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Top Comics to Buy for September 11, 2024: Summer winds down

This week's top comics to buy for September 11 features Batman and Robin, Summer Shadows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more!

GlobalComix Vertical Originals expands with Stranger Things and more from Dark Horse

GlobalComix Vertical Originals is bringing more than 150 titles from Dark Horse and a slew of other publishers to the vertical scrolling format.

Exclusive Preview: PETECTIVES kicks off with the Sherlockian GRILLED CHEESE CAPER

Petectives Vol. 1: The Grilled Cheese Caper debuts in March 2025 from Papercutz. Check out an exclusive preview of the cheesy whodunnit.

Artist John Cassaday has passed away at age 52

Artist John Cassaday passed away on Monday, at the far too young age of 52

Exclusive: Three covers for Ekos, the new universe from the man who brought you Marvel Studios

Grell, a character created by Michael Turner and Geoff Johns all the way back in 2003, is coming back as the star of David Maisel's Ekos Universe

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Manga and Anime News

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: I’ll take a potato chip and eat it

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga series GAKUEN ALICE, BETWEEN THE SHEETS and DEATH NOTE.

Orange Inc exec clarifies AI use for emaqi manga localization

Rei Kuroda, Orange’s VP of Product, Head of International sat down with Deb Aoki to talk about the launch of emaqi.com and their use of AI...and humans.

ANIME NYC ’24: Evan Minto’s Manga Magazine Mania

At Anime NYC, Azuki co-founder Evan Minto took the audience on a journey through the history of manga magazine publishing.

REVIEW: DANDADAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER can also smash it

DANDADAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER brings Shonen Jump+'s wackiest series to the screen. It's as good as I hoped, but at what cost?

ANIME NYC ’24 INTERVIEW: kensuke ushio and Hiroyuki Aoi

At Anime NYC, we had the opportunity to speak briefly with kensuke ushio and producer Hiroyuki Aoi about the upcoming Dandadan.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: The surprise is vampires

This week on Beat's Bizarre Adventure, the crew dives into vampire-themed comics...with one spooky exception.

Business News

GlobalComix Vertical Originals expands with Stranger Things and more from Dark Horse

GlobalComix Vertical Originals is bringing more than 150 titles from Dark Horse and a slew of other publishers to the vertical scrolling format.

Exclusive: Three covers for Ekos, the new universe from the man who brought you Marvel Studios

Grell, a character created by Michael Turner and Geoff Johns all the way back in 2003, is coming back as the star of David Maisel's Ekos Universe

Orange Inc exec clarifies AI use for emaqi manga localization

Rei Kuroda, Orange’s VP of Product, Head of International sat down with Deb Aoki to talk about the launch of emaqi.com and their use of AI...and humans.

Seinen of the times? Glénat drops Japanese-style manga classification in Europe

French publisher Glénat is to move away from traditional Japanese demographic classifications for its manga line. Starting September, work traditionally designated Shonen/Shojo/Seinen/Josei will instead have keyword descriptors of content and an age rating on the back cover

Producer Eric Gitter launches new publisher with Jamie Rich and Filip Sablik

Filip Sablik, Jamie S. Rich, and Jeremy Haun are joining producer Eric Gitter for start-up comics publisher

WEBTOON’s Content Age Rating feature – Here’s what you need to know.

Justin Guerrero details the forthcoming addition of content ratings to WEBTOON Canvas.

Reviews

Top Comics to Buy for September 11, 2024: Summer winds down

This week's top comics to buy for September 11 features Batman and Robin, Summer Shadows, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and more!

Classic Comic Compendium: ALIENS – EARTH WAR

Aliens - Earth War is an epic conclusion to the original Dark Horse trilogy, with artwork by Sam Keith and a script by Mark Verheiden.

Graphic Novel Review: THE KING’S WARRIOR faces her demons

The King’s Warrior Cartoonist: Huahua Zhu Publisher: Bulgilhan Press / $15 September 2024 The King’s Warrior. Golden helmed, bloody sword, riding a giant lionsteed, a mount whose name...

Graphic Novel Review: SPA by Erik Svetoft might give you nightmares

The new graphic novel Spa by Erik Svetoft gave our reviewer actual nightmares, and he still gives it his full recommendation.

Graphic Novel Review: LUMINOUS BEINGS pulls you into a technicolor dreamscape

LUMINOUS BEINGS pulls you into a technicolor dreamscape. Here's a review of the upcoming graphic novel by David Arnold and Jose Pimienta.

REVIEW: DANDADAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER can also smash it

DANDADAN: FIRST ENCOUNTER brings Shonen Jump+'s wackiest series to the screen. It's as good as I hoped, but at what cost?

The Marvel Rundown: EXCEPTIONAL X-MEN #1 leads by example

Exceptional X-Men arrives this week and is the main feature for our Marvel column, plus we have Immortal Thor and more!

DC Round-Up: PLASTIC MAN NO MORE #1 is must-read superhero noir

Plastic Man No More is the ideal kind of DC Comics Black Label book, a bold and complex look at a superhero character.

Wednesday Comics Reviews: MINOR ARCANA #1 is familiar but masterful

Minor Arcana #1 by Jeff Lemire is this week's main feature for the Wednesday Comics Reviews column, but we've got more reviews as well.

Entertainment

STAR TREK DAY 2024: Our favorite ships ‘n’ shows

Comics Beat's Trekkies share their favorite Franchise ships and shows in a post commemorating Star Trek Day 2024.

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Bash In Berlin 2024 In Review

WWE’s manageable PLE cards continue to deliver.

Movie Review: The Story of GI Joe Looks and Sounds Better Than Ever

A rare humane WWII film is restored by Ignite Films.

CREATURE COMMANDOS release details announced

Task Force M arrives this December!

Arcane Season 2 trailer debuts giving fans of animation something to rejoice about

The new trailer of the final season of Arcane shows an explosively colorful rise of Jinx as a rebellion goes up against an oppressor.

Turnbuckle BEATdown: Match breakdown of Toni Storm vs Mariah May at AEW All In ’24

Storm v May delivered on one of AEW's most complete storylines to date.