Diamond has just released the sales rankings for October, and Boom's Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York #1 was the best selling periodcal,...

Marvel

Marvel unleashes Gwenster variants with giant rampaging woman-thing

Monsters Unleashed gets a totally weird set of variant with...GWENSTERS UNLEASHED. We've been telling you about the Monsters Unleashed for a while -- the...

History

Veteran’s Day Special: Vic the Vet, unseen for 50 years

Today is Veteran's Day and About Comics publisher Nat Gertler wrote to let us know about a book he just put out that's pretty appropriate...

Conventions

Here’s the New Jersey Comics Expo programming slate with Kubert School 40th Anniversary and more

Next weekend it's the New Jersey Comic Expo in Edison, NJ, a moderate sized but highly enjoyable show with a fantastic guest list that includes Colleen...

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Manga and Anime News

Beat’s Bizarre Halloventure: MANHOLE will make you sick

Adam Wescott - 10/19/2026 2:30 pm 0

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga and manhwa series ERMA, HOW ABOUT A COSMIC HORROR? and MANHOLE.

NYCC ’26 INTERVIEW: Voice actors Aoi Yuki and Takeo Otsuka on THE APOTHECARY DIARIES

Masha Zhdanova - 10/14/2026 10:00 am 0

The lead voice actors talk about Maomao, Jinshi, their characters' relationships, and the differences between feature film and TV animation.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: THE GHOST AND THE LADY is ghoulish fun

Adam Wescott - 10/12/2026 2:30 pm 0

Beat's Bizarre Halloventure covers TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE ETERNAL HEART, THE CAT PROPOSES, and THE BLACK MUSEUM: THE GHOST AND THE LADY.

NYCC ’26: Talking THE APOTHECARY DIARIES with Aoi Yuki and Takeo Otsuka

Masha Zhdanova - 10/11/2026 2:30 pm 0

Live voice acting and hints about season 3.

NYCC ’26: Yen Press announces KINO’S JOURNEY light novels, AFTER MIDNIGHT SKIN and more

Masha Zhdanova - 10/09/2026 4:00 pm 0

Fourteen new manga, manhwa and light novel licenses were announced.

NYCC ’26: Manga goes global with MANGAPLUS, K-MANGA and MANGAUP

Masha Zhdanova - 10/09/2026 9:00 am 0

Editors-in-chief of three Japanese manga apps discuss trends they've noticed and things they've learned about global manga over the years.

Business News

NYCC 2026 had 1,553 exclusives according to CovrPrice

Heidi MacDonald - 10/20/2026 9:30 am 1

According to CovrPrice, there were 1,533 exclusives at NYCC 2026, a staggering 264% rise in just three years

NYCC ’26: Is NYCC even sustainable?

Heidi MacDonald - 10/15/2026 9:30 am 3

20 years on, NYCC 2026 is in the books, but how the show evolves has a lot of financial and logistical considerations

DC Comics will now report to Skydance’s Josh Silverman

Heidi MacDonald - 10/13/2026 9:30 am 0

A former Marvel executive will now oversee the publishing and consumer products divisions at Skydance, including DC Comics

NYCC ’26: Marvel’s Steve Wacker Retailer Day speech – in full

Heidi MacDonald - 10/12/2026 4:45 pm 0

At NYCC Retailer Day, Marvel's new Editor in Chief Steve Wacker spent more than half an hour telling store owners what they can expect from the new Marvel

NYCC ’26: Wacker boffo in retailer debut and more notes

Heidi MacDonald - 10/09/2026 9:30 am 0

The first two days of programming at New York Comic Con 2026 were all about rising sales, and renewed enthusiasm

Informa buys Clarion Events, home of Anime NYC, Awesome Con and more

Heidi MacDonald - 10/07/2026 9:30 am 0

The #1 event company, Informa, has just acquired the #3 event company, Clarion, in a $2.8 billion deal.

Reviews

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Top Comics to Buy for October 21, 2026: We are so back

This week's Top Comics to Buy for October 21 column features new issues of Forever Home and The Patron, plus much more!

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Beat’s Bizarre Halloventure: MANHOLE will make you sick

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga and manhwa series ERMA, HOW ABOUT A COSMIC HORROR? and MANHOLE.

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Classic Comic Compendium: LITTLE MONSTERS, an odd tale of vampire children after the apocalypse

Little Monsters is another great collaboration between Jeff Lemire and Dustin Nguyen, this one with orphans and vampires.

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Halloween Beat: Horror manga HIDEOUT looks for morality in a dark cave

Fans of Zach Cregger’s Barbarian will find a lot to like here.

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Graphic Novel Review: A CONFEDERCY OF DUNCES struggles to make for good comics

While Confederacy of Dunces does a fine job depicting the story as written by John Kennedy Toole, the source material struggles as a comic.

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Halloween Beat: You should revisit Tom Savini’s underrated NIGHT OF THE LIVING DEAD

Another one for the fire.

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Halloween Beat: BETTER LUCK THAN CHUCK strikes horror trivia gold

“I know more about horror than you!” -Every horror fan

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Graphic Novel Review: IDENTICAL turns having a twin into an unsettling story

Identical, the new graphic novel from cartoonist Leah Hayes, offers an unsettling look at the joy and horror of having constant connection.

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Halloween Beat: COLONY marks the next evolutionary step for zombies

The zombie genre is in good hands in South Korea.

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Entertainment

NYCC ’26: GET JIRO cast and crew serve up a full meal

10/20/2026 12:30 pm 0

Based on the acclaimed graphic novel from the mind of the late/great Anthony Bourdain

NYCC ’26: Marvel’s Darkhold comes to Magic: The Gathering

10/20/2026 11:45 am 0

Wizards of the Coast previewed Magic: The Gathering's Marvel: Darkhold Destiny at NYCC 2026, showcasing an original Marvel story, supernatural characters, and new artwork.

Netflix’s IN WAVES trailer promises an animated tearjerker

10/20/2026 11:15 am 0

Netflix has released the trailer for In Waves, the animated film based on AJ Dungo's graphic memoir, starring Will Sharpe as Dungo, and Stephanie Hsu as his late girlfriend Kristen, arriving in select theaters on November 27, and on the streamer on December 11.

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