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Announcing the 2026 Ringo Award Winners

The 2026 Ring Awards were presented over the weekend at Baltimore Comic Con

Marvel December 2026 Solicitations: Bendis and Gaydos are back on ALIAS!

The full solicitations for Marvel Comics shipping in December are out, led by the return of Bendis and Gaydos on ALIAS

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.

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The final X-MEN: APOCALYPSE trailer has one last surprise to reveal

It feels like we've been talking about 2016's superhero movies for years and years and years now (I know I have, anyway). But once...

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 4/25/16: Risograph Secrets and a world of non fiction comics

For some reason, I never got around to writing up a single kibble last week so this is a whole five day's worth. §...

Comic artists on canvas: POW! art show in Brooklyn

Looking for something to do in New York City on this grey Saturday? How about a little cultured comic artist appreciation?

Marvel Studios takes INHUMANS off the release calendar

A few weeks back, Kevin Feige had told Collider that Inhumans, last scheduled for 2019, would get shuffled back due to the impact the...

Visual Virtuoso Vassilis Gogtzilas preps the Universe for THE BIGGEST BANG #1 (Interview)

The Beat already got the writer's perspective on IDW's upcoming mini-series and follow-up to The Bigger Bang aptly titled The Biggest Bang, but now we would...

Looking back at DC’s $250,000 Vertigo marketing plan

Most of the discussion over the elimination of Shelly Bond's position as head of the Vertigo line has centered on the lack of profit...

Manga and Anime News

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

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

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.

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

TV Review: ADVENTURE TIME: SIDE QUESTS Season 2 is a fun and light continuation of the nostalgic spinoff

Avery and Ollie Kaplan review the first half of Adventure Time: Side Quests Season 2, which reunites Finn the Human and Jake the Dog.

WE BARE BEARS to make comic book debut with CHRISTMAS SPECIAL

Paulina Ganucheau and a host of artists will team up on Dynamite's We Bare Bears Christmas Special, which will mark the Cartoon Network series' first comic book.

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

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

Report: Jon Watts to direct STAR WARS: EPISODE X

Spider-Man: Homecoming director and Skeleton Crew co-creator Jon Watts is reportedly set to helm the first in a new Star Wars movie trilogy written by Simon Kinberg, which will purportedly feature Rey Skywalker in a minor role.

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.

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

Hdddrrrrrrrrraaaaapadooooo (hoot toot do toooooo)