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Exclusive Preview: Fanfic collides with reality in MARY SUE from BOOM! Studios

Check out preview pages of this hilarious and heartfelt collision of fandom and fantasy.

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/8/26: Everything everywhere all at once

In this week's links: Some news from Dren Productions, team-ups galore, lots of interesting interviews, and the doom scrolling allure of toxic fandoms

Marvel teases its Midnight Universe – is it an ABSOLUTE take on horror?

The Midnight Universe might be shaping up to be Marvel's horror-tinged answer to DC's Absolute Universe.

MORTAL THOR #14 to mark 800 issues for the God of Thunder

August's milestone issue, by Al Ewing and Pasqual Ferry, will include back-up stories by Chris Condon, Jesse Lonergan, and Kieron Gillen.

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A year of free comics: Polly Guo’s Gawain’s Girlfriend and the Green Knight will cut your heart from your bosom

Polly Guo is a storyboard artist for Adventure Time, Dreamworks and various well regarded animated shorts. She made a comic called Gawain's Girlfriend and the Green Knight that is one of the best comics I have ever read

Gene Yang and the March Trilogy team are voted the 2016 Comics Industry People of the Year

For the sixth year in a row, The Beat is proud to present the Comics Industry Person of the Year, as chosen by voters in our annual creator survey: Gene Luen Yang. The the Team of the year: Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.

Steve Bissette is sending you some swell Swamp Thing art when you help Loren Coleman

If you look on the categories of the Beat (I know, unlikely) you'll see one for Cryptozoology - in the early days of this...

The Beat Annual Creator Survey 2017 Edition Part 4: What inspires comics creators (plus previews)

And here's the fourth and final part of our creator survey, where we look at what inspires creators, what they're working on and what 2017 may being. Thanks to everyone who participated - and you'll fine a bunch of previews of work from Legend of Korra to Czap Books to Thanos.

Marv Wolfman Returns to his Co-Creation in BULLSEYE #1

We already knew that Marvel comics has an upcoming limited Bullseye series putting the spotlight on some of the Daredevil supporting cast members dubbed...

ACO and Robinson prime Nick Fury Jr. For his First-Ever ongoing series with Steranko-Influenced Intrigue

Marvel has just announced via a Newsarama interview that author James Robinson (Fantastic Four) and artist ACO (Midnighter) are working on a brand new...

Manga and Anime News

Wonderful Wednesdays: BETROTHED TO MY SISTER’S EX audiobook and more from Seven Seas

This week's Wonderful Wednesdays is packed! Five new manga and two light novel announcements, along with two audiobook adaptations.

TOKYOPOP KIDS imprint debuts with titles for young readers

Tokyopop has announced its new imprint for young readers, Tokyopop Kids, with its first batch of titles hitting shelves in the fall.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: Takako Shimura’s EVEN THOUGH WE’RE ADULTS bends some rules

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers EVEN THOUGH WE'RE ADULTS, TURNS OUT MY ONLINE FRIEND IS MY REAL-LIFE BOSS! and MOVING.

Wonderful Wednesdays: AND THEY WERE ROOMMATES…! and more from Seven Seas

Wonderful Wednesdays is back with two audiobook adaptations and five nwe manga licensing announcements this week!

Uncivilized Books kicks off new manga imprint with Hideko Mizuno’s FIRE!

Called Mangalith, the new imprint will launch in October with the pioneering shojo manga Fire!, by Hideko Mizuno.

Kadokawa plans to expand Manga Spot shops across the US

Japanese media company Kadokawa hopes to expand its Manga Spot shops throughout the US, led by retail veterans Kurt Hassler and James Killen

Business News

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/8/26: Everything everywhere all at once

In this week's links: Some news from Dren Productions, team-ups galore, lots of interesting interviews, and the doom scrolling allure of toxic fandoms

Rocketship Entertainment partners with Legendary Comics and Top Cow, more

Rocketship Entertainment recently announced a series of partnership, including print editions of two webtoons created by Legendary Entertainment

Report: Comics creators struggling despite a thriving industry

UK creators like making comics, but they struggle to make a living at it, among many other challenges, according to a new report from the Comics Cultural Impact Collective.

The last ComiXology employee quietly exits the building I

ComiXology, the once ascendant platform for digital comics sales, has seen its last employee depart, but Comixology Originals will continue on

Kadokawa plans to expand Manga Spot shops across the US

Japanese media company Kadokawa hopes to expand its Manga Spot shops throughout the US, led by retail veterans Kurt Hassler and James Killen

The Week in Diamond: A hearing was held, a motion denied

While the fight over $50 million in inventory continues, a hearing was held this week in the Diamond bankruptcy

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Entertainment

Luke Skywalker rookie card sells for 687K, doubling the previous record

As '77 Topps Star Wars set becomes the most coveted cards in the galaxy, will we continue to see a bigger demand for Star Wars collectables and original art?  

Horror Beat: TALES FROM THE CRYPT still a raunchy good time 37 years later

“If at first you don’t succeed, die, die again!” -The Cryptkeeper

THE BOYS series finale to screen in 4DX theaters

The final episode will be screened in theaters on Tuesday, May 19, the night before it's released on Prime Video.

THE MANDALORIAN AND GROGU head to Papercutz

The pair will star in Danger in the Dark, an all-new adventure by Delilah S. Dawson, Mario del Pennino, and Arianna Florean in July.

Interview: GAME CHANGER – HOME EDITION designer Joshua Balvin can’t wait for people to play

Game Changer: Home Edition designer Joshua Balvin explores the game's development process in an interview with The Beat.

Ensign’s Log: THE ART OF STAR TREK: LOWER DECKS embodies a suitable celebration of a special series

The Art of Star Trek: Lower Decks is a thorough and very well executed celebration of a once-in-a-lifetime animated series.

Wrestling News and History

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Wrestlemania? More like Admania

Did Hulk Hogan get more screentime than most matches?

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

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Turnbuckle BEATdown: AEW did the right thing with Kris Statlander

The future remains bright for Statlander.

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.