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Fanbase Press is crowdfunding ‘Shrub,’ a middle-grade graphic medicine series about a sentient plant
Lewis LaRosa unleashes cover art for Matt Kindt + Brian Hurtt’s ‘Fort Psycho,’ plus a look inside his career retrospective ‘Carbon Based’
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Spider-Man + Superman, together again!
Rest in peace, Sam Kieth
Smash Pages Q&A | Ben H. Winters on ‘Benjamin’
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Usagi Yojimbo goes to the ’80s
Slugfest | Dark Horse turns the tables on dungeon-crawling with ‘Dungeons & Dragons: Total Party Killers’ in July
‘Gaysians,’ ‘Avengers Academy: Marvel’s Voices’ win at the GLAAD Media Awards
Founder Mike Richardson out at Dark Horse Comics after 40 years as Embracer installs interim CEO
Jeff Lemire signs five-book deal with HarperCollins’ Harper Alley imprint
Exclusive | Take a look at the cover for ‘Babs: The Black Road South’ #6, the finale of Garth Ennis + Jacen Burrows’ barbarian comedy
Saladin Ahmed + Mario Santoro dig into Bishop’s family history in a new miniseries
Jonathan Hickman + Adam Kubert reunite for ‘Spider-Man: Long Way Home’
Rest in peace, Jacopo Camagni
Exclusive | Two new ‘Weird Tales’ comics join Monstrous’ Kickstarter campaign for the franchise’s first graphic novel
Top Shelf’s ‘We Are Pan’ recounts the secret operation that brought 14,000 Cuban children to America
Smash Pages Q&A | Bruno Redondo on ‘The DC Art of Bruno Redondo’
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | DC K.O. #5 brings the final showdown with Darkseid
Rest in peace, Tatjana Wood
Slugfest | New Absolute titles, Next Level expansions, Guy Gardner + a MAD milestone from DC in May
Vault Comics + novelist Jeremy Robinson launch supernatural horror series ‘Excommunicated’ in May
Oni Press announces four creator-owned graphic novels for fall 2026
Slugfest | Civil War turns 20, Rogue One turns 10 in Marvel’s May comics
Exclusive | Get your first look at the slipcase for The DC Art of Bruno Redondo
Nominees announced for the 2025 Bram Stoker Awards
Rafer Roberts + Joe Eisma blend horror + romantic comedy in ‘Babylon Cove’ from Mad Cave Studios
Sonic the Hedgehog + Godzilla meet in comics this summer
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Tyler Boss + Martin Simmonds reimagine a classic horror icon
Mark Russell + PJ Holden bring WWII series ‘Dog Tag’ to Mad Cave Studios
IDW Publishing partners with Sanrio for new ‘Hello Kitty’ comic series
Al Ewing + Iban Coello pit Hela against Knull in Marvel’s ‘Queen in Black’
Paul Chadwick returns to ‘Concrete’ for the first time since 2012
Slugfest | ComicsPro week continues with news from IDW, Dark Horse + more
Kelly Sue DeConnick, Sam Humphries + Natacha Bustos will shred on the sci-fi skatepunk series ‘Skate Ali’
Robert Kirkman + friends will launch ‘Terminal’ in July
Skybound adds M.A.S.K. to the Energon Universe with new series by Dan Watters and Pye Parr
James Tynion IV, Marguerite Bennett + Letizia Cadonici team for Norse horror series ‘Odin’ in May
Sonic + The Justice League reunite for ‘DC x Sonic the Hedgehog: Metal Legion’
Kevin Smith brings Jay and Silent Bob to the Marvel Universe in ‘Jays of Future Past’
Charlie Adlard joins Chris Condon + Andrew Ehrich for eco-horror miniseries ‘Of The Earth’
Jonathan Hickman + friends bring Substack SF universe ‘Three Worlds/Three Moons’ to Dark Horse
Ben 10’s original creators reunite for new comic series from Dynamite Entertainment in May
Robert Kirkman + Cory Walker reunite to introduce a new character in ‘Capes’ #7
Slugfest | More ComicsPro news from Marvel, Dark Horse, BOOM! + more
Five-issue ‘Avengers: Armageddon’ series will launch in June
DC unveils new Absolute Universe series, ‘Teen Titans’ and Gotham event ‘Bad Seeds’ at ComicsPro
‘2000 AD’ will return to U.S. comic shops every week beginning in May
Feeling paranoid? The fine folks at Mind MGMT want to hear from you
IDW Publishing will launch two new ‘Star Trek’ ongoing series to mark franchise’s 60th anniversary
