Hello lovely readers! Welcome to your weekly installment of Book Beat, brought to you by editor Paige. Spring is in the air, and with it comes feelings of lightness and rejuvenation. In the ever-busy publishing industry, that means we have several interesting updates on previously discussed scandals. This new season also, unfortunately, means we have…
Previously on Comics: A Thor-ny Subject
Good morning! Hopefully your weekend went well. I don’t have a lot of news for you this week, so I’ll just jump right in. The Doug Wright Awards have announced their 2019 inductees for the Giants of the North, a hall of fame for Canadian cartoonists. Congratulations to Fiona Smyth and also a posthumous congratulations…
DC Comics PUBWATCH – April 2019 Edition
The biggest news this month for DC Comics was the full-on committal of the company to getting their comics on the DC Universe App. At Wonder Con it was announced that soon they’d have their entire digital catalog (with a twelve-month delay for new issues) on the platform, and they’re doing their best to make…
Book Beat: Apex Magazine Hiatus, New Skyhorse Imprint, and A Tolkien Biopic
Hi everyone! It’s Christa, here to take you through the roller coaster of books news from this past week. One of our favourite SFF magazines announced it was going on hiatus, and the developing Children’s Book Guild of DC story was the talk of the WWAC Slack. But there was some good news too for…
Last Week’s Episode: Counting Down to Endgame
Like everyone else who continues to hand Disney their money, I too am eagerly anticipating the release of Avengers: Endgame this week, and I’m handling it by carefully planning which MCU movies to rewatch and then giving up. Fox Chopping Block Mouse Guard has turned out to be a casualty in the Disney/Fox merger, scrapped two weeks…
Previously on Comics: Sad Things But Also Good Things
Has it been a month already? There’s so much happening in comics this week I don’t know where to start, so let’s break it down. Let’s start with some good things–it’s awards season! Darrin Bell, a freelance cartoonist, won the Pulitzer prize for Editorial Cartooning, making him the first African-American to win the Pulitzer prize…
Vault Comics: April Pubwatch
Welcome to the Vault Pubwatch, where I’ll spend a little time catching up on what Vault Comics has been up to over the past little while.
Book Beat: Neflix’s Book-Buying Spree, Disney’s Love Simon, and Game of Thrones
Hello, friends, it’s Emily back again to share the latest book-related news. The fluctuating temperatures of spring seem to be taking a toll on me, as I’ve been a bit sick this past week. As a result, I’ve spent some quality time on the couch in front of the TV. So perhaps it’s fitting that…
Last Week’s Episode: Star Wars & Sontag
Howdy, and welcome back to Last Week’s Episode. Right now I’m riding a Star Wars high, so you’re getting some Star Wars news along with your comics-adjacent news.
Previously On Whatever It Was We Were Reading Before N.K. Jemisin Invented Comics
This week DC announced the return of its Young Animal imprint and with it the launch of Far Sector, an original Green Lantern story written by the Hugo and Nebula Award winning author, N.K. Jemisin and artist Jamal Campbell. Alongside this we will also see the return of Doom Patrol, and the new original series…
Last Week’s Episode: Hellboy, Hawkeye, & Dove
Another week, another cascade of comics-adjacent media in the news! Hellboy drops this week, Avengers this month, and Disney cannot stop itself from mining the Marvel IP mines for literally everything they can. Lexi Alexander Lexi Alexander (Punisher: War Zone), Oscar-nominated director, kickboxing champion, former stuntwoman, and prolific tweeter, did a really fascinating interview about cinematography,…
Titan Comics PUBWATCH: April 2019
What have our friends over at Titan Comics been up to this spring? Surprisingly, quite a bit of winter-related news, with a new Snowpiercer story and a reprint of an autobiography of Santa Claus. (And I just put my winter coat away for the season too!)
