Last Update: February 28, 2026
Birthday tribute to Norm Breyfogle 1960-2018 – 13th Dimension
Dan Quintana Absolute Batman #16 cover art goes for $100,000 at auction – Dread Central
So, what does Paramount have access to now with a merger deal with Warner Bros? – Comicbook
The list of IP properties is quite long, but the highlights are things like Game of Thrones, Harry Potter, Mortal Kombat, DC Comics plus DC Studios and HBO.
Paramount already has Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Transformers among other items, so the combined list is going to be massive.
Related: Netflix backs out of Warner Bros. purchase, clearing a path for Paramount - Washington Post
"Resilience" is the word from ComicsPRO – Publishers Weekly
Sales to comics shops hit a new high in 2025 at $2.2 billion, led by an influx of new readers drawn to DC’s Absolute Batman and other relaunched titles, according to industry analyst Milton Griepp. Sales in comics shops are growing even faster than in bookstores, Griepp said, with direct market sales up nearly 30% last year..."
Batman Brave and the Bold movie casting "buzz" – Outlook India
Is Paul Anthony Kelly to be the next Batman/Bruce Wayne for the James Gunn Brave and the Bold movie?
After weeks of online speculation linking him to DC Studios’ search for a new Bruce Wayne, Kelly admitted the idea of playing the Caped Crusader would be a "dream come true."
Using classic Māori images for a comic book – Eurekalert - not much explanation here about the project but the image is interesting.
The ambitious anthology project I Feel Doom loaded with comic creators – Comicbook
Flipping $2500 variants on eBay After ComicsPRO – Bleedingcool
Canadian comics publisher Drawn & Quarterly is moving to new distributor – Comicsbeat
The Comic Book Trust of India plan to promote Indian comic book creators – EDEX Live
Profile of artist Peter Ngyuen "his professional journey" – The Hindu
I love D-list characters! Red Tornado is never going to be as famous as Superman, so they don’t come with that kind of pressure, and it gives me a lot of freedom to play artistically. When we design characters for them, the story line takes priority...." Peter says the job potential as a comic book artist was unknown when he was growing up, and his parents wanted him to be an architect as he loved drawing. He attended a talent search competition helmed by his hero, comic book artist Jim Lee, and was one of the four finalists who got to go on stage..."
The May 2026 DC books – Comicsbeat
Boom to make their comics returnable – bleedingcool
A lot of "ComicsPro2026" coverage at Comics Beat – Comicsbeat
ComicsPRO 2026 is considered the most important annual gathering for comic shop retailers, publishers, distributors, and creators. It is a closed-door, business-to-business conference for the industry, and not a public fan convention (like Comic-Con).
Marvel announces "blind bag" changes – Bleedingcool
DC announces line expansion at Comics Pro – Graphic Policy
Interview with Canadian cartoonist Leo Burdak – The Comics Journal
Comics Journal: I’m curious. I know America in the '50s [had] the backlash to the EC horror comics."
Leo Burdak: Ya, the Crime comics. Tales from the Crypt. Evil comics. My mother had a bee in her bonnet about those for a while. There were all kinds of legends in Dawson Creek about how bad the teenagers were down in the city, which made me curious to get down here. But she calmed down after a while. My Dad was interested in the stuff. Although the English spoken in my parental household was marginal. Superman came as a comic strip in the Free Press weekly. We originally thought Superman was a waiter, or some sort of manservant, otherwise why would they dress him in this silly outfit. Back in Northwestern Czechoslovakia where my parents were originally from they had all sorts of resorts like Banff. They had waiters who dressed like that. Dad reading it assumed it was Supper Man and he was a waiter in some fancy resort...."
I haven't seen a documented date for Leo Burdak's birth date, but judging from his comments regarding comic books, he was likely born in 1937 to 1938. He died in 2021.
DC using ComicsPRO ’26 for announcements for DC’s Absolute line – Comics Beat
New collections of Archie Comics coming from Oni – Broken Frontier
A faux cover for The Amazing Spider-Man #97:
Art and story at 13th Dimension
Dark Horse and Terry Moore to launch new project – Comicsbeat
...to form a new imprint debuting in October 2026. .."