Lee Lai, Carol Tyler, Jaime Hernandez + more nominated for the L.A. Times Book Prize
Curt Pires + Juan Gedeon go anthropomorphic in ‘Super Mondo Mega Mutts’
Slugfest | ComicsPro news from BOOM!, Dark Horse, IDW and more
Joe Palmer makes his solo debut with dystopian thriller ‘Destination Kill’ from Oni Press in May
Oni Press and Archie Comics announce wave of classic collections for fall 2026
Darcy Van Poelgeest + Erin Connally team for gothic graphic novel ‘The Cutting Garden’
A lonely Abraham Lincoln robot looks for a friend in ‘If Destruction Be Our Lot’
DC teases a big debut in ‘Absolute Batman’ #20
Ghost Machine will launch its first crossover event this summer
Fantagraphics will publish ‘Requiem for Gaza’ by Chris Hedges + Joe Sacco
DC Comics will mark 40th anniversary of ‘The Dark Knight Returns’ with yearlong celebration
Skybound + Act 4 will release ‘DC Silver Age Covers and Stories Artist’s Edition’ in November
Gail Simone + Ig Guara team up on ‘She-Spawn’
The ‘Horror of Godzilla’ arrives in July
Dark Horse + Tiny Onion team for ‘Monsters in Love: A Pride Anthology’
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | The end of the (web)line for ‘Ultimate Spider-Man’
Spider-Man returns to the ‘Brand New Day’ era
16 nominees announced for the 2026 Will Eisner Hall of Fame
IDW will launch a new Crime imprint in May
DC will publish Azie Tesfai + Penelope Rivera Gaylord’s ‘You’re A Superhero!’ this fall
Top Shelf announces ‘Ghoul,’ the debut graphic novel from Kasey Iris
Mutants, mayhem and turduckens: An exclusive look at ‘Toxic Crusaders’ #4
Abrams will publish Derf Backderf’s ‘The Dissidents’ this fall
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Love is in the air
Chef José Andrés + Mike Mignola join the ‘Meals to Astonish’ line-up
Slugfest | ‘Head Lopper’ returns in Image’s April solicitations
Abrams ComicArts announces ‘Marvel Dimensions’ by Alex Ross
The Once and Future Doom: Ryan North + Francesco Mobili launch ‘Doomquest’ in May
Preliminary ballot announced for this year’s Bram Stoker Awards
Marvel reveals more stories + covers for ‘Spider-Man/Superman’
‘Fantastic Four’ #11 will feature the Future Foundation, Stan Sakai and Crimeasaurus Rex
Oni Press moves to Penguin Random House for comics, book distribution
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | DC K.O. enters a ‘Boss Battle’
10 Count | 10 creations of the late, great Sal Buscema
Slugfest | Discover the secret history of Star Wars: Galaxy’s Edge in a new comic miniseries this April
Chris Condon + Stefano Caselli carry on the Ultimate Universe’s legacy in ‘Reborn: Ultimate Impact’
ALA announces first-ever Outstanding Comics for Young Adults Awards
ALA’s Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table announces the first Outstanding Comics for Adults Awards
Picture + Panel | Robert Mgrdich Apelian + Shaina Lu talk about the intersection of food, family and comics
Hourly Comic Day gets a new organizer, moves to Feb. 8
Rest in peace, Sal Buscema
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Joshua Williamson + Carmen Carnero’s ‘Iron Man’ takes flight
‘Supergirl: The World’ will feature stories by creators from 15 countries
18 inductees announced for the Will Eisner Hall of Fame class of 2026
Sugar, We’re Goin’ Cosmic: Patrick Stump writes ‘Eternals’ for Marvel
‘Swamp Thing 1989’ will debut in April
Young Hellboy takes to the skies in a new pulp adventure
Chip Zdarsky is ‘Mad About DC’ in a new special
Oni Press summons West Coast horror in ‘Estuary: A Ghost Story’
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Shadows of Tomorrow kicks into high gear with X-Force, Rogue + more
Nominees announced for the 57th annual NAACP Image Awards
Skybound unearths the dark fantasy miniseries ‘Corpse Knight’
Ghost Machine announces an official handbook for their universes
Kevin Smith, Eric Carrasco + Nick Pitarra will explore Bizarro’s origins in a new miniseries
Exclusive | Lord Dunsany’s ‘The Gods of Pegana’ returns as a fully illustrated art book
