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Acclaimed cartoonist Noelle Stevenson has a new autobiographical Substack project, I'm Fine I'm Fine Just Understand, which launches today.

The Beat is pleased to excluisvely reveal the cover for Molly Knox Ostertag's upcoming YA graphic novel, The Girl from the Sea.

In FANGS by Sarah Anderson on Tapas, a vampire and a werewolf can't help falling in love and doing the monster mash.

As Eisner-winning cartoonist Jim Rugg describes it, "HULK: GRAND DESIGN is biography, history, pop culture, and art book."

In Webtoons’ new series Be My Villain Mills is used to superheroes and villains, but not when his dads’ archnemesis asks him out on a date

We talk to Ben Barnes about Netflix's SHADOW AND BONE. We discuss casting, previous roles, and does The Darkling kind of have a point?

In the newest Infinity Comic series on Marvel Unlimited, Love Unlimited, six creative teams will share tales of super romance.

The Iron Circus animated LACKADAISY movie is here

The Standard Comic Script (SCS), built by Steenz and Camilla Zhang, aims to introduce an industry standard for comics scripting.

LORE OLYMPUS Volume Two arrives in paperback and hardcover at your favorite bookstore or library beginning on February 1st, 2022.

IDW has announced huge cost cutting measures, including layoffs of 39% of its workforce, and delisting from publicly traded stock exchanges

After: The Graphic Novel (Volume One) will be here in May, but The Beat is celebrating Anna Todd's birthday with a preview!

Image Comics workers launch a union, Comic Book Workers United

In Cryptid Club by Sarah Anderson, the enigmatic creatures who have captured our popular imaginations finally get the spotlight.

The Beat's list of the 50 best comics of 2020 includes titles by seasoned creators and up-and-coming talents.

DRAGON AGE: THE MISSING, the latest Dragon Age miniseries from Dark Horse, is set to arrive in stores in January 2023.

Silvestri's Black Label series BATMAN/THE JOKER: THE DEADLY DUO was first teased by the publisher back in 2018.

The Short-Lived Damnation of Warren Ellis, and the Danger It Creates

Kickstarter COO Sean Leow talks about why they are looking at moving to the blockchain, and addresses creator backlash.

In Vamp Sabbath by Max Monroy, readers get a glimpse of a musical adventure that is steeped in the undead. Rock & roll forever!

Todd McFarlane is declaring 2021 the Year of Spawn with the launch of 4 new Spawn titles in order to create a shared Spawn Universe.

The oversized 800th issues for THE FLASH and WONDER WOMAN will set the stage for the recently-announced relaunches of both titles.

The Beat celebrates Trans Day of Visibility 2022 (March 31st) with a listicle of thirty-one trans comics creators!

The Dynamic Duo reunites to take on the self-proclaimed "King of the Super-Villains" in SHADOW WAR, kicking off from DC Comics in March.

Writer Tom King and artist Jorge Fornes will launch a new 12-issue maxiseries called RORSCHACH this October through DC Black Label.

The McElroys and Carey Pietsch talk about mayhem, madness and the pink menace they've conjured up in TAZ: THE CRYSTAL KINGDOM.

Martha Thomases, the original publicist for The Sandman, looks at the TV show and finds it mostly excellent...with a few quibbles

The official graphic novel adaptation of Good Omens by Colleen Doran is launching on Kickstarter this summer.

EXCLUSIVE: Gerard Way welcomes you to "MILK WARS" with extended preview and interview

RIP Martin Pasko

Dynamite and Disney are set to team up for Gargoyles comic series with franchise creator Greg Weisman officially signed on to write

The three-book series was the second of Dark Horse's official continuation of the AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER animated series.

Writer Laura Hudson publicly accused Brian Wood of sexual misconduct in a series of tweets posted late Thursday. Read our full report.

Former Captain America writer and Winter Solider co-creator Ed Brubaker reveals greater details about his frustration with Marvel.

NYCC '20: SOUTH SIDE SERPENTS, new digest series, and more in the Archie Comics BEYOND RIVERDALE panel

In Bloom Part II, a year has passed since the last time we caught up with Hector and Ari, but one thing remains the same: they're in love!

Archie is turning 80 this year and the classic character is getting a celebratory one-shot in June, Everything’s Archie

The DC Webtoon collaborations, Batman: Wayne Family Adventures, Vixen: NYC and Zatanna & the Ripper are all getting collected editions.

As NFT sales drop 99% and prices go lower, marketplaces are increasingly not honoring royalties to artists.

Russell discusses NORSE MYTHOLOGY, how he approaches translating prose for comics, and what he thinks makes Neil Gaiman's work so adaptable.

Fan favorite 'Fence' gets an ongoing title from Boom in April

Dark Horse Comics to publish Radio Spaceman the newest character from Hellboy creator Mike Mignola and drawn by Greg Hinkle.

In THE GIRL FROM THE SEA, a number of different cycles play out over the course of the new queer summer romance graphic novel.

Writer Joshua Williamson and artist Simone Di Meo are launching a new Batman & Robin book in September, and DC has shared some of the art.

Contributors to the LITTLE EARTHQUAKES: THE GRAPHIC ALBUM anthology from Z2 Comics include Neil Gaiman, Bilquis Evely, and Margaret Atwood.

JLA/AVENGERS, artist George Pérez's seminal work, has been out-or-print from co-publishers DC and Marvel for over a decade.