WonderCon returns to Anaheim this weekend with its first in-person event since before the Covid-19 pandemic began. A number of publishers will be on-hand to celebrate the event, including Heavy Metal, who today released to The Beat their full schedule of panels and signings for the three-day convention. Creators on-hand for the publisher include Christopher Priest, Jonny
Month: March 2022
Vault unveiled a never-before-seen preview of its new cyberpunk series Fox and Hare. Co-created by writer Jon Tsuei (Sera and the Royal Stars, Run Love Kill) and artist Stacey Lee (Marvel’s Silk, The Unstoppable Wasp, Gwenpool), the first issue of the long-awaited series will now release on May 25, 2022. Colors are by Raúl Angulo
March 31st is Trans Day of Visibility, and to celebrate, The Beat is spotlighting 31 trans comic creators! This list is by no means exhaustive! Are you a trans comic creator? Do you have a favorite trans comic creator who wasn’t included on our list this year? Give The Beat a shout-out and let us
“A BLUDMOON RISES!” With an old foe of Marcus’s on his trail, Dylan will have to find a way to become a superhero—and fast. Can Dylan learn to control his new powers? Or is this already the end for the new Rogue Sun? List of Covers & Their Creators Cover Cover Name Creator(s) Sidebar Location
* The gang wars within the city intensify, thanks to the suspicious death of a prominent drug runner. * Barbara, the Killer’s and Nicolas’s handler, introduces them to another undercover agent working to infiltrate the gang of a corrupt city hall official. * Can they leverage the connection to give the official the “negative treatment”
* After a year since we last saw her in Archer’s Peak, Erica Slaughter resurfaces to take on the case of a girl who’s seen a new kind of monster, one with terrifying implications. * But Erica’s broken ties with the House of Slaughter and that can have deadly consequences. * The Order of St.
On the Farm all animals were equal. In the Castle some are more equal than others. The animals are more divided now than ever. Acts of defiance by the workers lead to swift and deadly reprisals from President Silvio and his crew. But Miss B. won’t be deterred from her mission to bring equality, and
This week in Marvel Comics, the weekly BEYOND event comes to a conclusion in Amazing Spider-Man #93! It’s featured in our main review, with plenty of SPOILERS about the issue. Scroll down for a bonus review of Hulk: Grand Design – Monster, and further to the Rapid Rundown for brief, spoiler-lite reviews of Silk #3, X-Men Unlimited
The Small Press Spotlight is going to Mars this week thanks to Musk Factor Studios. The publisher has launched a Kickstarter campaign for its first epic comic Templars’ Code. Described as “a comic book about an engineer in a Mars colony who finds the Holy Grail, which lets him travel back in time to help
The nominees for the 2022 Cartoonist Studio Prize Award have been released! The tenth annual Cartoonist Studio Prize Award is presented by The Center for Cartoon Studies and The Beat. 2022 Cartoonist Studio Prize Nominees This year, there are fourteen nominees in both the “Print Comics” and “Webcomics” categories. Print Comics: Lights, Planets, People by
Rebellion/2000 AD dropped exciting news about a brand-new tabletop roleplaying adaptation of Dread set in Mega-City One called Dread: Dredd. The writer behind the award-winning original game, Epidiah Ravachol, is also heading up this special Dredd version, which was designed specifically for 2000 AD’s 45th anniversary. Written by Ravachol and produced by Rebellion Unplugged, this tabletop role-playing
The fantasy comic for adults, paralleled by none. All the over-the-top graphic sci-fi/fantasy madness you always expect in each and every issue of Heavy Metal. New short stories by some of Europe’s greatest masters of modern fantasy and science fiction comics! List of Covers and Their Creators Cover Cover Name Creator(s) Sidebar Location A Cover
2000 AD Prog 2275 is out now! Featuring more new Judge Dredd, Proteus Vex, Kingmaker, Brink, and Fiends of the Eastern Front! Cover: Pye Parr Judge Dredd – The Citadel (Part 6) (John Wagner – Dan Cornwell) Fiends of the Eastern Front – 1963 (Part 3) (Ian Edginton – Tiernen Trevallion) Kingmaker – Falls the
Cycling-themed anime Yowamushi Pedal has released a series of character visuals for its upcoming fifth season! The visuals include not only Sakamichi Onoda and other members of Sohoku High Bicycle Club, but also cyclists from Hakone Academy and Kyoto Fushimi High School. The full set can be viewed in the album below this article. Director
The visual features a mysterious young woman urging Luffy to quit being a pirate. Details about her identity and her role in the film are still unknown. Based on the phenomenally popular manga by Eiichiro Oda, One Piece follows the adventures of aspiring pirate Monkey D. Luffy and his crew, the Straw Hat Pirates, as
