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The 2026 The Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards nominees have been announced. The Ringo Awards is an “annual celebration of the creativity, skill and fun of comics.” Here are the categories and nominees. Voting is open to comic pros until Aug. 26. The awards will be presented on Sep. 26 at this year’s Baltimore…

BTS withdraws of 69th Grammy race after the Recording Academy creates new Asian categories.

The plan, backed by state-private committee, is expected to draw 200,000 from abroad and an economic impact of more than W1tr

The 2026 Eisner Awards, one of the most prestigious awards given to comics, were presented at the San Diego Comic Con this past weekend. They are given to comics published in the United States in the previous year, though creators themselves do not need to be American.

The government-backed Fanomenon project, billed as K-pop’s own version of Coachella, will begin with an ambitious 11-day program of awards ceremonies, concerts and exhibitions projected to generate as much as 1 trillion won ($680 million).

Park Jin-young, chair of the Presidential Committee on Popular Culture Exchange, said he expects the new government-led festival, Fanomenon, to bring more benefits than drawbacks.

A comics anthology featuring AI-generated writing has been withdrawn from this year’s Eisner Award ballot following controversy over the work’s nomination for the one of the comic world’s highest honors.

Dhanush has reacted to his double triumph at the 72nd National Film Awards after Raayan won Best Tamil Film and Captain Miller earned him a Special Mention. Calling the recognition humbling, the actor-filmmaker said Raayan marked his first National Award as a director

Dulquer Salmaan revealed that his father, Mammootty, had a characteristically understated reaction to his National Award win. Instead of celebrating, the veteran actor simply asked, Did you win anything?, reinforcing his belief in staying grounded despite major achievements.

Kartik Aaryan, Yami Gautam, Mammootty, and Dhanush headline the winners at the 72nd National Film Awards