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Sponsored by Battle Quest Comics By Brian Hibbs Sorry if you missed me, but man does writing that NPD BookScan column take a lot out of me! Nearly everything about how Direct Market comic book retailers do business changes yet again, in our ongoing chronicle (“part one” is here while “part two” is here with

Later this year BOOM! Studios will release Hollow, a new supernatural romance graphic novel from writers Shannon Watters and Branden Boyer-White, artist Berenice Nelle, colorists Kaitlyn Musto, Kieran Quigley, and Gonçalo Lopes, letterer Jim Campbell, and cover artist Naomi Franquiz. Today the publisher has released a new preview for the graphic novel, which reimagines the legend of Sleepy Hollow with a modern,

Will Friedle is no stranger to voicing bad guys, but more often than not he’s cast to play heroes. In the new Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse crossover animated film, he gets to have it both ways playing not only Lex Luthor but also the King of Atlantis

When all the lights in Gotham go out, you want the superhero who’s at home in the shadows to keep you safe. That’s how Batman: Fortress #1 begins, and the darkness only grows from there. Brought to you by Gary Whitta and Darick Robertson, Batman: Fortress is an eight-issue limited series that shouldn’t be missed.

This week, the chickens from Devil’s Reign come home to roost in Devil’s Reign Omega #1, the epilogue for the street level crossover event! Plus, we’ve got rapid reviews of Legion of X #1 and ASM (2022) #2! What did you think of this week’s fresh Marvel Comics issues? Let The Beat know, here in the comment section or

Southern California’s newest LGBTQ+ comic convention will be taking place in West Hollywood on June 18th, 2022, and not only does it feature a lineup of exciting creators who are scheduled to appear, the event will be free to attend! “Q Con – A Comic Convention Celebrating LGBTQ+ Comics and Graphic Novels” will take place

Voice actress Grey DeLisle is no stranger to Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman. But I think it’s fair to say those earlier iterations were nowhere near as bonkers or off-the-wall funny as she plays the Amazon warrior in the current DC Super Hero Girls cartoon. If you’ve ever taken a gander at her Twitter, you

Before The Beat gets to this review of Marvel’s Voices: Identity #1, we congratulate 2021’s Marvel’s Voices: Identity team for earning a Will Eisner Comic Industry Award nomination for Best Single Issue/One-Shot. The 2021 creative team included 2022 contributor Jeremy Holt and editor Darren Shan. Marvel’s Voices: Identity #1 (2022) Marvel’s Voices: Identity #1 Written by: Pornsak Pichetshote, Sabir Pirzada, Jeremy Holt,

After months of whispers and speculation, the trailer for MultiVersus has officially dropped and the DC presence is strong. Alongside Warner Bros’ most storied characters, Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman have all come to play in a contest to determine the greatest fighters in the Multiverse. But let’s be real, the champion of this particular

Sit, Stay and Save the World with Warner Bros. Consumer Products’ and DC’s New “DC League of Super-Pets”-Themed Toys, Pet Products and More   Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) and DC will release a “paw-some” pack of all-new products inspired by the four-legged stars of Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming animated adventure, “DC League of Super-Pets.”

THIS WEEK: Batman: Fortress #1 brings us inside a new story of a global blackout event from writer Gary Whitta, artist Darick Robertson, and team. Also, in the round-up section we look at whether Action Comics ongoing War World Rising storyline continues to be freaking awesome (hint: it does). Note: This piece contains spoilers. If you want a quick, spoiler-free buy/pass recommendation on the comics in

Graphic novels aren’t often a big part of the Cannes Film Festival although the odd film based on a comic sneaks in now and then. The 75th edition of the most prestigious  fest of them all is now taking place, and there’s one film set in the world of comics that is debuting in the

When you are invested in a comic or a game, the characters often take on a life of their own. In Fictional Skin, that seems to be the case for real.  Created by Kris Nguyen, the drama series centers on a pair of cousins whose summer has gotten a lot more interesting after the arrival

It’s been a month since Marvel Studios released the first trailer for the much-anticipated Thor: Love and Thunder. With more than a month until the film arrives in theaters, check o the second trailer that’s just been unveiled. [embedded content] The trailer opens with Korg (voiced by the film’s director Taika Waititi) catching up viewers

Worlds collide in Teen Titans Go! & DC Super Hero Girls: Mayhem in the Multiverse, the latest crossover between the two DC animated properties. Multiverse stories may be all the rage right now, but it’s old hat for DC Comics. In fact, Teen Titans Go! and DC Super Hero Girls have crossed over various times including