The Witch from Mercury is not only the first Gundam TV anime in seven years, but also the first installment to feature a female protagonist. A prequel series titled Prologue is also set to be produced. Scheduled to air this summer, it will feature the Gundams Lfrith and Beguir-Beu, who will be available as Gunpla
Netflix’s upcoming One Piece live action drama has announced that Shanks will be played by Peter Gadiot! Gadiot is known for roles like James Valdez in Queen of the South, Mister Mxyzptlk in Supergirl, and Adam Martin in Yellowjackets. Based on Eiichiro Oda’s phenomenally popular manga, One Piece follows the adventures of aspiring pirate Monkey
Vault Comics announced today that they have shipped a free surprise one-per-store thank you variant for West of Sundown #1 to all retailers who ordered the issue. This special Vault Vintage cover is drawn by legendary The Crow creator James O’Barr and is an homage to Bernie Wrightson’s iconic 1971 cover art for House Of
Last month, Marvel revealed that the MCU version of the Ten Rings would debuting the mainstream comics in the pages of the Shang-Chi ongoing series from writer Gene Luen Yang and artist Marcus To. However, today the publisher announced the decision to relaunch the series as Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings with a new #1
Are we not all criminals—eating our take-out, foraging for mushrooms, lapping at puddles? What happens when sleep becomes commodified? What if all the people at your local café were piloting drone strikes? What is the hidden cost and darkness of the society we must all engage with?Mr. Colostomy opens up cans of worms faster than
DC Comics has announced that its Round Robin tournament is returning this year. The tournament gives fans an opportunity to vote on a pool of sixteen potential new series, with four rounds of voting whittling the pool down to one winner. The winning pitch receives a six-issue miniseries as a result of the win. You
THIS WEEK: The DC Round-Up team takes a look at Shadow War Alpha #1, The War for Earth-3 #2, and more. Note: the reviews below contain spoilers. If you want a quick, spoiler-free buy/pass recommendation on the comics in question, check out the bolded verdicts within the chat transcript below. ZACK QUAINTANCE: Hey everyone and welcome in
TOTAL KNOCK-OUT! An idol’s life isn’t easy, but K-Cup karateka Haebaru Misora has trained hard! She has to deal with everything from a toilet stall samurai to a vengeful abuser of sex workers, all while perfecting a treatment for sexual frigidity and keeping up her TV appearances. And then there’s an all-girl mixed martial arts
Theti-Cheri asks Papyrus to accompany her to the temple of Mout-Sekhmet, where she is to conduct a ceremony to appease the goddess’s wrath, kindled after the previous high priest committed crimes. Unfortunately, the day chosen by the princess is viewed as extremely inauspicious by the superstitious peasantry, and Papyrus, born among the simple people of
With the premiere of Moon Knight on our doorsteps, we put together some of our favorite stories featuring the Marvel hero to check out before the premiere of the series this week on Disney+. From a look into Marc Spector’s complicated life and struggle with dissociative identity disorder to his relationship with the being Khonshu to
London in the 1600s had it rough. The deadly bubonic plague spread quickly and indiscriminately, taking out whole families in a short period of time. Plague doctors were often sent out to help, regardless of income or status. Unfortunately many of them were unskilled and even some were snake oil salesmen, garnering a mixed reputation
Georges Bizet‘s Carmen is one of the most famous works of theater in history. Now the Arizona Opera is looking to bring the story of Carmen, Don José, Escamillo, and the rest to a wider, non-theater-going audience in a new medium: comics. The company has announced Carmen: The Graphic Novel, a comic book adaptation of the
Daniel Freedman and Cristian “CROM” Ortiz, the writer and artist behind the fantasy graphic novel Raiders, are reuniting for a new book from Dark Horse Comics. The publisher has announced Birdking Volume 1, the first in a series of fantasy graphic novels, set to debut later this year. The series follows a young magic user as she searches
Once every thousand years, the incredible Sea Dragon reappears! It is said that the first person it lays eyes upon will become its master and be able to control its extraordinary powers. The time has come: the Sea Dragon is about to return at any moment! Master Fox wishes to use the Sea Dragon’s powers
When DC Comics launched their DC Universe streaming service in in 2018, the app was available only to subscribers in the United States. That’s about to change, though, as the service now known as DCU Infinite is coming to international customers over the next few months. The publisher announced today that DCUI is now available
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