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Image Comics & Warren Ellis have been developing new comics together since 2023, with Ellis joking back then the publisher was "trapped"
Warren Ellis' Image Comics comeback was quietly underway just two years after the publisher publicly broke ties with him over sexual misconduct allegations.
August 31, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
An ambitious US manga store chain wants to fill the hole left by Waldenbooks, B. Dalton, and the mall bookstores you still miss
This growing manga chain wants to become the Waldenbooks of a new generation.
August 31, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Marvel kept Phoenix away from the X-Men comics for 2 years because she upset the balance, but in 2027 they want to upset the balance of the Marvel U
The X-Men comics are getting a new leader, a new lineup, and the Phoenix back as Marvel prepares for its modern mutant era.
August 31, 2026
Chris Arrant
Features
Explaining the complicated racebending of Psylocke
So, how did the mind of a white British woman like Betsy Braddock end up in the body of a Japanese ninja named Kwannon?
August 25, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
Features
What Zainab Akhtar learned from taking a year away from ShortBox Comics Fair, and why she's excited for 2027's return
Zainab Akhtar believes readers will follow great comics. ShortBox Comics Fair keeps proving her right.
August 24, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
A definitive Dr. Doom vs. Dr. Strange wizard-off is coming this November, "to determine who is truly the greatest sorcerer"
Al Ewing and Christian Rosado are out to serve the biggest Challenges of Doom yet.
August 19, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Fantagraphics' next chapter in manga begins with Lovers of the Empire
After 30 years of publishing manga, Fantagraphics is going bigger with its new Takumigraphics line.
August 18, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Amazing Spider-Man #1000 will be "a really big blowout" that will kickstart" the next chapter" of the Marvel's Spidey saga, says Joe Kelly
Marvel has one modest goal for Amazing Spider-Man #1000: Make it the "best anniversary issue of ALL TIME."
August 17, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
Mike Mignola's Lady Baltimore returns this December, and one of her oldest allies is now the enemy
Mike Mignola's next horror comic promises to get ‘ooey, gooey, fun, and freaky.'
August 14, 2026
Jules Chin Greene
News
Marvel’s new Spider-Woman series is embracing horror, noir, and gore... and we have a first look at a prequel story for her 50th anniversary
Jessica Drew's next adventure is darker than any Spider-Woman comic in years.
August 06, 2026
Chris Arrant
News
James Tynion IV on how Exquisite Corpses used superhero DNA to create horror monsters (and a Kickstarter sensation)
If you've ever felt like Tynion and Michael Walsh's Exquisite Corpses characters had roots in Big Two superhero designs, you were right
August 05, 2026
Grant DeArmitt
News
How FairSquare Graphics stayed alive thanks to comic conventions following Diamond's nightmare meltdown
Fabrice Sapolsky is proving comics still sell best one conversation at a time.
August 03, 2026
Chris Arrant