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The Beat is proud to exclusively reveal and solicit information on the cover of Monster High: Boomuda Triangle, a new five-issue miniseries coming this January from IDW Publishing. After garnering attention for their Monster High Pride special earlier this year, Speldon Cauldronero and Kieran Valentine are set to headline their own miniseries for the first time, from the creative team of writer Megan Brown and artist Eileen Widjaja. The official recruitment information is below. Fang’s favorite characters, Speldon Coldronero and Kieran Valentine, star in the terrifying first miniseries. This multiverse adventure offers a glimpse into the monstrous world of steampunk,…
With the announcement of the first line-up of the rekindled Vertigo label, DC once again has a dedicated home for creator-owned crime, mystery, horror and weird books. For a while there, they kind of had a home under the DC Black Label moniker. It was home to DC-owned real estate, but there was a lot of resistance. What was supposed to simplify age restrictions and content lineups instead ended up confusing identities. DC Black Label was a place where you could see familiar DC heroes in adult situations, but heaven forbid you see Batawan, so it wasn’t too adult. And…
Heritage sold many great items from the Keith Frome Estate collection on October 17th, including the original cover art for Ghost Rider #5 by Frank Frazetta, an OA for Hit Comics #5 by Lou Fine, and even an OA for McCraboy’s Master Comics #27. Without a doubt, the star item for sale at this auction was Todd McFarlane’s Batman #423 Cover Original Art (1988), which sold for $781,250 at Heritage Auctions last Friday. Todd McFarlane Batman #423 Cover Original Art (DC, 1988) This sale established MacFarlane as one of the most famous, commercially successful, and acclaimed living cartoonists of our…
TOKYOPOP and NTT Solmare Corporation announced yesterday that TOKYOPOP manga titles are now available on Manga Plaza, one of the largest digital manga content libraries in the United States. To commemorate this, Manga Plaza has launched a point redemption campaign for all TOKYOPOP titles, including manga and light novels, from October 16, 2025. This promotion allows readers to earn 100% points rewards on all individual purchases and runs through October 30th at 6:59am PST. Check out some of the TOKYOPOP titles currently available at Manga Plaza below: Provided by: TOKYOPOP FANGS by Billy Balibary “What kind of person is unlucky…
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Robert Kirkman, Tom Reilly, Jorge Corona, Dan Mora, Connor Hughes, Ben Abernathy, and others to talk all things Energon Universe just before they took the stage at the Energon Universe panel at New York Comic Con 2025. You can read half of the interview about Transformers and Void Rivals here and the GI Joe half by clicking here. Dan Mora, Robert Kirkman, Connor Hughes, Jorge Corona Robert Kirkman was asked about juggling his writing career in preparation for a big event. “We want these characters to interact in a believable way and…
Past and future riots Author: Joe SaccoPublisher: Metropolitan BooksPublication date: October 14, 2025 The Powerhouse Joe Sacco’s latest investigative reporting project, “The Riots of the Past and the Future,” published by Metropolitan Books, is one of those rare books that leaves you feeling like you might have come out of this experience a better, more enlightened person. This book examines the layers of tension that slowly rose in India’s Uttar Pradesh state and culminated in 2013’s explosive violence between two major groups: Hindu Jatists and Muslims. An outsider to this culture, Sacco is the perfect detective to guide the other…
I had the pleasure of sitting down with Robert Kirkman, Tom Reilly, Jorge Corona, Dan Mora, Connor Hughes, Ben Abernathy, and others to talk all things Energon Universe just before they took the stage at the Energon Universe panel at New York Comic Con 2025. You can read the GI Joe half of the interview here and the Transformers and Void Rivals half by clicking here. GI Joe editor Ben Abernathy and artist Tom Riley First, what can fans expect from G.I. Joe? Series artist Tom Reilly says, “There’s a lot of craziness going on in this next arc. It’s…
Solo Leveling: Ragnarok Author: Daul (REDICE Studio)Art: JinAdaptation: Brix (REDICE Studio) Chugong’s Solo Leveling, adapted into a manga by REDICES Studio’s Dubu, took the world by storm in March 2018 and became one of the top titles on KakaoPage, Tapas, and Tappytoon. Two years after it ended, a spin-off title was announced called Solo Leveling: Ragnarok with a new writer, Daul. The comic book version, illustrated by Jin and adapted by Brix, was released on Tapas in October 2024 and currently has 1.3 million views. Here is an overview of the tapas: After witnessing their own deaths, the Absolutes, the…
Earlier this year, it was announced that Artist Editions, oversized reprints of original art as art, had found a new home in Skybound through Scott Dunbier’s newly formed publishing company ACT 4. Today, Skybound announced that it has partnered with Scott Dunbier’s Act 4 Publishing to release the Artist Edition of Paul Smith’s Doctor Strange, which will be available in stores in August 2026. This isn’t the first time a Paul Smith comic book has received the Artist Edition treatment. Earlier this year, Smith’s X-Men work was included in Artist Edition. Details of the official press release are below. Doctor…
All eight episodes of James Gunn’s Peacemaker Season 2 are now available to stream on HBO Max. To celebrate, the elite of the comics beat gathered in Earth-X’s version of the stately Beat Manor to discuss the latest additions to the DC Cinematic Universe. What did you think of Peacemaker Season 2? Let us know in the comments or on social media. Cover photo credit: Jessica Miglio/HBO Max Photo credit: Miglio/HBO Max What did you think of Peacemaker Season 2? Avery Kaplan: I enjoyed Season 1 as well as Creature Commando Season 1 and Suicide Squad, but I thought Peacemaker…