HYPE!

Hey mom, that movie I was in may be getting much wider distribution! She Makes Comics, Marisa Stotter's documentary about the history of women making comics is being picked up Lifeframe a new documentary division of indie distributor XLrator Media.

Here's a comprehensive interview with Dover's Drew Ford about the future of their comics line, with many more reprints coming (including a personal favorite, Through the Habitrails). But a little gem is dropped that...

I'll be a guest at this weekend's New Jersey Comic Expo, returning to my homeland for a roots journey deep into Middlesex County, so consider this a bit of hype. They've already added Jim Lee, Adam Kubert and Garth Ennis as guests, and now John Cassaday will also be there. None of these guys do many shows, and with NJCE being a smaller show it's a great chance to meet some of your faves.

Tomorrow night from 6-8 I'll be doing my first book signing in 20 years! And it's for the same book! Dover has rereleased The Art of Alfredo Alcala - Secret Teachings of a Comic...

Z2 Comics just made news last week with a new line of periodicals, and here's their fall graphic novel line, courtesy of Publishers Weekly. The slate includes a collection of Koren Shadmi's awesome webcomic...

By: Alexander Jones Imperium is coming. After getting briefed from Joshua Dysart on mission orders, check out these brand new pages from the fantastical Doug Braithwaite in a press release sent straight from the Valiant...

Brought to you by Publishers Weekly, it's More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons and The Beat’s own Heidi MacDonald. In this week's podcast, the...

This gets a HYPE ALERT rating since I'm in it, but Marisa Stotter's documentary She Makes Comics will finally be available on December 9th—either as a DVD from Sequart or via digital download. The...

Dynamite and Arcane Wonders have come to a licensing agreement for the Mage Wars tabletop fantasy game. Interestingly, Dynamite will be launching with a prose novel.  This isn't as odd as it might sound.  Dynamite's...

In January, Dynamite will be launching The Twilight Zone: Shadow and Substance, a new ongoing series based on Rod Serling's classic TV anthology.   Mark Rahner, who's done some Twilight Zone short stories for Dynamite, as well as...

Dynamite's been pretty happy with the Legenderry: A Steampunk Adventure mini-series that Bill Willingham has been writing for them.  Happy enough to be spinning it off into three new titles. Legenderry is a steampunk re-imagining of the...

Marvel's going back to the well for one of the mid-80s bigger hits in the form of Secret Wars.  Reports have Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic working on a year-long story that will follow...