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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!

Exclusive Preview: BODY BAGS: OMNIBUS comes to Kickstarter

BODY BAGS: OMNIBUS comes to Kickstarter thanks to 12-Gauge Comics, honoring the late Jason Pearson's celebrated work

NYCC 2026 had 1,553 exclusives according to CovrPrice

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

D’Orc gets movie deal at Sony

Brett Bean's smash hit comic D'Orc has gotten a live action movie deal at Sony

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Latest Comics News

DC’s Legends of Tomorrow gets a 15 episode order and Lexi Alexander to direct Arrow

  In an increasingly crowded superhero television landscape, DC's Legends of Tomorrow looks to be the small-screen team-up equivalent of The Avengers. For a series...

Because-Play: Parents Organize A Friendly Neighborhood Costume Parade To Support A Young Girl Who Wants To Be Spider-Man

Ellie Evangelista is a four-year-old Spider-Man fan. She wears the pajamas. She plays with the toys. She watches the cartoons with her mother. She...

Exclusive: All the Special Edition: NYC panels in one document!

The Special Edition website can be a little hard to navigate in terms of panels so better late than never here's a COMPLETE text...

Weekend Comics Extravaganza: Grand Comics Fest in Brooklyn

11401555_852646964784923_2922673312357549721_n.jpg I have to admit, if I hadn't committed to going to SE: NYC I would totally be at the Grand Comics Fest, a small one day indie show that has a great lineup or cartoonists and some exciting comics debuts. You can see the lineup in the card above.

Weekend Comics Extravanagza preview: Special Edition: NYC where we’ll be

Torsten has the all stops out pedal to metal preview of SE: NYC but a reminder that tickets for NYCC will be on sale...

Weekend of Comics Extravaganza preview: CECAF– the Crouch End Cartoon Art Festival

CECAF-final-poster-722x1024.jpg Things are kicking into high gear worldwide for comics shows. So much is kicking off tomorrow. Here's a very quick look at some of them. In London's Crouch End a 2nd year CAF is taking place, the Crouch End Cartoon Art Festival or CECAF, organized by Sean Azzopardi.

Manga and Anime News

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.

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

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

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

Live voice acting and hints about season 3.

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

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

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

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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

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Entertainment

NYCC ’26: Embarking on an epic new journey with the cast & crew of AVATAR: SEVEN HAVENS

Find out what's to come in the epic new Avatar series now airing on Paramount+

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

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

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

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.

NYCC ’26: Now you can farm weed with Jay and Silent Bob!

Coming in 2027 from Nitrate Games is Animal Crossing meets Clerks in the cozy game Jay & Silent Bob's Joint Venture.

D’Orc gets movie deal at Sony

Brett Bean's smash hit comic D'Orc has gotten a live action movie deal at Sony

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)