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Marie Severin update

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Inside the Otaku Generation

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Nate Fisher Speaks

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News round-up

§ Some changes at the New York Comic-Con as Greg Topalian is promoted and BookExpo America director Lance Fensterman also takes over as...

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Manga and Anime News

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: SERAPHIM – 266613336 WINGS will remind you how much you love comics

Adam Wescott - 01/12/2026 2:30 pm 0

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers Crying Freeman, Go With the Clouds North-by-Northwest, and Seraphim: 266613336 Wings.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: HORIMIYA says, ‘It’s egg time!’

Adam Wescott - 01/05/2026 2:30 pm 0

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the series HORIMIYA, WAR OF THE ADULTS and NAGAHAMA TO BE, OR NOT TO BE.

Crunchyroll Winter 2026 anime line up is here!

D. Morris - 12/19/2025 11:15 am 0

Crunchyroll has revealed its winter 2026 anime lineup, including Oshi no Ko, Trigun Starblaze, Frieren, and more. Here's the full slate.

Top 10 most downloaded titles in BOOK☆WALKER of 2025

Matias De la Piedra - 12/18/2025 2:00 pm 0

BOOK☆WALKER Global’s 2025 eBook Ranking reveals the top 10 most-downloaded light novels and manga worldwide, including The Eminence in Shadow and The Apothecary Diaries.

The Beat’s Best Anime of 2025

Beat Staff - 12/17/2025 10:30 am 0

The Beat staff presents its picks for the Best Anime of 2025, including new and ongoing series, as well as feature-length films.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: HAUNTRESS will haunt your dreams

Adam Wescott - 12/15/2025 2:30 pm 0

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the manga and webtoon series DISSOLVING CLASSROOM, EARTHSHINE and HAUNTRESS.

Business News

Graphic novel sales rose 9.2% in 2025

Heidi MacDonald - 01/09/2026 12:30 pm 0

Although overall book sales were essentially flat in 2025, graphic novel sales rebounded with a 9.2% increase in sales

Comings and Goings: Kusek, Ching, Collector’s Paradise, Harned

Heidi MacDonald - 01/08/2026 9:30 am 0

Changes and promotions at Kickstarter, DC, Boom! and Collector's Paradise as the year in business news kicks off.

The Very Last Days of Diamond Comics – UPDATED

Heidi MacDonald - 01/02/2026 12:15 pm 3

Diamond Comics shut down for the final time on Wednesday, December 31st 2025, and it was eulogized in both images and words

Public Domain Day is coming — here’s what you need to know about characters like Betty Boop

Russ Burlingame - 12/31/2025 12:30 pm 2

Betty Boop and Nancy Drew might be entering the public domain -- but artists should be careful how they use them, because copyright and trademark law is weird and complicated.

U.S. Congressman calling for a federal investigation into the sale of Beckett

Javier Perez - 12/23/2025 10:30 am 0

“In less than five years, Collectors has systematically eliminated its competitors through serial acquisitions,” read the letter published by Congressman Ryan

Sony acquires majority control of PEANUTS rights

Christopher Chiu-Tabet - 12/19/2025 9:45 am 2

The Schulz family will retain 20 percent of the rights, while WildBrain will continue to produce new Peanuts media for Apple TV.

Reviews

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Graphic Novel Review: PIG WIFE delves into the darkness of family secrets

Abbey Luck's debut novel Pig Wife lures readers into the labyrinth of an abandoned mine to witness a darkly compelling coming-of-age story.

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The Marvel Rundown: Earth’s Mightiest hit a milestone with AVENGERS #800

Avengers #800 is this week's main reviews, plus we talk Battleworld, Dungeons of Doom, Logan: Black White, and Blood, and The Ultimates!

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DC Comics Round-Up: Finding new hope in ACTION COMICS #1094

This week's DC Round-Up column finds our reviewer catching up with Action Comics #1094, Batman and Robin #23, DC K.O. #3, and more!

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Wednesday Comics Reviews: From ALICE FOREVER AFTER to TOXIC AVENGER, it’s a week of weirdo comics

Alice Forever After is just one of the oddball comics that headlines this group of Wednesday Comics Review titles.

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Card Game Review: HERE TO SLAY expansion BANNER QUEST smartly builds on the core mechanics

Adds depth to an already deep game.

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Top Comics to Buy for January 14, 2026: A shocking twist in one of the best horror comics in years

This week's list of Top Comics to Buy for January 14 features not one but two comics with absolutely shocking endings.

Zack Quaintance -

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: SERAPHIM – 266613336 WINGS will remind you how much you love comics

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers Crying Freeman, Go With the Clouds North-by-Northwest, and Seraphim: 266613336 Wings.

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Classic Comic Compendium: BATMAN – THE CULT is a harrowing Batman comic

Batman - The Cult by Jim Starlin, Bernie Wrightson, and team is a harrowing look at the psychology of cults, through Batman.

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A Year of Free Comics: The Wonderful Tableaus of Andrew Kozlowski

Looking at the work of Instagram cartoonist Andrew Kozlowski i whose work exist somewhere between diary and memoir.

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Entertainment

Card Game Review: HERE TO SLAY expansion BANNER QUEST smartly builds on the core mechanics

01/13/2026 3:00 pm 0

Adds depth to an already deep game.

Fantastic fourth AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY teaser goes online

01/13/2026 10:00 am 0

The fourth trailer reveals the first cinematic meeting between the Black Panther and the Fantastic Four, as well as the return of Namor.

ACTION COMICS #1 sells for 15 million, shattering record for a comic single comic book

01/12/2026 2:15 pm 0

Say hello to the first eight-figure comic book in the world! a national treasure from the personal collection of Nic Cage.

Hasbro debuts new Studio Series MTMTE Autobot Hound for this Spring

Continues with the More Than Meets The Eye branding

Bookish airs on PBS starting Sunday

01/10/2026 11:35 am 0

Mark Gatiss stars in Bookish, a new detective series set in post-War London airing on PBS

Horror Beat: Ballingrud’s CATHEDRAL OF THE DROWNED adds centipedes to its moon spider nightmare

01/09/2026 3:30 pm 0

Nathan Ballingrud continues proving he’s one of the most imaginative voices in horror.

The Rainbow Project announces winners of second annual Velma Awards

01/08/2026 4:45 pm 0

Spotlighting positive onscreen representation of LGBTQ+ youth and their families.

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