The Beat

Thor of all ages and genders find themselves well represented by creators of varying experiences.

Writer: Nate Cosby Pencils: Ron Salas Color: Luigi Anderson Letters: Marshall Dillon Cover: Darwyn Cooke Dynamite’s recent relaunch of King heroes is finally here. This week’s title is Prince Valiant....

Welcome to my 12th and final month as your guide through Marvel’s sales numbers. Due to some career changes and advancements that my family and I have made, I can no longer write these articles. It has been fun and a great learning experience, and I thank you for joining me. But enough about me, let’s look at the monthly breakdown.

The time period of Boom Studio's limited series Curb Stomp is somewhat tough to pin down. The clothing styles vacillate from the 50s through the 70s, which of course form the template for the hot styles of today. The convenience stores have a modern look, as does the one television set I spotted (there's nary a cell phone or a computer to be found). At least for now, it doesn't really matter: Curb Stomp traffics in a genre defined by the pulp novels and exploitation films of those aforementioned eras, so it makes sense that the look of it is something of a review of these periods.

Although most of these books have been announced, here's all of Drawn & Quarterly's fall schedule in all it's glory. You can read the complete catalog here -- commentary below is my own.

200,000 pre-orders and many months in the making, Spider-Gwen #1 has finally arrived, bringing with her vibrant artwork and what is surely an outrageous cell phone bill.