I came into this book with almost no expectations, and was happily surprised – it’s a taut, smartly-paced crime thriller in a lived-in SF universe. I’ll try not to spoil what turns into a twisty plot with a lot of revelations, but keep that in mind. Bridge Planet Nine is Jared Throne’s second full-length graphic…
New York, NY— February 19, 2026 — Ten years ago, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story introduced the group of unlikely heroes who stole the plans to the original Death Star and set the stage for the Rebellion’s greatest victory. Announced earlier today at io9, Marvel Comics will celebrate the anniversary of the beloved film…
New York, NY— February 19, 2026 — The last year of Marvel Comics storytelling, particularly the events of One World Under Doom and Chip Zdarsky’s Captain America, has been leading to a watershed moment in Avengers history. That turning point arrives this June in AVENGERS: ARMAGEDDON, a five-issue event series from Zdarsky, the superstar writer…
New York, NY— February 19, 2026 — This year, celebrate Pride Month with one of comics’ most iconic super hero families in WICCAN & HULKLING: RAID OF ULTRON #1, an all-new Marvel’s Voices one-shot hitting stands May 27. The special spotlights fan-favorite couple Wiccan and Hulkling, along with their amazing—and complex—family, including Scarlet Witch, Vision,…
GRASS VALLEY, CALIFORNIA, January 28, 2026 /budsartbooks.com/ – Longtime comics industry icon Bill Schanes, who entered the comics field at the age of 13 selling at local Southern California comic shows, has concluded his bid to purchase the online mail order business, Bud’s Art Books, the long-serving purveyor of comic strip, comic book, fantasy, horror,…
There were three major comics memoirs by women in the fall of 2025, all about the same cluster of topics: eating, cooking, family, and how those things are connected. I don’t know if it’s going to be surprising to anyone that many women have issues around both eating (their bodies are often policed by others)…
New York, NY— January 16, 2026 — OnApril 29, Marvel Comics will shine a special spotlight on the X-Men’s Jubilee in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month! The iconic mutant firecracker, currently starring in Gail Simone, Dave Marquez, and Luciano Vecchio’s Uncanny X-Men, will strike out on her own in JUBILEE: DEADLY…
New York, NY— January 15, 2026 — The roadto ARMAGEDDON, an upcoming Marvel Comics event written by Chip Zdarsky, officially begins this month in CAPTAIN AMERICA #6, the start of an all-new arc in Zdarsky’s acclaimed run. Zdarsky will also set the stage for the event in WOLVERINE: WEAPONS OF ARMAGEDDON, a four-issue prelude series…
New York, NY— January 14, 2026 — Following the massive success of last year’s Deadpool/Batman and celebrating the 50th anniversary of Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man, the first-ever Marvel/DC crossover, Marvel Comics and DC Comics unite this April again in Marvel’s SPIDER-MAN/SUPERMAN #1! Like last year’s crossover, fans can look forward to a double-dose of…
I bemoan the sorry state of single-panel cartoons a lot here – because I like them, and because they used to be a massive tide rolling across popular culture, so there were many more of the things I liked, albeit mostly before I was born – so it’s nice to be able to balance that…
In a city somewhere, there’s a tall man, bald on top. We don’t know his name. We don’t know his job, or if he has one. We know he lives in a small apartment, plagued by a mouse he keeps trying to catch, and that he eats some kind of canned food, maybe exclusively, and…
I knew I was going to be writing this post on Thanksgiving morning, so I picked an appropriate book. Of course, since time flows forward, you’re reading this much later, untethered from any holiday (unless you celebrate Three Kings’ Day, in which case, go you), but that’s the reason for it. Jim Henson was the…
