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Several job openings at Marvel -- both in Burbank and New York. You'll notice that several of them are in the games division. I've confirmed...

Continuing this morning's elegiac tone, here's a lovely remembrance of retailer Nick Post by the CBLDF's Charles Brownstein. Postiglione, to give his full name,...

The reaction to Robin Williams' death has been unlike any celebrity death I can remember. We all knew Whitney was going to go, and Michael Jackson's end was as expected as it was bizarre. With Williams there seem to be few mysteries. It was a battle, and he lost. Yet the shock of his tragic decision seems to have transcended our celebrity autopsy culture with its essential question: how can someone who gave so much, who had so much to give, have turned away from the light with such finality?

The Bat office continues to break the mold! FINALLY a Bat book drawn by Ben Templesmith! People in my comic book circle have been suggesting...

About Comics is a boutique publisher that specializes in bringing back unjustly obscure comics in affordable editions. They've just released HOLLYWOOD SUPERSTARS by Mark Evanier and Dan Spiegle. Originally published in 1990 via Marvel's Epic line, it was a non-superheroic variant of Crossfire by the same team, basically behind the scenes tales of Hollywood, seen through the adventures of a team of private eyes consisting of a stuntman, an aspiring actress and a stand up comic. Like Crossfire, it has that slightly elegiac air of people who believe Hollywood's legend and lore a little too much, told as only a couple of insiders could tell it.

by Nicholas Eskey

This year, as part of Dynamite Entertainment’s 10th anniversary, the comic publisher will be rolling out with “Chaos!” line of titles, including a rebirth of the cult classic Purgatori. The first issues goes on sale next month. Through the magic of the interweb, I had a chance to interview Aaron Gillespie, writer for Dynamite’s take on the series, and ask him a few questions regarding the demonic femme fatal:

Remember that Boom! Studios conspiracy book we were teasing last week? The conspirators have been revealed: Writer Justin Jordan and artist Ariela Kristantina (Death...

Is the Beat obsessed with The View liking comics? Why, yes, because it represents the farthest encroachment of comics culture into the fortress of...

Sneak peek at a coloured panel from #GothamAcademy issue 1, by me, @beckycloonan and @brendenfletcher: pic.twitter.com/5pwBdOXyGf — Karl Kerschl (@karlkerschl) August 11, 2014 //platform.twitter.com/widgets.js #GothamAcademy is coloured...

Actor Robin Williams was found dead in his house this morning, a suspected suicide. For a little while there, WIlliams was the biggest movie...

A Little Teen Boat and a little Matt Furie (Boy's club) and you have the new Boom! Box series Teen Dog but webcomicker Jake...

The comics industry in North America moved into positive territory for 2014 with a record-setting month of July, according to Comichron's analysis of data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Click to see the sales estimates for comics ordered in July 2014.  A much larger number of new comic book and graphic novel releases for the month helped July's sales to set a number ofrecords for the Diamond Exclusive Era, which began in April 1997: