Comics
Exclusive: FORT PSYCHO announces LaRoca as cover artist
Matt Kindt and Brian Hurtt’s Fort Psycho series has gained a new cover artist: Lewis LaRoca. Today, The Beat can exclusively reveal LaRoca’s cover for Fort Psycho #1, which hits shelves in August via Kindt’s Oni...
Curiosities
GOP lawmakers called for FCC probe over Bad Bunny’s halftime show. We broke down his lyrics
After Puerto Rican singer Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, better known as Bad Bunny, sang in Spanish during the 2026 Super Bowl halftime show, claims spread online that he had used foul language in his songs.
For example, U.S. Rep. Randy...
Comics
New Derf Backderf book and more Abrams reveals for Fall 2026
Hot on the heels of announcing Alex Ross‘s Marvel Dimensions, Abrams ComicArts have revealed their full slate of releases for Fall 2026, which includes new books by Derf Backderf, Nate Powell,...
TV Shows
Best Medicine: Sheriff Mark Needs Doc Martin More Than We Realize
Sheriff Mark Mylow is the kind of small‑town guy TV usually punishes for being earnest. Best Medicine opens after Louisa has already called off their engagement, and we meet him mid free‑fall,...
TV Shows
Cross – Season 2 – Open Discussion + Poll
Season 2 of Cross has started airing on Prime Video.Let us know your thoughts as the season progresses in the comments below and vote in the poll.NOTE: People will be posting their thoughts/reactions to the season as a whole,...
Movies
It All Starts With the Meditation App: Bart Layton on “Crime 101”
LA is the city of dreams, both broken and fulfilled, in director Bart Layton’s crime thriller “Crime 101.” From “The Incomer” to “American Animals,” Layton’s films have always focused on grifters, con men, and everyone in between; characters who...
Comics
Ensign’s Log: STAR TREK: VOYAGER — HOMECOMING #5 fulfills the promise of the title
Space: the ol’ near infinite panel gutter. These are the carefully recorded Star Trek voyages of Ensign Avery Kaplan. Her mission? To dutifully observe and analyze the various arms and evolutions...
TV Shows
Shrinking Season 3 Episode 3 Review: D-Day
Critic's Rating: 4 / 5.04When The Powers That Be decide that it’s time to move on, they certainly don’t waste any time about it, do they? On Shrinking Season 3 Episode...
Latest News
Border czar says Minnesota immigration operation surge is ending: “I don’t want to see any more bloodshed”
Border czar Tom Homan announced Thursday that Operation Metro Surge in Minnesota is concluding, with...