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The secret history of the toy/comics connection: Larry Hama and The G.I. Joe Story
By Albert Fuzailof
Star Wars was a game changer for the toy industry comparable to Superman’s first appearance: comic books before Action Comics #1 mostly consisted of reprinted newspaper strips and funny...
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Interview: AJ Velasco talks fall convention exclusives from Bandai Namco Toys
With big conventions like New York Comic Con, one of my favorite places on the convention floor is the Bandai Namco Toys and Collectables booth. It’s so expensive, and it feels...
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BHFF25: KARMADONNA is an angry and bloody call against everything
Serbian screenwriter Aleksandar Radivojevic is angry. He has reason to be. He’s the person responsible for the script behind the infamous A Serbian Film (dir. Srdjan Spasojevic), a movie about the...
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SCRUBS revival premiere date announced
Just a day after the departure of co-showrunner Tim Hobert, fans of the revived sitcom Scrubs probably hoped for some good news. Well, they got it: in a social media post, ABC...
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A Year of Free Comics: Plumbing the Depths of Fear in Deep Dark Fears
“Comics about illness, and disability—both mental and physical—have multiplied hugely over the past twenty years as people have recognized the form’s immediacy and its diagrammatic ability to display otherwise hard-to-express realities...
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Exclusive: Check out “Yule” from DREAD THE HALLS 2025
Syzygy Publishing and Image are getting horror fans into creepy, seasonal vibes with its holiday-themed horror anthology, Dread the Halls 2025 #1. Today, The Beat can reveal an exclusive first look...
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BHFF25: IT NEEDS EYES is an uneven internet nightmare
The blurring between fiction and reality has become quite a prevalent theme in fiction, especially with the rise of AI and pseudo-intellectuals masquerading as alternative thinkers on TikTok. It Needs Eyes...
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Manga Review: I WANNA BE YOUR GIRL is a moving story of queerness and acceptance
I Wanna Be Your Girl
Writer: Umi TakaseArtist: Umi TakaseDesigners: Jules Buckley and Sylvia BiEditors: Jordan Blanco, Patricia Callahan, and Katy MillerPublisher: Ink PopPublication Date: July 1, 2025Rating: 12+Genre: Teen and YA...
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HoYoverse and Crunchyroll team-up for HONKAI: STAR RAIL fan event
HoYoverse, the global interactive entertainment brand, announced today the Version 3.7 update of Honkai: Star Rail, titled “As Tomorrow Became Yesterday. ” It will be released in November 2025, bringing the...
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Topps Now commemorates the best playoff performance in baseball history
Shohei Ohtani‘s playoff performance to send the Dodgers to the 2025 World Series is, in one word, historical. Topps Now announced on October 20 that it is marking his performance in...
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At 16, I was experimented on by the CIA and now I’m suing
Robin Levinson-King and Eloise AlannaSubmitted photoThe first thing Lana Ponting remembers about the Allan Memorial Institute, a former psychiatric...