Last Update May 8, 2026
Luke Skywalker "rookie card" from 1977 auctions at $687,500 – Comicsbeat
Other Star Wars stuff also scored high amounts at auction.
Marvel's new fighting game with Hulk and Shuri’s Black Panther, among others – Boundingintocomics
"The Singapore artists and entrepreneurs making their mark on Batman and Western comics" – Straits Times
Sean Gordon Murphy's new title The Last Driver comes in August from Image Comics – Yahoo News
Here comes Marvel's "Midnight Universe" – Comicsbeat
"Marvel's answer to the DC Absolute Line" – Superherohype
Jeff Smith gets Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award – National Cartoonists
...Named for Terry and the Pirates creator Milton Caniff, this award is bestowed by unanimous vote of the NCS Board to recognize a lifetime of outstanding and accomplished work. Born in McKees Rocks, Pennsylvania, and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Smith grew up immersed in comic strips, comic books, and animation. Charles Schulz’s Peanuts, read to him every Sunday by his father, sparked his passion for cartooning and inspired him to learn to read. He was further influenced by Carl Barks’ Uncle Scrooge comics and Walt Kelly’s Pogo, developing an appreciation for expressive character work and the storytelling power of the comics medium..."
Giant copyright infringement lawsuit in Southern District of New York– Daily Cartoonist
Meta illegally torrented millions of copyrighted books and journal articles from pirate sites and mass scraping of content from the internet...."
"Almost 90% of comics creators who earn income from traditional publishing do not earn the national living wage from their comics work" – The Bookseller
Obit of Frank Stack – The Comics Journal
For decades Stack straddled the fences of academia, fine art and comics; he produced countless oil and watercolor paintings, etchings and prints, and taught generations of students at the University of Missouri, where he taught art and printmaking from 1963 until 2001 when he became professor emeritus. During those years, he also contributed many beautiful comic book pages to a number of publications, often going under the pseudonym "Foolbert Sturgeon."
Bob Hall profile – Lincoln Hastings MSN
"Sylvia" cartoonist Nicole Hollander has died – Chicago Tribune
Maltz Museum of Jewish History exhibition "Icons in Ink: The Jewish Comics Experience" – MSN Plain Dealer
...A 1940 Plain Dealer strip shows Superman fighting giant robots for the first time. The first issue of “American Splendor” hangs from Cleveland’s Harvey Pekar, a pioneer in autobiographical comics. Other sections highlight Peter Kuper (Spy vs. Spy) and Brian Michael Bendis, one of the biggest names in contemporary comics..."
"Zines as an antidote to AI alienation" – Seattle Times
You might associate zines with the late ’90s and early 2000s, when mainstream corporate media was at the height of its power. Under the weight of what, at the time, felt like an oppressive monoculture, artists created handcrafted booklets of essays, fiction, comics, photos, collages and virtually any other form of individual artistic expression that could be printed on paper, documenting their passions and frustrations. Created and often distributed by hand, zines stood in direct contrast to the glossy magazines of the time for their idiosyncratic perspectives..."
Is Absolute Batman coming in DC's compact format? – Bleedingcool
What if your kid will only read graphic novels? – MSN Conversation
Research shows reading graphic novels leads to improved reading and comprehension skills for all students. And studies demonstrate that children and teenagers who read graphic novels have improved, more positive attitudes towards reading..."
"Japanese media giant Kadokawa is planning to expand its retail presence in the US" – Comicsbeat
Article talks about and has photos of a "Manga Spot" store in New York City.
Interview with Gerry Conway, 1981 – The Comics Journal
Zatanna #1 at top of week's bestsellers – Bleedingcool
Obit: Yoshitiharu Tsuge 1937-2026 – The Comics Journal
Tsuge began drawing rental manga regularly around 1955, immediately following his professional debut. He published several Tezuka-influenced works with the publisher Wakagi Shobo, such as Ai no Kurabe and Senshi no Kanata. Most of these were semi-historical adventure stories. Senshi no Kanata told of a plucky young boy joining the Imperial army to rise in status in the chaos of the late Edo period. Like many manga artists, Tsuge also drew shojo girls’ comics. Ai no Kurabe depicts a girl who becomes entangled in a strange fate while searching for her deceased father. Drawing shojo was not as prestigious as making shonen boys’ comics, so the barrier of entry was lower. It was common for novice artists to get hired to do shojo comics in recognizable, sellable styles. The pay was not great...."
"Rental Manga" is a commerical library-style system requiring small fees in order to borrow manga comics. It originated in the post-World War II economy of Japan where the purchase of books was difficult for a wide swath of the population, and so "kashihon" (book rentals) came into being. The United States had a similar system of paid "circulating libraries" and small shops which would rent out books until the concept of municipal "free' libraries and cheaply made paperback book publishing replaced them during the 20th centuy.
Photos from the NY Saratoga ComiCon – Yahoo News
Free Comic Book Day in Jackson, Mississippi – WLBT
Free Comic Book Day in Lima, Ohio – Yahoo News
All the "Free Comic Book Day" titles being handed out – Comicbook
"Evangeline Lilly slams Disney" – Total Film
Has Absolute Batman's sales impacted the sales on other books? – Something
Profile of Scott Hanna – WFMZ
Is there "Superhero Fatigue"? – Nerdist
...few superhero movies have performed the same way they did in the late 2010s. But one person who doesn’t believe in superhero fatigue is DC Studios co-head Peter Safran. That’s the one who’s not James Gunn."
