Japanese publishing giant Kodansha is apparently sponsoring an International Manga Competition: Competition entries being accepted now! Celebrating its 25th anniversary this year, and publishing over 500,000...

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300 notes: Persian version and workout woes

English-language Iranian news outlet Press TV reports that 300 has been dubbed into Persian so it can be shown and discussed on Iranian channel...

Rambo

TUF Season Five Episode 1 recap

To be honest, we're a little worried about this comics thing going south, so we feel it's time to finally diversify The Beat and...

Comic Strips

RIP Johnny Hart

Famed comic strip artist Johnny Hart died yesterday the AP is reporting. Cartoonist Johnny Hart, whose award-winning "B.C." comic strip appeared in more than...

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To Do NYC 4/8 — TONIGHT! Cartoonists read at KGB

Tom Hart, Jon Lewis, K. Thor Jensen and Miss Lasko Gross team up Jon Lewis of True Swamp fame will read the central fight scene...

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Manga and Anime News

GlobalComix announces limited “keep it forever” holiday bundle

Matias De la Piedra - 12/12/2025 3:25 pm 0

New annual GlobalComix Gold subscribers will keep ten high-profile comics from Marvel, DC, Dark Horse, and Kodansha—permanently.

K-Comics Beat’s Inaugural Best Manga & Manhwa of 2025

Beat Staff - 12/12/2025 10:45 am 0

The K-Comics Beat team reveals its inaugural picks for the Best Manga and Manhwa of 2025 list, adding to The Beat's biggest Best Of yet.

Wonderful Wednesdays: FOLLOW THAT KISS, WONDER CATS and more from Seven Seas

Merve Giray - 12/10/2025 6:30 pm 0

In this week's Wonderful Wednesdays, Seven Seas announced six new manga and one danmei audiobook adaptation! Here are the details.

Beat’s Bizarre Adventure: FINDING MY VOICE with art

Adam Wescott - 12/08/2025 2:30 pm 0

This week, Beat's Bizarre Adventure covers the works RULES FOR DATING TRASH, FINDING MY VOICE and NIGHT FRAGMENTS.

Live-action LOOK BACK movie coming from director Hirokazu Kore-eda

Christopher Chiu-Tabet - 12/05/2025 9:45 am 0

The live-action film of Tatsuki Fujimoto's emotional manga will arrive two years after the anime version from 2024.

Wonderful Wednesdays: MISS KOBAYASHI’S DRAGON MAID: ILULU DOESN’T UNDERSTAND LOVE and more from Seven Seas

Merve Giray - 12/04/2025 12:00 pm 0

With six manga and one new audiobook adaptation, Seven Seas' Wonderful Wednesdays are back! Here are the titles announced on December 3.

Business News

Robert Kirkman announced as keynote speaker for ComicsPRO 2026

Heidi MacDonald - 12/12/2025 9:45 am 0

Always a strong supporter of the direct market, Skybound's Robert Kirkman will be the keynote speaker at the 2026 ComicsPRO Industry Conference

Humanoids to creators: Oops, guess we should have mentioned that chapter 7 thing

Heidi MacDonald - 12/12/2025 9:30 am 2

A letter to creators confirmed that it's business as usual at Humanoids, just under a new company, despite their Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing

Disney sells out to OpenAI, agreeing to license characters to Sora

Christopher Chiu-Tabet - 12/11/2025 2:00 pm 0

Sora users will be able to use over 200 Disney characters in short media they prompt from OpenAI's video generator.

Waitaminnit, Humanoids is back with a Jodorowsky kickstarter?

Heidi MacDonald - 12/11/2025 9:30 am 0

Humanoids continues as Humanoids Studios with a Kickstarter for new projects by Alejandro Jodorowsky and Gabriel Rodríguez.

May 2nd, 2026 will see Free Comic Book Day and “Comics Giveaway Day”

Heidi MacDonald - 12/09/2025 4:30 pm 0

Universal will be running Free Comic Book Day on May 2nd, including a partnership with Lunar and Diamond UK; but PRH is going its own way with Comics Giveaway Day

The latest development in DC/WB/Netflix and now…Paramount

Heidi MacDonald - 12/09/2025 9:30 am 1

More drama, more quotes, more Hollywood executives talking about how great the DC IP library is as the battle for ownership of WBD heats up

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Documentary Review: COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT is a gift from the late Andrea Gibson

Apple TV Plus documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, following late poet Andrea Gibson and their wife, Megan Falley, is a feat.

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Graphic Novel Review: A GARDEN OF SPHERES is a beautiful tale of delicate dragons and gods

Linnea Sterte's new book, A Garden of Spheres, is out now from publisher Peow2, and it is a must-read stunner.

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K-Comics Beat’s Inaugural Best Manga & Manhwa of 2025

The K-Comics Beat team reveals its inaugural picks for the Best Manga and Manhwa of 2025 list, adding to The Beat's biggest Best Of yet.

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Movie Review: Brendan Fraser shines in the subtle, humanist drama RENTAL FAMILY

The perfect for the holiday season!

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The Beat’s Best Comics of 2025

The Beat staff has come together once again to compile its annual, wide-spanning list of the best comics of 2025.

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The Marvel Rundown: ULTIMATE WOLVERINE #12 is a gripping lesson in life and pain

This week's Marvel Rundown features Ultimate Wolverine #12, Amazing Spider-Man #17, The End 2099 #1, and Ultimate Spider-Man #23.

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DC Round-Up: ABSOLUTE BATMAN #15 delivers that muscley Joker dinosaur thing you’ve seen all over

This week: The new Absolute Joker design went comics Internet viral a while back, and now we get the full story behind it in Absolute...

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Wednesday Comics Reviews: TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #13 brings in an all-star new creative team, and more

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #13 is this week's lead review in a Wednesday Comics column that also looks at Our Soot-Stained Heart, and more!

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Horror Beat: THE OCCUPANT OF THE ROOM is an excellent mood piece on melancholy

The Haunted Season continues.

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Entertainment

‘STAR WARS’ Original Painting Artwork sells for $3.875 million at auction

12/12/2025 1:18 pm 0

Star Wars original Tom Jung painting used as a movie poster was a force at the auction block.

First LANTERNS footage debuts in HBO Max’s 2026 preview

12/12/2025 11:40 am 0

The DC series, starring Kyle Chandler and Aaron Pierre as Hal Jordan and John Stewart, will premiere on the streaming service next year.

Movie Review: Brendan Fraser shines in the subtle, humanist drama RENTAL FAMILY

12/12/2025 10:30 am 0

The perfect for the holiday season!

Documentary Review: COME SEE ME IN THE GOOD LIGHT is a gift from the late Andrea Gibson

Apple TV Plus documentary Come See Me in the Good Light, following late poet Andrea Gibson and their wife, Megan Falley, is a feat.

TOMB RAIDER’s return and more revealed at the Game Awards

12/12/2025 10:00 am 0

Two Star Wars games and much more were also announced at this year's awards, where Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 won Game of the Year.

A Ghost Story for Christmas brings the spooky

12/11/2025 3:00 pm 0

Haunts and holidays are for more than just Halloween. Christmas ghost stories have a tradition, too, as people gather round the fire during the darkest time of the year.

Recap: STRANGER THINGS 5’s “The Vanishing of Holly Wheeler”

12/11/2025 1:30 pm 0

Our spoiler discussion unpacks the intense opening, anticlimactic end reveal, and more from the final season's second chapter.

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