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SDCC '24: Viz Media unveils ROOSTER FIGHTER anime
Viz Media took to SDCC this year on a completely different tack to the rest of its corporate contemporaries. Rather than rehashing its previous manga and anime announcements, or making new ones, it decided to focus on new media...
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SDCC '24: All of Thursday's Comic Con news in one place
San Diego Comic-Con 2024 has arrived and The Beat is—as always—on the scene. Today, we got a surprising announcement from Abrams, learned about the next year of Star Wars publishing plans, celebrated the renewal of Camp Snoopy, and previewed some of...
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SDCC '24: Dynamite's LAST OF THE GLADIATORS graphic novel adaptation hits shelves in October
Dynamite Comics has announced a graphic novel adaptation of James LaRossa Jr.’s memoir, Last of the Gladiators, of growing up with his father, the famed defense lawyer long sought by organized criminals in New York City to “get them off easy,”...
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Corvus Belli’s INFINITY table top game franchise comes to animation
The first trailer for Infinity: Paradise Lost, the animated series based on the worldwide popular table top game from Corvus Belli’s Infinity, was released. Fans attending SDCC this week will have a chance to get a first look at...
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Wednesday Comics Reviews: A new TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES #1
This week’s main review is Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1, a great jumping on point for an ongoing run. Plus, the Wednesday Comics Team has its usual rundown of the new #1s, finales and other notable issues from non-Big 2...
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Manta announces UNDER THE OAK TREE side story release
Under the Oak Tree is coming back with a side story. The hugely popular romantasy series will return with Under the Oak Tree – The White Dragon, which comes from the Korean Limited Edition books. The side story will comprise...
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SDCC ’24: EC creators Kindt, Bechko, and Condon spill their guts on the classic horror comic revival
Whenever something gets brought back from the dead, a bit of history comes along with it. It’s inescapable, especially when it concerns the return of something monumental. The new EC Horror revival falls under this category.
Being such an integral...
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Atsushi Kaneko's Search and Destroy lands ahead of SDCC 2024
Ahead of this year’s installment of San-Diego Comic-Con, SEARCH & DESTROY will be released by Fantagaphics on Tuesday, July 23rd across multiple retailers in partnership with MSX: Mangasplaining Extra, the publishing initiative run by Deb Aoki, Christopher and Andrew...
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Interview: In CYN, world building and spirituality take center stage
Eisner-nominated writer and artist Ibrahim Moustafa (Jaeger, High Crimes) explores themes of redemption, sacrifice and found family in Cyn, the follow-up to his 2021 graphic novel, The Count. Moustafa expands the character arc of Meris a.k.a. Cyn, the governmental...
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Horror Beat: MAXXXINE gets lost in 1980s Los Angeles
By the time Maxine Minx killed her way out of the Douglas house at the end of 2022’s X she declared “I will not accept a life I do not deserve!” The character in that film showed a willingness...
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Uganda protester sexually assaulted in police cell – lawyer
A Ugandan activist, one of dozens detained this week for participating in banned demonstrations, was sexually assaulted in custody,...