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Where Ink On Paper Studios leads, Gilmore Girls fans will likely follow. The company’s highly anticipated “Drink Coffee, Talk Fast: A Documentary About Gilmore Girls” project, co-directed by Meghna Balakumar and Kevin Konrad Hanna (Mike Mignola: Drawing Monsters), reached its Kickstarter goal in just 48 hours, raising more than $234,000 from nearly 2,000 backers as of press time. Entering the final week of crowdfunding, Balakumar and Hanna have announced additional interviewees for the film and stretch goals for the campaign, and The Beat has all the details. “Drink Coffee, Talk Fast: A Documentary About Gilmore Girls” coincides with the hit…

black arms that support you Cartoonist: Ben PassmorePublisher: Pantheon Graphic LibraryPublication date: October 2025 Review by Ian Thomas Black history produced for mainstream audiences (e.g., published on mainstream or widely distributed channels) tends to omit the hiccups, false starts, hypocrisies and incongruities inherent in the movements they seek to portray, thereby stripping black history of its character and essence. The reasons for this are probably too complex to explain in such a short review, but include the concepts of safety, respectability, and of course marketability. After all, a book on a subject that might not otherwise reach an audience is…

Hikari Toriumi, a talented Tokyo-born, US-based animation artist, has announced that she will self-publish her debut graphic novel, The Scroll of Kiichi. The work will be unveiled in the coming days at her booth at LightBox Expo 2025, a festival dedicated to independent creators. Toriumi wrote on Instagram that “Kiichi no Maki” is “a story about two friends torn between two families.” “This story is a fantastic depiction of actual historical events that took place in Japan in the 12th century.” “This is my first time creating a graphic novel from scratch, so there are things I want to improve…

System preferences Author: Hugo BienvenuTranslator: Edward GauvinPublisher: Titan ComicsPublication date: September 2025 What if, in a digital future, the cloud is finite and the internet is nearly full? What if a world focused on short-term commercial gain and algorithmically defined profits decides what to keep? New, ultra-high quality social media content needs to be stored, so something has to be erased from existence to make room. In the future, no one will look at it anymore. WH Auden’s farewell poem or the work of Stanley Kubrick. It’s a terrifying prospect, brilliantly explored in Ugo Bienvenu’s graphic novel System Preference, now…

12 years ago, a community arts event debuted in the comic mecca of San Diego, California. An event that connected artists in the community, allowing them to have a voice and share their creations with other like-minded individuals in a way that some events could only hope to achieve. In those 12 years, the event has only evolved, including artists and creators from all around the nation, convening to share their ideas and creations.  That event is the San Diego Zine Fest.  This year, it took place in Barrio Logan, a historic town in San Diego, where everywhere you go,…

Needless to say, Marvel loves celebrating milestone issues of their titles. Accordingly, the publisher announced that January’s Avengers issue 34, by writer Jed McKay and artist Farid Karami, will mark the book’s 800th issue. Marvel is pulling out all the backup stories from past Avengers creators that are later revealed. Let the guessing begin! The official press release is below. This January, AVENGERS #34, part of superstar author Jed McKay and acclaimed artist Farid Karami’s current hit run, marks the 800th issue of the ongoing AVENGERS series. To celebrate this big milestone, this issue will be a massive deluxe issue…

Six years after Maia Kobabe’s graphic memoir Gender Queer was first published, it has become one of the most banned books in America and a lightning rod for discourse. But the book has also established itself as one of the most hopeful and necessary additions to the LGBTQIA+ literary canon in recent memory, and in 2026, publisher Oni Press will honor its legacy with a special hardcover edition. The Beat can exclusively reveal Gender Queer: The Annotated Edition for publication next year. The book features Kobabe’s commentary and annotations from several industry experts, including: Cartoonist Jadzia Axelrod (Galaxy: The Pretty…

Spoilers for TMNT #12 now available Last year, IDW Publishing relaunched the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles titles with writer Jason Aaron. The first issue was a critical and commercial success. With today’s release of TMNT issue #12, Aaron and artist Juan Ferreira, along with a new creative team of writers Gene Luen Yang and Freddie E. Williams, are bidding farewell to Heroes in the Half Shell, who will take over the book with issue #13 in December. It’s safe to say that IDW is promoting the new creative team’s first issue with a blind bag variant promotion and has already…

True believers, face forward! Today is another wonderful Wednesday. That means it’s time for Marvel Rundown. Last week we covered a lot of Apocalypse, and this week we’re back with a wrap-up of stories from across the Marvel Multiverse. First, The Ultimates #17 spotlights a timeless and moving tragedy. And in a quick overview, we take a look at Ultimate Spider-Man #22 and more dispatches from the Age of Apocalypse. As always, The Beat wants to hear from all you true believers! Let us know what you think of this week’s Marvel Comics! Give us a shout in the comments…

Drawn & Quarterly has released its Spring 2026 catalog headlined by Tillie Walden’s upcoming graphic novel, Charity & Silvia. The book, scheduled for release on May 26, tells the true story of Charity Bryant and Sylvia Drake, a lesbian couple living in Vermont in the early 19th century. Charity & Sylvia cover by Tilly Walden Being openly gay in 19th century New England isn’t easy. But Charity can only be herself, and she soon catches and holds the eye of none other than Sylvia Drake. From this point on, for 44 years, they were inseparable, building a life together despite…