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There’s plenty to love about Star Trek: Prodigy, which is already living up to its name after just ten episodes. Between the return of our favorite Star Trek: Voyager characters, the introduction of an irresistible new cast, and a rich exploration of some of the themes and core concepts that are universal to all Trek shows, Prodigy has really hit the ground running. One example is the introduction of the concept of M-Class Planets in “Dreamcatcher,” and another is the exami

Before there was a queer comics shelf, there was P. Craig Russell, drawing Mahler and Wilde like it was the most natural thing in the world. Now, at 75, he's reviving Night Music, the anthology he launched at Eclipse Comics in 1979. Wayne Alan Harold, Russell's longtime art agent and publishing partner, is running the campaign, billing the book as an all-new hardcover graphic album. Russell is adapting Oscar Wilde's The Fisherman and His Soul, the last and longest story in th

Female characters are getting scarcer in kids' animation — and the data says it's a slide, not a blip. The Geena Davis Institute's “2026 Report on Children's TV Representation,” produced in partnership with Nielsen, delivers the gut-punch: just 40.6% of animated characters in 2025 new programming were female — the lowest share since 2020, and down from a record high of 44.2% in 2023. The Institute flagged animation as a particular trouble spot, noting that female representati

Context and analysis for fan speculation about Spider-Gwen being trans. After years of anticipation, Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse has been released in theaters. The sequel to 2018’s Oscar-winning Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse has captured the hearts and social media accounts of audiences in theaters everywhere. With several universes worth of Easter eggs and a cacophony of cliffhangers, the animated sequel offers plenty of conversation fodder. But in the days since

Hulu has ordered Ryan Coogler's long-gestating The X-Files reboot to series. The order comes after the streamer greenlit a pilot and Coogler delivered it.

Katherine Locke and Nikolas Ilic's Godzilla Stomp! is out now from Penguin Young Readers, dropping Godzilla into a fairy-tale village.

The fourth episode of Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, “Memento Mori,” gives us the first glimpse of the wrath of La’an (Christina Chong). It was written by Davy Perez & Beau DeMayo and directed by Dan Liu.

When I discuss how I relate to the trajectory of Wanda's grief from WandaVision to Multiverse of Madness in grief and loss support groups, many women violently nod in agreement. Thus, Wanda's story is one I have been able to use to bond with others going through something similar, offering me a connection even beyond my parasocial relationship with Scarlet Witch.

Marvel announces a new Captain Marvel ongoing by G. Willow Wilson and Rachael Stott at NYCC 2026. Carol Danvers is grounded—and going back up in May 2027.

Elon Musk showed off Grok Bot ordering Lego Star Wars sets. Then an X user canceled it through Lego's AI chat. Here's what we know.

Sony Pictures Entertainment unveiled a new division of its anime subsidiary, Crunchyroll, called Crunchyroll Storyworks.

We almost got Hooty backstory, though series creator Dana Terrace is skeptical about how the storyline might have been received. The Owl House series creator Dana Terrace says the original plan for the show's third season included an additional story for the character Hooty. However, she isn't sure whether or not the storyline would have been "good for the show" had it come to fruition. Terrace discussed this discarded Owl House storyline during a panel at last year's New Yor

Bill Nighy and Rosemarie DeWitt are officially guest stars in season two of Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Paramount+ and CBS Studios revealed Saturday at New York Comic Con.

As someone recovering from anorexia nervosa binge/purge type myself, the issue hits close to home, and sequential art was my savior during recovery. Throughout my ongoing recovery, the comic book heroes have come to life to save another lost soul, just as they do in the comics themselves. They essentially saved me from me.

Star Trek star Robert Picardo has brought his version of the charismatic hologram, the Doctor, to two different centuries of television, and he's got a clear-eyed take on what's changed. Speaking with The Beat at the New York premiere of The Sixty Year Mission: How Star Trek Changed Television and the World on October 8, 2026, the Star Trek: Voyager and Starfleet Academy actor was asked how filming the franchise today compares to thirty years ago. Picardo, who originated the

Nitrate Games debuted gameplay and a full trailer for Jay and Silent Bob's Joint Venture at NYCC, with Kevin Smith on hand. Release is set for late spring 2027.

Yen Press came to New York Comic Con 2026 with a dozen new licenses — and the haul runs from a light novel legend to a Spice and Wolf spinoff to a historical romance from a rising manga star.

Iron Circus Comics has released a full-color edition of Banned Book Club. The YA graphic memoir, written by Ryan Estrada and Kim Hyun-Sook, with art by Ko Hyung-Ju, hit shelves on October 6, 2026, with colors by Amanda Lafrenais and a brand-new afterward about the book becoming, yes, a banned book itself.

The apocalypse isn't over, and it's going to be an annual tradition now. Marvel Animation is bringing Marvel Zombies back for three more two-part special events, with the first arriving on Halloween 2027. Brad Winderbaum, Head of Marvel Television, Animation and Comics, made the announcement yesterday at New York Comic Con 2026 during the Marvel Television and Marvel Animation panel. The lineup runs three Halloweens straight: Marvel Zombies: Winter Soldier — Halloween 2027 Ma

The Sunbreaker six-parter marks Ian Fleming Publications' new comics partnership with IDW Publishing.