Last Update: November 11, 2025
Is the Funko company doomed? – IB Times
"Marvel today doesn't have the creative freedom of Marvel 1990s" – MSN Screenrant
Bob's Big Boy - the decline and fall – The Takeout
The restaurant chain gave out free comic books at one time, a highlight for a lot of kids who struggled to put together the 20¢ to buy a Marvel or DC, and a free comic had a lot of value.
"The Percy Jackson franchise means more to Disney than does Star Wars" – Comicbook
It’s because, for the first time in ages, the studio finally launched a new successful franchise. Unlike the MCU or George Lucas’ universe, Percy Jackson isn’t a sequel, a spin-off, or a continuation of something that’s been around for decades. This is, in fact, Disney’s first project to build its own universe..."
Another digital comics platform: Sweet Shop – Comicsbeat
Bookstores are bouncing back – Daily Cartoonist
Viz Media cyberbreach problem – Cyber News
Comcast gets into the pursuit of buying Warner Bros – Geeks and Gamers
What's at the top of the best selling books for the week? – Bleedingcool
Predator: Badlands – Variety MSN
The PG-13 film... is on track to make $25 million to $30 million in its opening weekend. A debut in that range would make it the second-highest launch for a "Predator" movie, behind the 2004 sci-fi crossover "Alien vs. Predator" which opened to $38 million. That would also put it above the 2010 and 2018 pair of reboots, creatively titled "Predators" and "The Predator," which both opened to around $24 million...."
Some creative sarcasm from Variety: "...creatively titled "Predators" and "The Predator"...
There's hope the film can hit $60 million for Predator Badlands – MSN Deadline
Absolute Batman #15 Joker covers – Bleedingcool
Is it my imagination or is there a turn of making Joker just another muscle-bound demon character with one of those great big swirling tongues (like Venom) featured on plenty of other characters over the last two decades?
I'm used to Joker being a character with a terrible face but you don't notice it right away if he's walking down the street, rather, you do a double-take and say "wait a second, that guy ain't right" versus this version which is more "Oh no, I got to get out of here. Have I eaten a magic mushroom?" and then there's Road Runner clouds under your feet.
San Diego ComiCon changing policies – CBS News
About Power Pulp distributing – Comicsbeat
"The British Home Secretary is a big Marvel comics fan" – Bleeding Cool
The British Home Secretary position is similar to a combo of the Attorney General and the Homeland Security boss in the USA.
The Bat-Man: Second Knight by British comic artist Mike Perkins features actual locations and a particular vandalized Church in Hertfordshire, UK – BBC News
New digital comic service is coming – Comicsbeat - and related "the future is digital" - kcomicsbeat
Absolute Batman Annual is lead best-selling title – Bleedingcool
If Warners sells to NetFlix, there'll be "trouble" – The Nightly
The potential sale has everyone in the industry talking, not just because these types of transactions has huge impacts on the power dynamics of the business and involves billions of dollars, but because the effects will flow through to Hollywood’s artistic ambitions and, ultimately, what audiences will see at the cinemas and at home on streaming...."
Superman #1 found in attic could go for $6 Million – New York Post
More than that was found in the attic, too, "...it’s a twist on the old ‘Mom threw away my comics’ story."
The impact of comics on crime fiction writer Ian Rankin – UK The Times – He's credited with some 35 million copy sales for his various books.
...When I was a kid, my parents weren’t big readers, they read a newspaper or a magazine, but there were very few books in the house. But I got interested in comics and comics sustained me and just got me interested in the act of reading." Many of the comics he read then don’t exist any more. "Things like The Victor, The Hotspur, and The Dandy. It was a rung of the literacy ladder. Then they took me to the next rung," he said. "I was very lucky in a way, I had an uncle who said to my parents, it doesn’t matter what Ian’s reading, as long as he’s reading... And of course, you know, comics were cheap. So if you had some pocket money, you could always afford a comic."
Graphic novels still have a big role to play in creating new readers, he thinks. "There’s a graphic novel for every taste, whatever your interest is. I mean, there’s graphic novel reimaginings of King Lear and Hamlet and Othello … you can’t be elitist about this..."
