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Everything old at Riverdale High is new again. The gang is back in the halls, three weeks or seven years after they graduated, depending on which calendar you go by. But now they are teachers! Judging by this particular crop of teachers, you know times are desperate. Do any of them even have a teaching

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You may still be stuck inside, waiting for your dose of the COVID-19 vaccine (thank you, Dolly Parton), but that doesn’t mean you can’t take part in some amazing online comics events! As we approach the one-year anniversary of Shut In Theater, there are more options than ever when it comes to online comics events.

Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has unveiled images from the upcoming Justice Society: World War II animated movie highlighting the true ensemble nature of the film. Additionally, the first official clip from the film premiered on Saturday, 2/27 during IGN Fanfest. Watch it below. [embedded content] Produced by Warner Bros. Animation and DC, the feature-length Justice

Diana Prince, a.k.a. Diana of Themyscira, a.k.a. Wonder Woman, is the most famous Amazon to grace the world of man with her power and beauty. But she’s not the only Amazon to live in our world, and she’s not the only daughter of Hippolyta, either. Nubia: Real One, written by L.L. McKinney with art by

Encapsulating the life and times of such a larger than life figure as comic creator Jack “King” Kirby is no easy feat. You can imagine the challenge it presented husband-and-wife writing duo Fred Van Lente and Crystal Skillman when their brought their 75-minute play, King Kirby, to the stage for the first time at the

Frédéric Brrémaud and Paola Antista‘s exploration of feline companionship is coming to a new audience. Dark Horse Comics has announced, exclusively via The Beat, a new translation of the duo’s cat-centric series, Cats!: Purrfect Strangers. Translated from French by Annie Gullion, the all-ages graphic novel will collect three albums of the series originally published as

Birdcage Bottom Books 2021 Kickstarter list launched on the crowd-funding platform Saturday. Included in this year’s releases will be an anthology, a graphic novel, and four mini-comics. The headline title will be punk anthology Too Tough To Die. Too Tough To Die, co-edited by Haleigh Buck and Birdcage Bottom Books owner/publisher J.T. Yost explores the

BRZRKR #1 Writers: Keanu Reeves & Matt KindtArtist: Ron GarneyColor Artist: Bill CrabtreeLetterer: Clem RobinsCover Artist: Rafael GrampáPublisher: BOOM! Studios The hype behind BRZRKR has been palpable, mainly due to Keanu Reeves’s name being attached to the series as co-writer. That Matt Kindt would join the team as co-writer as well, with Ron Garney taking on art…well, there’s really not much

The new graphic novel Muhammad Ali: Kinshasa 1974 covers a lot of history. When Muhammed Ali fought George Foreman in Kinshasa, Zaire on October 30, 1974, the “Rumble in the Jungle” became arguably the most famed sporting event of the 20th century. Ali, already a galvanizing figure for both sports and civil rights, was a

According to a report from Bloomberg, the upcoming video game Hogwarts Legacy will include the option to play as a transgender character. Author Jason Schrier writes that the game, published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Inc. and developed by Avalanche Software, “will allow players to customize their character’s voice, body type and gender placement for

DC PROUDLY ANNOUNCES ‘SUPERGIRL: WOMAN OF TOMORROW’Bilquis Evely, Mat Lopes and Tom King launch Supergirl into DC’s Infinite Frontier!  (Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow #1 cover by Bilquis Evely and Mat Lopes) Supergirl returns to DC’s comics this summer to headline her first new series in years: Supergirl: Woman of Tomorrow! Launching in DC’s Infinite Frontier

There is a glut of bad news in the world. Almost every day it seems like something awful is happening and we lose a member of our global comics community. Thankfully this is not that day. Woodrow Phoenix, UK comics artist, author, lecturer was taken to hospital with pneumonia last week. Posting on Twitter yesterday,

Batman’s back. Now, that may sound like an odd thing to say—of course, DC publishes multiple Batman comics a month—but the past two months have been dominated by Future State, and there hasn’t been an issue of the flagship Batman series since December. Luckily, the Batman team of writer James Tynion IV and artist Jorge

Shadecraft, the latest collaboration between writer Joe Henderson, artists Lee Garbett and Antonio Fabela, and letterer Simon Bowland, is due out from Image Comics at the end of this month. The next book from the Skyward creative team follows Zadie Lu, a teenage girl who experiences something unbelievable when an apparently sentient shadow tries to kill her.