Daniel Warren Johnson + Brody King tag-team to raise money for Minnesotans in need
Miles Morales, Spider-Gwen + more enroll in ‘Spider-Versity’
DC announces ‘Fury of Firestorm’ + ‘Zatanna’ for April
Nominees announced for the 37th Annual GLAAD Media Awards
Marvel announces the line-up for ‘Spider-Man/Superman’
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | ‘Avengers’ celebrates 800 issues
Free Comic Book Day 2026 will include titles from DC, Skybound, Titan, Vault + more
My favorite comics of 2025
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Enjoy your stay at Ark M this week
Picture + Panel | Jesse Mechanic + Tom Hart on creating comics on grief and loss
Bloodthirsty butterflies spread the plague in ‘Nectar’
Groo faces prophecy + catastrophe in a new miniseries this spring
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Saying goodbye to 2025
Slugfest | Wonder Man takes center stage in Marvel’s March 2026 solicitations
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | A very merry new comic book day
Paul Jenkins returns to ‘The Sentry’ in March
Doug Wagner + Daniel Hillyard awaken ‘Narco’ at Image Comics
Oni + Archie announce a publishing partnership
Slugfest | Act II of DC’s All In begins in March
Clover Press announces a new art book celebrating ‘Marvel Masterpieces’ artist Dan Dos Santos
Jessica Jones returns in ‘Alias: Red Band’
Penguin Random House officially announces Comics Giveaway Day for May 2
DC levels up in March with Batwoman, Lobo + Deathstroke
Skybound celebrates Invincible Month with Spider-Man/Invincible team-up reprint, more Battle Beast
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Kyle Starks delivers a heist you won’t see coming in ‘Wrestle Heist’
Marvel will publish a prequel to the upcoming Darth Maul animated series
Free Comic Book Day will return in 2026
Smash Pages Q&A | Rafael Scavone on ‘Devil’s Luck: A Hailstone Story’
DC reveals their ‘Superman/Spider-Man’ creative teams
Smash Pages Q&A | Magnetic Press publisher Mike Kennedy on bringing ‘Freaks Squeele’ to America
From Tromaville with love: Exclusive ‘Toxic Crusaders’ #4 cover premiere
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Dec 8
Dan Abnett + Marcelo Ferreira launch ‘Imperial Guardians’ in March
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | ‘Tis the season to read some comics
Slugfest | Vertigo returns in DC’s February solictations
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Infernal Hulk, Arcadia, DC K.O., BRZRKR + more
Dani Moonstar headlines her first solo title
Slugfest | Simians + superheroes clash in Marvel’s February solicitations
Roger Langridge returns to the Muppets for a hard-boiled ‘Noir’ series
Archie Comics + Dynamite unite for ‘Archie x The Army of Darkness’
School is back in session in ‘X-Men United’
Leonide the Vampyr returns in a miniseries by Mike Mignola + Rachele Aragno
Exclusive | George Northy + Rachele Aragno unleash holiday havoc in ‘Yuletide’ #3
Andrew MacLean + Alexis Ziritt team for the run-and-gun mayhem of ‘Death Fight Forever’
Tyler Boss + Martin Simmonds unmask Skybound’s ‘Phantom of the Opera’
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Batman + Deadpool’s second date
A lost Dave Stevens story takes flight in ‘The Rocketeer: The Island’
‘Daredevil’ returns next March by Stephanie Phillips + Lee Garbett
Cullen Bunn + Christopher Mitten return to ‘The Autumn Kingdom’ next year
Crowdpuncher | ‘Swat Kats’ lift off in their first comics series
Marvel + DC surprise release more crossover comics on their digital platforms
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | ‘Die: Loaded’ rolls for initiative this week
Brian Michael Bendis + Mark Bagley will team on a story for ‘Avengers’ #800
Marvel changes an upcoming Captain America story to reintroduce SHIELD
Matt Kindt + Dave Lapham team for ‘Knight City’
‘Wolverine: Weapons of Armageddon’ will lead into Marvel’s 2026 summer event
Exclusive Preview | ‘Ancestral Recall’ races toward its finale next week
The Mignola brothers team with Warwick Johnson-Cadwell on ‘The Crown: A Tale of Hell’
