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Iowa (KCAU) — While some Siouxland kids were enjoying Halloween at the farmers market, others celebrated with comic books and candy! Acme Comics hosted its 14th Annual Trick-or-Read event at their shop in downtown Sioux City Saturday

This month, I interviewed Dr. Jonathan Gayles, Associate Professor of African-American Studies and Associate Dean for Undergraduate Learning at Georgia State University. He is the producer, director and writer of White Scripts and Black Supermen: Black Masculinities in Comic Books—a groundbreaking documentary exploring early black superheroes. He received his PhD. in Applied Anthropology from the…

With approximately 5.5 tons of collected comic books, Nguyen Thi An has created a unique reading space in Hanoi, connecting comic book lovers and spreading the habit of reading in the community.

If you were to do an internet search for “Frankenstein comic books,” you might expect to find nothing but horror comics and maybe a Classics Illustrated adaptation. But Frankenstein’s Monster has had a surprisingly long history in superhero comics, too.

Let the kudos begin! As is tradition, Best Books season has opened with Publishers Weekly’s Best Book picks, which include five comics. And they are:

Neal Adams’ original pen-and-ink art for the cover of World’s Finest #209 (DC Comics, Feb 1972)

Preorders have opened for PlayStation: The First 30 Years, a physical book honoring the gaming giant’s tenured history, but fans aren’t exactly in a celebratory mood. The book’s announcement comes as Sony faces continued criticism for its decision to cut disc production, prompting confusion over the new physical media release and an influx of “No…

On October 26, Indie manga publisher Manga Mavericks Books and platform and publisher Omoi have announced a new classic shojo manga license. The iconic series Georgie by Mann Izawa and Yumiko Igarash will be released as a digital exclusive on Omoi in Spring 2027 and in print by Manga Mavericks Books in August 2027.The manga…

Saturday, May 4th, isFree Comic Book Day, and I haven’t decided whether or not to tell the kids.

So I’m writing another blog. What have I been up to? Well, I’ve had a series of long conversations with Edward (Ed) Summer, which are being published in interview form in the next three issues of Star Wars Insider. Most fans have never heard of Summer, though he’s in at least one photo in the…