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We’ve made it to the best reading month of the year! At least, it is in my life. I save up horror and horror-adjacent books all year and marathon them during Halloween month. The theme and time limit mean I typically read way more than usual, especially since I also celebrate Dewey’s 24-Hour Readathon in…

October is a huge month in publishing, and the new children’s books out in October are no exception! I had such a difficult time narrowing this down to ten picks: be sure to check out Book Riot’s New Release Index for many more new middle grade books and new picture books out this month.

Science fiction is a complicated genre. It’s filled with large ideas that require pinpoint execution, all done for an audience that will most certainly call a creator out for inconsistencies, inaccuracies, and anything that could be considered a ripoff. That’s why a lot of the best stories in the genre are found in the dense…

Comics historian Alan Clark has published two new books about the early days of British comics, and is offering them as a package through his eBay store.

I have always criticized the writers behind the comic stories such as The Boys and Crossed, but in this case, their combination of shock value along with interesting characters actually works in this comic’s favor. Caligula is based on a real-life monster that was a Roman Emperor. He was apparently known as a ruler that…

Texas (KLTV) – As students across East Texas continue working to rebound from pandemic-era learning loss, one local educator says the secret to closing the reading gap might be found inside comic books

Celebrate the coming of fall and cooler temperatures this weekend with events ranging from comic books to concerts, giant model trains and a festive road trip to Hohenwald.

This National Comic Book Day, Time Out Durban chatted to the owners of Project Mayhem, KZN’s only traditional comic bookstore, about this growing trend.

The newly founded MCU was thriving with projects like The Avengers and Guardians of the Galaxy and even ventured into television with award-winning shows like “Daredevil”. Shortly after, DC followed suit with its own litany of superhero projects, and although they fluctuated in quality, audiences continuously came to theaters to see each installment.

Comic books have always been a political medium. As early as the 1960s, Marvel’s X-Men series provoked questions as to whether social outcasts and those different from ourselves are worthy of participating in a society with equal rights and privileges. Like a lot of art, the politics surrounding comic books are primarily left-wing, strongly influenced…