Digital comics site Neon Ichiban officially launches
Chip Zdarsky will unleash ‘Armageddon’ on the Marvel Universe in 2026
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Batman enters the gauntlet in ‘Knightfight’
Picture + Panel | Tana Ford + Colleen AF Venable ‘paws and reflect’ on cats
Slugfest | The Avengers celebrate a milestone in Marvel’s January solicitations
Marvel announces its new ‘Sorcerer Supreme’
Benjamin Percy + José Luis Soares launch a new ‘Punisher’ ongoing
Slugfest | The kids are all fight in DC’s January 2026 solicitations
Clover Press completes their ‘Tom the Dancing Bug’ collection with two new volumes
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Haunting reads for Halloween week
Smash Pages Q&A | Joshua Viola on serving up a meta-horror finale in ‘True Believer’ #3
Keep warm this winter with an adorable ‘Mutts’-themed blanket
Exclusive | Valiant Beyond continues in January with ‘X-O Manowar: The God Hunt’
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | EC Comics saddles up for ‘Outlaw Showdown’ #1
Eric Powell, Chris Samnee, Kelly Thompson, ‘The Pedestrain’ + more win at the 2025 Ringo Awards
‘Lunar Boy’ by Jes and Cin Wibowo wins at the 2025 Ignyte Awards
Exclusive | Oni Press serves up another helping of ‘Chef’s Kiss’ in 2026
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Fantastic Four + Gargoyles unite this week as Marvel’s crossover spree continues
NYCC | Enter the ‘Dungeons of Doom,’ if you dare, in January
Let’s Do the Time Warp Again: ‘Bride of Rocky Horror’ brings back the madness
NYCC | Marvel’s Ultimate Universe will end next year
NYCC | Joshua Williamson returns to Marvel to write ‘Iron Man’
NYCC | Rick Veitch + Michael Zulli’s unpublished ‘Swamp Thing’ story will finally come to print
NYCC | ‘X-Men: Shadows of Tomorrow’ will follow ‘Age of Revelation’
NYCC | Zorro strikes twice in 2026 with new projects from Alien Books
NYCC | Vertigo is back next year with new ‘100 Bullets,’ Deniz Camp, Kyle Starks, Ram V + more
NYCC | Rock out with ‘Superpunk’ next year
NYCC | Nick Cagnetti + Daniel Ziegler rise from the grave with ‘Spirit of the Shadows’
‘Beneath the Trees, ‘The Cartoonists Club’ + more win at the 2025 Harvey Awards
NYCC | Tim Burton’s ‘The Nightmare Before Christmas’ returns in a new comic series
NYCC | Spider-Man, Venom + Carnage get caught in a ‘Death Spiral’ next year
NYCC | Don’t sleep on IDW Dark’s 2026 slate of comic nightmares
NYCC | Dave Baker brings ‘Halloween Boy’ to Oni Press
NYCC | Godzilla goes galactic in ‘Godzilla: Infinity Roar’
NYCC | Dynamite brings ‘Thundarr the Barbarian’ to comics for the first time
NYCC | Jeff Lemire + Dustin Nguyen reunite for ‘Crowbound’
Man of Action will bring their creation ‘Ben 10’ back to comics
NYCC | ‘Jem and the Holograms’ return to comics at BOOM! Studios next year
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Robert Kirkman + Dan Mora roll out a new era for ‘Transformers’
Exclusive | Unwrap an advanced look at ‘Yuletide’ by George Northy and Rachele Aragno
‘Putty Pygmalion’ by Lonnie Garcia wins at the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards
Create your own brackets for DC’s upcoming ‘DC K.O.’ crossover
DC + Marvel have more crossovers planned for 2026
Shortbox Comics Fair returns with more than 140 digital comics
It’s Wednesday, and you know what that means …
Here’s an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at ‘Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: The Ghost Ships of Labrador’ #1
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Fall into comics
Stan Lee and John Romita’s ‘The Amazing Spider-Man’ newspaper strips return from Clover Press
Abrams ComicArts line expands with Eric Powell’s ‘Thor: Behemoth of the Black Moon’
Can’t Wait for Wednesday | Conan, the Phantom, Skinbreaker + more
Lone Star, Full Moon: Zack Quaintance + Anna Readman bring ‘Macabre Valley’ to Kickstarter
Kyle Starks rings the bell for ‘Wrestle Heist’
Marc Silvestri returns to ‘The Darkness’ in December