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Graphic Novel Review: BRASS SUN VOL. 1 will transport you to a clockwork universe

Pick up Brass Sun Vol. 1 today if you prefer a complicated story about how complicated people can tend to be.

Sweet Shop sweetens the pot, launching to the public

Sweet Shop, the newest digital comics marketplace, launches to the public today with new additions to its publisher line up including Kodansha, Titan, Dynamite, and Abrams Comics Arts.

Baltimore Comic Con kicks off today

The Beat is heading to Baltimore Comic Con! Here's a few highlights form a show that keeps the comics in comic con

Bendis and Gaydos reunite for JESSICA JONES: ALIAS

Jessica Jones creators Brian Michael Bendis and Michael Gaydos will mark 25 years since her debut in Alias with a new miniseries, that'll see her embark on a global search for a missing child.

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Latest Comics News

Civil War: Isaac Perlmutter’s influence continues to reshape Disney

Five years ago, I was told that far from retiring with his $1 billion in profits from selling Marvel to Disney, Marvel CEO Isaac...

Five cartoonists nominated for this year’s Reuben Award

This week the nominees for the Cartoonists of the Year, aka THE Reuben, presented yearly by the National Cartoonists Society, were announced and they...

Russ Manning Award submissions are now open

The Russ Manning Promising Newcomer Award is presented annually to a talented new artist, and submissions have opened with a May 27 deadline. All...

Podcorn Podcast 4/27/16 — Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare on the Shocking End of Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’s First Arc!

This week on Podcorn Podcast, Amy Reeder and Brandon Montclare, the co-writers of hit Marvel series MOON GIRL AND DEVIL DINOSAUR talk to Comics...

Mets pitcher Noah Syndergaard spent the morning walking around NYC dressed like Thor

What a time to be alive! If you follow The Beat on twitter you know half our tweets aren't about comics at all, but rather the chronicle of being a Mets fan, an activity that makes for years of sorrow and frustration capped by a year of joy every 15 years or so. Call it delayed gratification.

Supporting Rosarium Publishing’s Indiegogo is a vote for diversity in comics

Rosarium Publishing is a small Washington, DC-based indie publisher that's been putting out some fine graphic novels, including Keef Cross's DayBlack, Jennifer Crute’s Jennifer’s Journal amd Micheline Hess’s Malice in Ovenland. As discussed in this Publishers Weekly profile last year, its very much focused on projects by and about POC creators. What I didn't know until I read this Indiegogo campaign is that Rosarium is funded mostly via publisher Bill Campbell's day job and run as print on demand basis. That's real passion and commitment.

Manga and Anime News

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

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

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

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: DRIFTING DRAGONS is meaty

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

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: AKARI is luminous

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga series A LONG & SHORT LOVE STORY, PSYCHEDELIA, and AKARI.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: BATMAN dons a DEATH MASK

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the series UNINTENTIONAL LOVE STORY, CROW TIME and BATMAN: DEATH MASK.

INTERVIEW: Akiko Higashimura, author of PRINCESS JELLYFISH and many more

Acclaimed manga artist and writer Akiko Higashimura, talks about her work, her process, and her advice for newer creators.

Business News

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

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

We’re having a media apocalypse and it’s only Wednesday: WarnerMount, Tapas, Popverse

In only two days, the media apocalypse has intensified with the shutdown of Tapas and Popverse, and the coming of WarnerMount

Report: Kakao is shutting down Tapas webtoon platform

Korean entertainment giant Kakao is shutting down Tapas, their North American webtoon platform, leaving creators and readers devastated and an uncertain future

Paramount Skydance settles lawsuits over Warner Bros. acquisition

Paramount has settled the lawsuits from 12 attorney generals and the WGA over its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, promising an independent editorial board for CNN and CBS News, and more.

UPDATED: Popverse to end news at the end of the month

Popverse, ReedPop's comics and entertainment news site, will be shutting down at the end of the month

Sales Charts: Absolute Batman #1 in August but Marvel makes a move

Absolute Batman continues its reign in sales charts provided by Prana DMS, but Marvel seems to be making a move

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Entertainment

Horror Beat: RESIDENT EVIL is a campy, gnarly love-letter to the games

Welcome to Racoon City. We hope you survive the experience.

Mason Thames and Logan Kim to star in DC’s DYNAMIC DUO

Mason Thames and Logan Kim will respectively voice Dick Grayson and Jason Todd in the animated movie, which also star Lee Pace and Steve Buscemi as the leaders of the Red Hood gang.

Movie Review: FORGOTTEN ISLAND uses Filipino folklore to push animation forward

A creative delight about friendship, growing up, memory, and letting go.

X-MEN: EVOLUTION returns in X-MEN ’92: INCURSIONS

Craig Kyle, Chris Yost, and Salva Espin will pit X-Men: Evolution's version of the team against their '90s animated counterparts in January's one-shot X-Men '92: Incursions, set before 2015's Secret Wars.

Final CLAYFACE trailer gets even more gruesome

The third and final trailer for Clayface has dropped ahead of the DC body horror film's release on October 23, giving us more of the already infamous airplane scene, and even the title character smothering a victim.

Ensign’s Log: STAR TREK (2026) #2 advance review

This week, Ensign's Log offers an advance review of Star Trek (2026) #2, free of spoilers and ready to fly.

Wrestling News and History

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Danhausen just won the Knicks an NBA championship

A simple uncursing ended a 53-year championship drought.

Girls just wanna have San Diego Comic-Con exclusive Cyndi Lauper WWE action figures

Mattel Creations has announced a San Diego Comic-Con 2026 exclusive WWE action figure 3-pack featuring Cindi Lauper on Piper's Pit.

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Thank God For The New Day

Don't you dare be sour -- clap for ya bois that know their worth and FEEEEEL THA POWWAAAA!!

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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