IMAX profits of 2026... not like 2025 – Hollywood Reporter MSN
Action film not doing so well: family films and horror on the upswing – Straits Times
25 years of "Free Comic Book Day" – Mercury News
Back-issue management, inventory and gaining new readers for comics – Comicsbeat
"46 Comic Shops With Free Comic Book Day 2026 - Events This Saturday" – Bleedingcool
New cover for second printing of Superman/Spider-Man crossover – Comicbookmovie
The best comic book stores in America? – AOL News
Strongest comic book market in The South? Knoxville – Knoxville News-Sentinel
Tucked into the foothills of the Appalachian and Smoky Mountains is a comic book market that’s far more active than most people would expect...."
Gerry Conway 1952–2026
Born Gerard Francis Conway
"..Influential comic book author who co-created dozens of characters for DC and Marvel, among them The Punisher, Ms. Marvel, Firestorm and Power Girl, and some of the most impactful Spider-Man stories ever published...." – MSN Hollywood Reporter
The prolific comic book writer who co-created characters such as the Punisher, Ms Marvel, Jason Todd and others – MSN Los Angeles Times
"A comics legend" – MSN Deadline Hollywood
James Gunn talks about Gerry Conway – Yahoo Coming Soon
Gerry Conway has died – Bleeding Cool
What did Scott Snyder expect with Absolute Batman? Not what happened – Bleeding Cool
Record-breaking sale of Pikachu Illustrator card for $16.5M by Logan Paul – MSN Hosted
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Interview with Frank Quitely – The Comics Journal
UK comics creator Barrie Tomlinson has died – Daily Cartoonist
Increasing popularity of "horror manga" – Publishers Weekly
Frank Stack has passed away
Interview with Frank Stack from 1995 – The Comics Journal
Obituary – Daily Cartoonist
Obituary April 2026 – Millard Family Chapels
Frank Stack, artist, cartoonist, educator, and pioneer of underground comics, passed away..."
About the graphic memoir Opioids & Organs by Arizona O’Neill coming in May – Montreal Gazette
See at Walmart April 2026
Record-breaking auction of Captain America memorabilia – Comicbook
The 2026 Marvel movie slate – MSN News
The new Barry Smith Art book featuring Marvel projects – Comicsbeat
The 46 Marvel comics coming in July – Bleedingcool
The 100+ April 22, 2026 comic book releases – Fresh Comics
The "pressure in adapting Asterix, one of Europe’s most iconic franchises" for Netflix – Cartoonbrew
Controversy around George Pratt art book project – Comicsbeat
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books awards Jaime Hernandez Best of the Year Award for Graphic Novel – Daily Cartoonist
The layoffs at Mad Cave – Bleedingcool
Ranking the 13 Batman "intercompany" crossovers – 13th Dimension
Batman + Green Hornet, Batman + Spider-Man, Batman + TMNT, etc.
So, how expensive exactly is Avengers Doomsday? – Comicbookmovie
On his YouTube show, John Campea said he's been told that Doomsday has a production budget of $400 million (we're not sure if this is factoring in reshoots costs), and that the studio plans to spend another $300 million on marketing..."
With this kind of spending, the term "billion dollar movie" has a specific meaning: it'll take that kind of box office to pay back the production for even making this movie, as movie theaters will keep (probably) around 50% of the gross ticket sales. Such a situation means to get back the projected $700 million spent on making and getting Avengers Doomsday out the door, Disney/Marvel will need numbers like $1.4 billion to turn the first dollar of profit..
"Avengers Doomsday" will turn out to be a horribly ironic title if this movie tanks.
"X-Men comic books even the fans avoid!" – Comicbook
‘Rogue Trooper’ animation movie version of ‘2000 AD’ comic book character – Deadline Hollywood
Like many of 2000 AD’s strips, Rogue Trooper comes with a very high-concept premise, which is that, in the future, soldiers will have their military skills and personalities transferred onto a microchip that can then be downloaded into a new host, human or otherwise. Which is how number 19, aka the Rogue Trooper (Aneurin Barnard), comes to find himself caught behind enemy lines with a very odd platoon: Gunnar (voiced by Jack Lowden), his rifle; Bagman (Reece Shearsmith), his backpack; and Helm (Daryl McCormack), his helmet. Comedy icon Ade Edmonson even has a cameo — as a pair of boots....."
1991 Justice League Europe Annual #2 – Scans Daily
Absolute Batman #19 leads the bestseller list – Bleedingcool
Well, it's Superman Day again – Oregon Live
Every April 18, fans celebrate Superman Day, marking the 1938 release of Action Comics No. 1 — the debut that introduced a new kind of hero and helped shape the superhero genre as we know it today. His first appearance had an original print run of about 130,000 copies, which sold out almost immediately, eventually reaching roughly 200,000 with a second printing in circulation. Earlier this year, a copy reportedly sold for an astonishing $15 million — not a bad investment for what had an original 10-cent cover price..."
On the other hand:
Superman Day is really about Supergirl – Bleeding Cool
Stealing-spree with man accused of absconding with $34,000 of Legos – UK Independent
"...by swapping the plastic bricks for dried pasta."
DC's July comic book release list – Comicsbeat
"Marvel Massacre" as layoffs hit Disney and includes film and television production, publishing, franchise operations, finance and legal – Yahoo News Finance
The "Marvel Massacre" – New York Post MSN
One of the hardest-hit areas will be the visual development unit at Marvel Studios, the award-winning team responsible for shaping the signature look of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The group — made up of illustrators, character designers and other creative specialists — played a key role in defining blockbuster titles such as "The Avengers," "Guardians of the Galaxy" and "Daredevil."
IDW promotes their Summer release slate: TMNT, Sonic, Godzilla, Hello Kitty, others – Comicbook
Superman‘s David Corenswet is making a football pic for Paramount – Deadline
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