The Flash will be racing back to television tonight, as the critically acclaimed superhero drama begins its latest season. We couldn’t be more thrilled about returning to Central City. Last season left us with many exciting cliffhangers, including the fate of Iris West-Allen, who was still trapped in the mirror dimension. Will season seven finally

With Money Shot on the cusp of a new story arc, Vault Comics has announced that a new artist will take over interiors from Rebekah Isaacs. Caroline Leigh Layne will be the new regular artist beginning with issue #11, which is also the sexy sci-fi series’ third and most thrilling arc to date. Read what

In Infinite Frontier #0, when our heroes saved the DC Multiverse from Perpetua in Dark Nights: Death Metal, everything was put back where it belonged…and we do mean everything! All the damage from all the Crises was undone, and heroes long thought gone returned from whatever exile they had been in. Most of them, at

Just a few weeks ago, Funko unveiled new WandaVision Pop figures of Pietro Fake Pietro/Fietro as well as Wanda and Vision’s children Billy and Tommy in their Halloween garb, the latter of which will be available as an online Spring convention exclusive through Amazon. As I’ve been anticipating since the first wave of WandaVision Funko

A new Mike Mignola documentary is launching on Kickstarter today, dubbed Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters, co-directed and produced by Jim Demonakos (co-founder of the LightBox Expo) and Kevin Hanna (Clockwork Girl), a director who has worked in film, animation, comics, and TV. The new feature-length doc has a star-studded list of interviewees from both in and out of comics, including Neil Gaiman, Rebecca

Even with the continued uncertainty regarding the reopening of theaters this summer, Marvel Studios seems adamant to maintain the May 7, 2021 release date for Black Widow and dismissing the potential of streaming it through the Disney+ platform. We’ll have to wait and see what happens in two months. In any case, expect Black Widow

Knock ‘Em Dead #4 is the latest issue in AfterShock’s supernatural standup comedy comic, and today The Beat has an exclusive preview. While standup comic is the lens through which this story is told, the actual core is slowly emerging, and it involves feelings of creative yearning and stunted success, asking to what lengths would

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Imagine waking up surrounded by dead people and darkness, and not knowing how you got there. In Distant Sky on Webtoons, Seoul, Korea is plunged into an apocalypse, but it’s way scarier—and mysterious—than your usual end-of-the-world scenarios. Written by Inwan Youn and with art by Sunhee Kim, a young man wakes up in a building

We’re only two months into the new year, and it’s already clear that 2021 is not going to be an ordinary one for Gotham. Two new faces have stepped into some iconic roles, and nothing turns Gotham on its head quite like a new vigilante. Over in Future State: The Next Batman, Tim Fox is

This past weekend marked the anniversary of C2E2 2020, otherwise known as the last major in-person convention. The COVID-19 pandemic caused all the other cons of 2020 to cancel or postpone their in-person events, and the lingering effects of the pandemic have already taken a toll on 2021. Last month it was announced that WonderCon

Green Lantern’s Light Shines Bright Through DC’s MultiverseAlan Scott, the original Green Lantern, enters DC’s Infinite Frontier With Future State currently offering a thrilling glimpse of the near and far futures of DC’s heroes and villains, fans can’t help but wonder what’s next, and the status of the current DC Universe. That era starts in

As the newest release from Walt Disney Animations Studios, Raya and the Last Dragon doesn’t lack when it comes to heart, magic, and humor. Directed by Don Hall and Carlos López Estrada with writing credits going to Qui Nguyen and Adele Lim, Raya tells the story of a brave and fierce warrior princess named Raya

Is there anything better than the heartache of a good romance story? Whether it’s unrequited love or young love or enemies-to-lovers, romance comes in all flavors and it’s dealer’s choice when it comes to perusing the genre on Webtoon. As one of its largest genres, it can be hard to pick from the plethora of

A Superman reboot written by Ta-Nehisi Coates and produced by J.J. Abrams under the Bad Robot label is currently in development, according to a report from Deadline. Few details are currently available regarding the Superman reboot, which has Hannah Minghella serving as a producer. Coates is currently attached to Wrong Answer, a drama directed by