGAN, DOROHEDORO and ROOSTER FIGHTER. It's a brawl!
DELICIOUS IN DUNGEON creator Ryoko Kui making first US appearance at Anime Expo
The author of the smash hit Delicious in Dungeon manga will make their first US appearance at this year's installment of Anime Expo
Seven Seas adds more mature manga and light novels to this year’s release slate
Seven Seas continues its mid-week announcements with more cat manga, BL, horror alongside more light novels and mature titles
Dark Horse unveils new TRIGUN & Trigun Maximum Deluxe Edition covers
Dark Horse unveils its latest Deluxe Edition covers for beloved manga Trigun and Trigun Maximum, with faux leather and gold foil details
