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Everyone’s favorite, Drawn & Quarterly, an independent Montreal-based comic publisher, appeared at Moccafest 2025 with a stunning new release and an exciting signature. D&Q has taken advantage of this year’s Moccafest to debut several new books ahead of the official release date. Guideri Sle’s Muybridge, which hit the retailer on April 29, was prominently displayed on the edge of the table, but according to D&Q staff, the real highlight was Katie Fricas: A colorful tale about a lesbian library worker in New York City who struggles to finish off her epic graphic novel. Check-out will not arrive in stores until…
Writer Torun Gronbake is recently working with artist Patrick Goddard to celebrate the 50th anniversary for a new story in Battle Action, the Rebellion Publishing war comic series. Each issue features an ongoing main storyline by Garth Ennis and Keith Burns, paired with a secondary backup story by another rotating team about fighter pilot Johnny Red. The story of Gronbekk and Goddard is set to be released in the UK on March 26th and will appear in Combat Action #8, which will be released in the US on April 30th. The story is about Nina Petrova, fighting against Russian (complete…
Bleeding Cool reports that Dark Horse Comics has published a rocky horror picture show comic in time for the 50th anniversary of the cult musical, and will be written by Magdalene Visaggio (Girlmode, Kim & Kim). Visaggio has confirmed the news on Bluesky and says that it is a sequel entitled Bride of Rocky Horror, and that she composed the music for it. Visaggio has established that the above track “Seven Years (It Ain a Seasy)” is set seven years after the film, and says it shares the characters of Brad Majors’ characters (played by Barry Bostwick in the film).…
Keith Knight and Ellen Lindner display blue ribbons! The Si Mocca Fest in New York was another successful event. You can succeed and find others to watch and buy great comics, chat with old friends, or chat with old friends. Once again held at the Metropolitan Pavilion, I have never seen the attendance but passed the “busy” test. Every time I approached the table to chat or check out, I had to wait for someone else to buy/end the chat. This is quite rare at a “regular” comic con. This comic-con is often eager to make eye contact to start…
A highly popular trading card sensation, Craniacs is preparing for an exciting 2025 with the launch of Series 2 this spring. Plus, trading card fans’ favorite characters will appear in a new comic adventure that will hit the shelves of your local comic book store this fall. This is a new TV series for Kids 6-12 thanks to Titan Comics, and is developed by a talented team of Titmouse, now known for hit animations like Spider-Man. Debuting in October 2023, Craniacs Trading Cards was brought to life by the creative minds of former Topps senior executive Ira Friedman and leading…
Comic creator Joe Quesada has resigned to launch his own incredible comic imprint under Mad Cave Studios after more than 20 years in various roles, including editor-in-chief and best creative officer. Despite the new and creative venture, Quesada has not completely said goodbye to Marvel. In fact, for a while, the writer/artist has been quite teasing the new Marvel project for being associated with the Marvel Knights, which many have speculated. Sure enough, the publisher has officially released details of Marvel Knights: The World to Come. Joining Quesada for this Marvel Knights miniseries is author Christopher who, along with Quesada’s…
In an announcement made at Star Trek.com, three new Issue 5 Star Trek Comic Limited series have been revealed by IDW. Star Trek: Red Shirt, Star Trek: A Strange New World – The Seed of Destruction and Star Trek: Voyager – Homecoming is expected to arrive later this year. So far, here’s what we know about the three miniseries so far: New Star Trek comics for the upcoming years First, it’s a red shirt. Art and written by Christopher Cantwell by Megan Levens and lettering by Jodie Troutman. The story follows a whole new crew of USS Warren. Set in…
There are two universal truths in today’s rapidly changing comic industry. The first is that the dog man continues to be the definitive comic of our time. Second, more people than ever read comics and Webtoons (aka vertical scrolling comics). Therefore, in Comic Beat, we continue our strange adventures of Beat. Every week, I recommend three authors some of their favorite books and series from Japan, Korea and more. This week we’re dressing up heroes, mystical libraries, and of course Claudine! go! go! Loser Ranger Author/Artist: Negi HarubaTranslator: Ko RansomLettering: Phil ChristyEdited by: Kayly LastPublisher: Kodansha The heroic god Dragon…
In 2021, Wandering Planet Toys, an independent toy company founded by veteran animation writers Gavin Hiignight and Chris “Doc” Wyatt, launched its first Kickstarter campaign to create retro action figures officially approved based on the cult classic British television series The Prisoner. The campaign was a smash hit and then successfully launched a Kickstarter campaign, which included a second wave of prisoner action figures. This week, March 19th, marks the 97th birthday of prisoner creator and star Patrick McGauhan and appears to be fitting to exclusively announce details of wandering Planet’s Kickstarter campaign for prisoner deluxe action figures. While the…
Recently, Bloomsbury Academic announced their new collaboration with Marvel: a series of short nonfiction books titled Marvel Age of Comics. Inspired by the publisher’s 33 ⅓ series of books about albums, Marvel Age of Comics will profile various characters, storylines and historical events within Marvel’s long history. The first four books will be Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic by Stuart Moore; The Mighty Avengers Vs. the 1970s, by Paul Cornell; Daredevil: Born Again, by Chris Ryall; and Spider-Man: Miles Morales by Ytasha L. Womack. To learn more about this initiative, I reached out to Haaris Navqi, Bloomsbury Academic’s…