Article describes omnibus plans and other things to come.
Profile of British small-press comics company Avery Hill Publishing – The Comics Journal
IDW's Godzilla vs America – Something
The series of one-shots saw Godzilla crisscross the country, smashing things up in Boston, Los Angeles, Chicago, and even Kansas City, with each book featuring unique stories of everyone’s favorite kaiju in these iconic locations as told and drawn by artists hailing from there as well..."
The reward offered for recovery of Nicolas Cage's Detective Comics #27 – Tennessean
"Wuthering Heights" goes to number 1 for movie theaters global and US market – MSN Variety
This marks the ninth consecutive No. 1 debut for Warner Bros. following theatrical winners such as "A Minecraft Movie" "Sinners," "Final Destination Bloodlines" and "Weapons." Back in 2024, Netflix (which is currently fighting with Paramount to buy Warner Bros.) had offered a hefty $150 million for Fennell to make "Wuthering Heights" for the streamer. However the director and Robbie, who produced the film with MRC, opted for a smaller budget from Warner Bros. in exchange for a theatrical release and full-scale marketing campaign..."
Inside the Disney/Marvel advertising machine that uses "tone setting exercises" – Hollywood Reporter
...Wonder Man, which bowed all eight episodes on Jan. 27, has been hailed for departing from superhero conventions. It’s full of entertainment industry references and real-life Hollywood landmarks, and even has actors like Josh Gad and Joe Pantoliano playing themselves...."
The meta nature of Wonder Man extended to how it was shot, one of the rare shows filmed on location in Los Angeles these days. To highlight that, the team partnered with Starline Tours for a bus tour of filming locations, and used it to bring a group of influencers to the Hollywood premiere..."
Warner Bros and Paramount talks to resume? – MSN Reuters – The prospect of a "superior deal" than the existing purchase offer from Netflix has set off another "what if?" episode in the sale of Warner Bros to... well, somebody.
Debt snapshot (gross debt / borrowings, per recent filings):
Netflix had about $14.5B in senior notes outstanding and also had a $3B revolving credit facility available with nothing drawn (as of Dec 31, 2025).
Paramount Global reported ~$15.0B in total debt (face value) (as of Jun 30, 2025).
Warner Bros. Discovery reported ~$33.8B in total debt (as of Sep 30, 2025).
The "weirdest couples" of comic books – Den O' Geek
Profile: the "wholesome comic strips" of 4amshower – MSN Bored Panda
The Nicolas Cage Spider-Noir – Parade – "70% Bogart and 30% Bugs Bunny" - Gamesradar
TV Show Knight of the Seven Kingdoms pushes sales for the comic book version – News Byte
Midtown Comics Downtown temp closure – Bleedingcool
Frazetta's sci-fi-comic book covers – 13th Dimension
19 Year old mechanical engineering student in Ireland (named Ellie Farrell) builds a "real" Iron Man suit using a 3D printer – NBC News
The suit (in the NBC video) comes across as better than a comic book convention cosplay suit (much better, has actual working gears to move parts on the suit); but this isn't a "real Iron Man" suit (and if it were, it would be considered highly dangerous.)
IDW reports major sales losses: sees Diamond implosion as culprit – Bleedingcool
IDW has written off "bad debt expenses of $702,000" either to Diamond or Penguin Random House as a result of the bankruptcy, and the company's cash levels decreased to $6,544,000 as October, 2025 from $7,432,000 the previous year, which IDW cites "a decrease in overall cash inflow due primarily to the impact of the bankruptcy of Diamond Comic Distributors"...
The impact a year after Diamond Distribution went bankrupt – CBC News
What does Mickey Mantle, Superman, stamps, and a Doubloon have in common? – AOL.com
Born 112 years ago today: Bill Finger – Comicbook
Bob Kane Came Up With “the Bat-Man” But Bill Finger Truly Created Him..."
