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Comics NewsWhat This Week's Comic Shop News Means for Your Next Store Visit
A knife incident in Portland, a new San Francisco shop, and a Black retailer alliance — here's how to actually use each story.
Articles by Karen Hancock
CultureGeorge Lucas's Museum of Narrative Art Is Open: What It Means for Pop Culture
Seventeen years and one billion dollars later, comic art and movie props now hang beside Kahlo and Rockwell in Los Angeles.
Gaming NewsWhy Comic Shop Inventory Is So Hard to Get Right
Ordering comics for a shelf is a guessing game with real money on the line. Here's why the math rarely breaks a retailer's way.
Comics NewsWhere to Start With Batman: A No-Spoiler Reading Order
Start with Batman: Year One (1987, by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli), follow it with The Long Halloween (1996–97, by Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale), and you'll have the modern…
Comics NewsDC's Absolute Line Arrives: A Built-for-Newcomers Batman That Isn't Continuity Homework
DC launched its Absolute universe in October 2024 with Absolute Batman by Scott Snyder and Nick Dragotta — a line designed so new readers need zero back issues, and the early sales made it the publisher's biggest bet in years.
Comics NewsWhat Was the Comics Code Authority, and Why Is It Gone?
The seal that decided what could and couldn't run in American comics for nearly 60 years wasn't a law — it was publishers policing themselves to avoid one.