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And with another "where are we at now" the revamped Trouble with Comics (or "Middle Aged White (mostly) Men on Comics") looks at the state of the pamphlet, or periodical comic, as we like to call it here at Stately Beat Manner. The question, McLaughlin Group style, is

Comics business has generally been on an upward trajectory of late, but there are several signs that's things are slowing down a bit. No...

Update: the correct dates for the show are April 2-3, not 3-4 as I originally wrote. MoCCA Festival, New York's largest indie comics focused...

About the one element not being blamed for the Fantastic Four's meagre $26.2M opening is superhero box office fatigue. The film opened at #2,...

At the end of Watchmen, a television set in the background announces a rerun of The Outer Limits episode "The Architects Of Fear." This was a...

Bengal is a comics artist residing in Reims, France. His published work includes Naja, Luminae, and Meka published in the US by Magnetic Press and Batgirl: Endgame and Batgirl Annual #3 (not published at the time of this interview). On the last day of San Diego Comic-Con 2015, I had the good fortune to chat with Bengal, tucked in the back of the very busy Magnetic Press booth.