Grant Morrison and Darick Robertson join the Comics Media connection tonight at 10 pm on SyFy with the premiere of Happy! starring Christopher Melon and...

Previews

The Book of the Dead Begins – Bloodshot Salvation #6 Preview

The Beat has happened upon a preview of Bloodshot Salvation #6 by Jeff Lemire and Renato Guedes, which kicks off The Book of the Dead arc. ...

DC ROUND-UP: The Family of the Future are as enjoyable as ever in THE JETSONS #2

Louie Hlad reviews this week's DC comics!

Conventions

A film festival in Georgia was moved to a barn at the last minute…and then came the Sex Syrup – UPDATED

When a film festival is crap! The Catoosa County Film Festival was a first time event, and was to be held last weekend at...

IDW

GI Joe’s New Latina Snake-Eyes Garners 2nd Printing

There's a new Snake-Eyes in G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero. The original Snake-Eyes died a while back, but his memories were implanted into the mind...

Digital Comics

INTERVIEW: Dean Haspiel’s New Brooklyn Prepares for WAR CRY

I think it's safe to say that if you follow the Beat, you are familiar with the artistic work of the indefatigable Dean Haspiel.This...

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Manga and Anime News

NYCC ’26: Dogu Publishing unveils CHAINSAW MAN metal trading card collection collab with Crunchyroll

Taimur Dar - 10/01/2026 3:45 pm 0

Just 200 cards per character will be produced, in addition to 50 ultra-rare Pochita chase cards distributed randomly throughout the run.

First official LEGO DRAGON BALL set features Goku and Shenron

Christopher Chiu-Tabet - 10/01/2026 9:00 am 0

LEGO's first Dragon Ball set, out this November, will include Kid Goku, and the dragon genie summoned by the Dragon Balls himself, Shenron.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: Our THE BOY FROM VENUS obsession

Adam Wescott - 09/28/2026 2:00 pm 0

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers PAWS & CLAWS, SHWD: THE COMPLETE YURI COLLECTION, and THE BOY FROM VENUS.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: DRAW THIS, THEN DIE! inspires

Adam Wescott - 09/21/2026 11:00 am 0

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers Draw This, Then Die!, Between the Lines, and My Mom is Easily Flustered.

Otakon 2026 Interview: Studio Trigger animation team reveals their love of American comics

Adam Wescott - 09/18/2026 3:30 pm 0

Hiromu Wakabayashi, Ichigo Kanno and Kazuki Chiba from Studio Trigger about their upcoming projects.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: DRIFTING DRAGONS is meaty

Adam Wescott - 09/14/2026 11:00 am 0

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers DRIFTING DRAGONS, THE INCONVENIENT LIFE OF AN AROUSING PRIESTESS, and SHE AND HER CAT.

Business News

DC Studio’s Gunn and Safran to report directly to David Ellison

Heidi MacDonald - 10/06/2026 9:30 am 0

DC Studios and DC Comics seem to be safe and valued in the emerging corporate structure at Skydance, the merged WBD and Paramount Studios.

Look what we’ve done with $2 billion: where does the comics industry go next?

Heidi MacDonald - 10/05/2026 9:30 am 6

Comics have worked hard to become a $2 billion industry, but there's still a long way to go to create economic security for creators

Report: De Luca and Abdy out at WarnerMount but Gunn and Safran to stay

Heidi MacDonald - 10/02/2026 9:30 am 0

Lots of C-suite job changes as the combined WarnerMount studio takes shape, according to industry reports

Tapas update: site to shut down on March 31, and reactions from all over

Heidi MacDonald - 10/01/2026 9:45 am 0

Kakao has released information on shutting down Tapas, with a closing date of March 31, 2027. Meanwhile, Tapas's founder and creators are speaking out

The new Ben 10 comic has sold more than 500,000 copies

Heidi MacDonald - 09/29/2026 6:00 pm 0

We knew the Ben 10 comic mostly written by Joe Casey was selling well, but half a million copies in five months is pretty darned good

Another settlement filed in Diamond Saga – and this time Sparkle Pop is on board

Heidi MacDonald - 09/24/2026 9:45 am 0

A group of 13 publishers have reached a settlement with the Diamond estate and Sparkle Pop to get their inventory back, and this Diamond business may finally be drawing to a close