Cartoonist 101: Rumiko Takahashi, shoujo and shonen superstar

02/05/2019 4:30 pm by Beat Staff 1 Comment

Here’s a beginner’s guide to the legendary manga artist’s work.

2019’s Free Comic Book Day Gold Sponsor books announced – with one mysterious exception

12/17/2018 2:15 pm by Heidi MacDonald

2019 is coming and so is Free Comic Bok Day! Next year it will fall on May 4, 2019, just in time for everyone to be talking about Avengers Endgame – and what better time to pick up a print comic book? The FCBD committee has selected the 12 Gold Sponsor books, which represent […]

SDCC ’18 – Viz Releases Full Panel and Signing Schedule

07/14/2018 6:05 pm by Todd Allen

My Hero Academia, Magic: The Gathering and Shohen Jump

SDCC ’18: My Hero Academia Creator Kohei Horikoshi Is Coming to Comic-Con

07/12/2018 4:00 pm by Todd Allen

There are two scheduled autograph sessions

Access to the Game is Blocked – Accel World: Infinite Burst

05/21/2018 5:30 pm by Todd Allen

Viz will be releasing the film on DVD and Blu-Ray this Fall.

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 5/7/18: Return to Mauretania

05/07/2018 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

§ NICE ART: Chris Reynolds made a name for himself in 80s indie comics with Mauretania, an ongoing published in his native Britain. Nowthe fine folks at New York Review Graphic Novels have brought it out in a new hardcover editions, The New World: Tales from Mauretania, the latest in their series of extremely tasteful and […]

What Digital Comics Are On Sale Right Now? Some Recommendations.

04/28/2018 6:34 pm by Todd Allen

All sorts of Publishers are having digital sales right now.

VIZ and Verizon Team Up for Free Anime Streaming

03/21/2018 10:30 am by Todd Allen

Naruto, Death Note, Hunter x Hunter and more are available.

David Brothers joins Viz as an Editor

01/09/2018 4:29 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Today’s “Job Moves” listings in Publishers Weekly confirmed that David Brothers has joined manga publisher Viz Media as an editor. Brothers, formerly Branding Manager at Image Comics, commented in tweets. New Year, New V https://t.co/f8h4ZMekdM — pshaw brothers (@hermanos) January 9, 2018 (I probably won’t talk about it online much but I’m […]

Butcher ankles the Beguiling to become Viz Editor-at-Large

06/28/2017 1:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

If you follow TCAF showrunner and comics industry savant Chris Butcher on twitter yuo know he’s always in Japan. Always! IS it just to bring back green tea Kit Kats? Well now all of that travel will be even more business savvy: Butcher has just been named consulting editor-at-large for Viz Media, according to an article […]