DC is ramping up reprints on Absolute line of comics – Comicsbeat
US Mint to make gold coins with Batman, Wonder Woman and Superman – MSN CBR
For example, you can buy a "Comic Art 24-Karat Gold Proof Coin – Wonder Woman™" for $4,030.00 - - the info for that coin says "Mintage Limit: 10,000" (if you buy them all that's roughly $40 million) - you can start buying them at this link.
Alex Ross doing a hard cover for Autumn hardback book titled Marvel Dimensions – Hollywood Reporter
It’s meant to be as bonkers a ride for the reader as it could possibly be," says Ross teasingly to The Hollywood Reporter. "You’re getting one kind of entertainment, and then it changes on you midstream and then you’re getting a different art style suddenly, and then you’re wondering, ‘Where’s this going?’ And then the format changes within the book itself, a mid-book format change. All these things hopefully seem to unify and combine and come back together, but it’s meant to be a wild ride that is throwing everything plus the kitchen sink at you...."
The book is being published by a combo-deal from Abrams ComicArts and Marvel
The war between American Comics and Manga, 2026 – Comicbook
There's Really Big Money splashing around in the upper tiers of the collecting market – Bleedingcool
The very top end of the vintage comic book market is showing signs of a realignment the likes of which has not been seen since 2010... recently, we've seen the highest graded Superman #1 CGC 9.0 tip-toe up to the $10 million mark with a $9.12 million sale, and then the highest graded Action Comics #1 CGC 9.0 (one of two copies in this grade) blew past it with a market-stunning $15 million sale. Now, Heritage Auctions has announced a $13 million transaction involving the highest-graded Batman #1 CGC 9.4 for $6 million, and the second-highest-graded Superman #1 CGC 8.5 Edgar Church/Mile High copy for $7 million...."
Sal Buscema
Meeting Sal Buscema, 1969 – The Comics Journal
Gary Groth visited with Sal Buscema multiple times and recounts his association in a lengthy article at TCJ which reprints material from the very old Fantastic Fanzine 'zine.
Sal lived in Springfield, Virginia, as I did, a suburb of Washington DC, in an unpretentious middle-class starter house (as I did). One bedroom was devoted to his studio. This was the first interview I conducted in person (I had previously sent questions to artists through the mail, to which, believe it or not, the likes of John Romita and Steve Ditko actually responded with answers!). I deduced that I did this interview over the summer of 1969, which would’ve made me 14 years old... acutely aware that I could easily make a pest of myself, I would wait a respectable amount of time (4 or 5 nail-biting months?) after one visit, call him and ask if I could visit again. Invariably, he welcomed me over, spending a couple hours suffering my worshipful prattling... A year later I put on a comics convention (with substantial help from my father) at the Crystal City Marriott (5 minutes outside Washington DC), and asked Sal to give the keynote address (all conventions then featured keynote addresses by comics luminaries)..."
In the article, Buscema talks about the old Comics Code Authority ("I think it should stay. It’s a good thing. It could probably be revised a little bit") the craft of drawing comics ("I think the most important thing in comics as in any art field, is to draw well and the only way a person can learn how to draw well is by studying and by drawing, drawing… and drawing and after that drawing some more; as much as you possibly can because drawing is a very difficult thing to do; it doesn’t take weeks or months… it takes years to become a good draftsman, a good artist. It’s a lifetime proposition. ") and more specific topics about things pertaining to stories and characters at Marvel Comics, circa 1969.
The million dollar Superman "Timmy Heague carried the Holy Grail in a brown backpack" – Ventura County Star
The Ventura County comic book store owner sat in economy on a flight to Sarasota, Florida. In the backpack, sheathed in a hard-cased shell insulated by bubble wrap, was an original Action Comics No. 1. Heague is contracted to sell the 1938 comic book that features the first appearance of Superman and also marks the introduction of superheroes. There are maybe 125 copies in the world. One in near-mint condition, once owned by and stolen from actor Nicolas Cage, sold at auction for $15 million in January...."
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