The Sourthern Bastards comic book is getting adapted to TV – Soap Central
Mini-history of Lynda Carter and Wonder Woman – MSN Freakin Robot
The connection of Cuba to Flashpoint Comics & Games in Winter Springs, Florida – Oviedo Community News
So, why did the Michael Bendis Batman Universe collection from DC get cancelled? – Comicsbeat
Certain comic books are worth "a fortune" - do you have one laying around – AOL News
Philippe Goddin, the world authority on Tintin, has died – UK The Times – Philippe Goddin
Goddin was widely seen as the leading authority on Tintin and its Belgian creator, Georges Remi. He was secretary of the Hergé foundation, set up by Hergé’s wife Fanny to control the licensing rights after his death in 1983, organised Tintin conventions and conferences around the world, supervised screen adaptations such as The Adventures of Tintin ...."When we ask children today when they think Tintin lived," Goddin boasted in 1994, " they always say ‘now’." Goddin’s position as secretary gave him unbridled access to Hergé’s archives and he wrote dozens of books including a seven-volume work, Hergé: Chronologie d’une oeuvre ("Chronology of a Work")...
Remembering the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies – Sci Fi Now
...it’s been thirty-five years since Steve Barron’s dark, gritty yet heartfelt adaptation of Eastman and Laird’s underground comic book burst onto cinema screens, shattering box-office expectations and redefining what a comic book movie could be...."
Fantagraphics has got a new East Asian comics imprint – Comicsbeat
Mike Richardson head honcho of Dark Horse: No AI art for us – Sci Fi Now
... there’s also an opportunity for great exploitation in a bad way. That’s the scary thing and of course, we just had a writers’ strike over AI. Comic creators are very concerned about AI (though some are using it for backgrounds) but we’re trying to keep it out of our comics for now. We’ll see where it goes in the future. You can’t stop it....."
Giving out comics for Halloween – Bleeding Cool
"Box Office Massacre" – Hollywood Reporter – About the disaster and "scarcity of product" clobbering the movie theaters and studios
Graphic Novel sales have slipped – numbers at Comicsbeat
Eric Shanower' Trojan War mono-narrative "Age of Bronze" – Springer
Netflix might make a go at buying Warner Bros – MSN New York Post
Original Batman TV show suits go at auction for nearly $1 million altogether – MSN Hollywood Reporter
Batman and Robin outfits donned by West and Ward on their 1966-68 ABC series together sold for $575,000, while one worn by Cesar Romero as the Joker went for $212,000. Other accepted bids were for costumes sported by Yvonne Craig (Batgirl, $87,500), Julie Newmar (Catwoman, $68,750) and Burgess Meredith (the Penguin, $46,250). Add that up and it's a cool $989,500..."
The Lynda Carter Wonder Woman suit was in the auction, too, as was the Barbara Eden "harem" suit, among others.
1980s comics jumping in value – Decluttering
First black-suited Spidey from Amazing Spider-Man #252 and Secret Wars #8, the 1984 first issue of Teenage Mutant Ninja, The Uncanny X-Men #266, first printing for The Dark Knight Returns #1 and others discussed.
Interview with European comics publisher Jean-Christophe Caurette of Éditions Caurette – The Comics Journal
If Warners/DC/Discovery gets bought by Paramount, they say they'll keep the company "mostly intact" – Reuters
Marvel ending Ultimates Universe? – Comicbook
It’s easy to be cynical about Marvel — they’re part of the Disney corporate umbrella and their editor in chief is a man who pretended to be Japanese so he could collect two paychecks. The company hasn’t felt like the House of Ideas in a long time, instead feeling more like the House of Cha-Ching..."
Halloween is almost here and if you need to go as Christopher Reeve's Superman, here's your chance: his suit is for sale.
Story at Artnet
Christopher Reeve's original super-suit for the first three Superman movies goes to auction at Sotheby’s today.
Designed by Yvonne Blake, the six-piece Lycra costume balancing comic-book fidelity with realism is estimated to fetch $600,000–$800,000..."
The link for the auction, though when last checked it was throwing a 404.
If you need an idea for what to do with $45 billion, you can buy DC/Warners: it's for sale
Story at PC Gamer
It is difficult to get across just how many fingers WBD has in how many pies. It owns HBO, CNN, game studios, movie studios, streaming platforms, various mega franchises, including Harry Potter and DC Comics, and a slew of broadcast rights for major sporting events, like the Olympics and the English Premier League..."
October 21, 2025 – Jim Shooter was right!
The campaign to name street in NYC after Jack Kirby – Comicsbeat
What's Kirby got to do with New York City? Read Street Code
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Rise of Skywalker accounting means total production spend is nearly $600 million – Forbes and at /Film
It's been said that the over-production on this film produced enough story and footage for three films. Our review of the film from back in 2019 is that it is a pretty shaky piece of cinema but it has some good things in it and the last section of the film hangs together much better than does the start.
Well, some people liked The Flash movie – Den of Geek
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