This week AfterShock Comics will release The Naughty List #2. The second issue of the series, which reimagines the legend of Santa Claus with a supernatural noir twist, comes from the creative team of writer Nick Santora, artist Lee Ferguson, colorist Juancho!, letterer Simon Bowland, and cover artist Francesco Francavilla. Today The Beat is pleased to present an

You’re going to see a disclaimer at the bottom of this article that the opinions stated here are solely my own, and do not necessarily represent those of Warner Bros. and its subsidiaries, but believe me anyway when I say this: Cassandra Cain is the greatest hero in the history of DC Comics. The definition

The following spoiler-free review is based on all seven episodes of Volume 1 of Stranger Things Season 4. There’s a saying that every dungeon master and seasoned Dungeons & Dragons player is familiar with: Never split the party. Whether you’re being pulled in two different ways by the main quest and an intriguing side quest,

DC Comics has released their full solicitations for titles scheduled to ship in August 2022. Among DC‘s offerings for the month are the launch of the Batman: One Bad Day series of villain-centric one-shots with Tom King and Mitch Gerads‘s Riddler story; a weekly Harley Quinn storyline from series writer Stephanie Phillips and artists Georges Duarte and

When I first got screeners for Paramount+’s Halo, I opted out of reviewing it. Not only was I unimpressed by the premise of the series, but also because I had not seen the whole season or even the majority of the season and I didn’t want to pass judgment before that. Having now seen all

Welcome to this week’s installment of The Beat’s Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up! This week we’ve got five high-quality projects from well-known creators, the fifth volume of a zine on speculative biology, and a book that offers insight into the beginning of the healthy food industry—um, apparently, a cult is behind it? Let’s get right into it!

The Beat’s Gregory Paul Silber has been accused of having a bit of an… obsessive personality. Each week in Silber Linings, he takes a humorous look at the weirdest, funniest, and most obscure bits of comics and pop culture that he can’t get out of his head. Earlier this week, Marvel studios dropped a trailer for the

The weekend has returned, and with it arrives the newest entry of Comics Beat’s most-often plagiarized pandemic-era feature: Weekend Reading 112! As we do every Saturday here at Stately Beat Manor, we’re sharing our reading plans for the weekend, and we hope you will, too! Let us know what you’ll be paging through here in

Who doesn’t enjoy an ice-cold glass of pink lemonade on a hot day? Oni Press is hoping that you do, as the publisher has announced that they will be publishing Pink Lemonade, the independent comic series from cartoonist Nick Cagnetti. The series follows a motorcycle-riding superhero as she’s just starting out and trying to find a

Dynamite has shared that Chaos! favorite Lady Hel will rise in her first solo series this summer. The comic will be written by fan-favorite writer Erik Burnham (Ghostbusters, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles). He’s joined by rising star Kazakhstani artist Zhengis Tasbolatov.  The story follows loosely in the threads of Vampirella vs. Purgatori, one of the

Last year, fan-favorite writer Erica Schultz along with artist Carola Borelli and colorist Gab Contreras successfully funded a Kickstarter for The Deadliest Bouquet, a 120 page full-color original graphic novel. If you didn’t get on board the crowdfunding campaign, don’t fret, for the book is making the leap to floppies as a five-issue miniseries from

Dark Horse Comics has released their solicitations information for titles scheduled to ship in August 2022. Among Dark Horse‘s offerings for the month are Patton Oswalt, Jordan Blum, and Scott Hepburn‘s Minor Threats; the return of Star Wars comics to the publisher with a new all-aged series, Star Wars: Hyperspace Stories; and Dave Gibbons‘s Confabulation: An Anecdotal Autobiography. All that

Obviously, we love the comics we publish over here, but we’re still pretty blown away over how many DC books, artists and writers were honored with Eisner nominations this year. Acclaimed titles like Nightwing, Superman: Red & Blue and Wonder Woman Historia: The Amazons along with DC talent including Tom Taylor, James Tynion IV, Tom

Once upon a time in a far away land, Dynamite’s top girls faced even more monsters, magic, and wonder than their usual out of this world adventures. This August, the publisher will debut three special Fairy Tales, one-shots starring Red Sonja, Vampirella, and Dejah Thoris in the middle of classic fables. Details for each are

When Rebirth shook things up in the DC Universe in 2016, a refreshing twist on one of the publisher’s iconic characters came with it. The New Super-Man, Kong Kenan, burst onto the superhero scene in his very own solo series. Writer Gene Luen Yang brought the young hero to life in a 24-issue comic packed