Conventions

It's that time of year again. The one all indie creators look forward to: the announcement of the 2026 Ignatz Awards nominees.

The gothic horror cult classic is riding a fresh wave of momentum — a Dark Horse comic, new manga, and now a full theatrical rollout. GKIDS announced Saturday at Anime NYC 2026 that it has acquired the North American theatrical and home video rights to Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, with a full theatrical release set for 2027. The 2000 dark fantasy film, animated at Madhouse and based on Hideyuki Kikuchi‘s long-running novel series, has spent over two decade

Dark Horse Comics used its Anime NYC 2026 panel at the Javits Center on Friday, August 21, 2026, to unveil three new titles for manga fans—two manga volumes and, notably, the publisher's first-ever original comic series set in the Vampire Hunter D universe. The headliner is Vampire Hunter D: Fortress of Blood, a four-issue miniseries breaking from the franchise's usual manga-adaptation format to tell an original story in single-issue comic form. Alongside it, Dark Horse confi

Manga Mavericks Books used its panel at Anime NYC 2026 to unveil two new manga licenses, plus a restoration project digging up lost color art from a decades-old shoujo classic. During its panel, Manga Mavericks announced Midnight Robot, an alt-sci-fi action series from Yohei Sajita, and Arai-kun & Haruma-senpai, a boys' love slice-of-life romance from Akahachi. The publisher also revealed it's restoring never-before-collected color pages from The Sword of Paros for the series

Manga platform and publisher Omoi used their industry panel at Anime NYC 2026 to unveil a trio of catalog updates—one new digital license, one print debut, and a wave of additions to their Premium subscription tier. The company announced it has licensed Love Is the Sweetest Journey, a travel-themed romantic comedy from Momoshiro and Tomoko Mitsuki, for exclusive digital distribution. Omoi also revealed that A Snow Fox at the Northern Fort—already available digitally on the pl

Yen Press announced nine new acquisitions at the Yen Press Industry Panel at Anime NYC 2026.

Calling all Mofusand fans! Random House Worlds is officially bringing the viral Japanese kawaii cats, known collectively as Mofusand, to shelves this fall, with a trio of licensed books arriving September 1, 2026. Fans of the adorable cats will be able to preview the book series RHW’s booth (#1540) at Anime NYC 2026, taking place this weekend, August 20th to 23rd. For anyone just catching on, Mofusand first debuted in 2017 as illustrations posted online by Japanese artist Jun

Marvel Studios isn’t playing it safe with Avengers: Doomsday — and maybe the studio has the right to be cocky with the recent success of Spider-Man: Brand New Day being only the eighth film in history to make more than $2 billion at the box office, per a story at USA TODAY. Between rumors (okay, my own personal suspicions based on a multiverse storyline from the novels) that Ryan Gosling’s Ghost Rider could appear in Doomsday and the existing casts historic appearances across

Russo Brothers stay coy on Scarlet Witch, Captain Marvel, Storm & Jean Grey absences from AVENGERS: DOOMSDAY at San Diego Comic-Con 2026.

Dynamite Entertainment is putting four decades of DuckTales comics back on shelves in five collected omnibus volumes, each gathering DuckTales comics from a different era and publisher (some of them out of print since they first hit comic shop shelves), with help from a fandom that apparently didn't need much convincing. The publisher’s new Kickstarter campaign, Classic Disney DuckTales Comic Book Adventures Return!, hit its modest $1,987 goal in roughly sixty seconds after i

A Kingdom Hearts anime is officially in the works, based on the hit video game franchise of the same name. The Walt Disney Company announced the series at this weekend’s D23 fan event and on its social media accounts, with actor Benjamin Bratt delivering the news to the crowd. The project is being developed in close partnership with series creator Tetsuya Nomura and Square Enix, and per Disney’s official statement about the project, is billed as a “reimagining” — a new story

Marvel Television debuted the first trailer for VisionQuest at D23 on Friday, August 14, 2026.

At D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026, Disney Publishing and WEBTOON unveiled "Disney Cursed Love," an all-new romantasy line spun from some of Disney’s most beloved love stories. Expect dark magic, terrible curses, and epic romance rendered in seductive, action-packed fashion. The initiative kicks off with The Curse of a Forsaken Heart, written by #1 NYT bestselling author Emily McIntire, with art by Samairu. The series debuts first as a webcomic on WEBTOON before expan

Among the seven titles Disney Publishing revealed for its next wave of WEBTOON series at D23: The Ultimate Disney Fan Event 2026 is Gravity Falls: Lost Legends, bringing Alex Hirsch's beloved graphic novel to the platform's vertical-scroll format. The series joins Star Wars: Visions spinoffs, three Disney Villains entries, and The Ultimates in the newly announced lineup, set to run alongside more than 20 existing reformatted series in WEBTOON's dedicated Disney section. Detai

Star Trek fans have had a rough year, with Star Trek: Strange New Worlds and Star Trek: Starfleet Academy both heading into their final seasons and nothing new on the docket, the franchise is entering its 60th anniversary with more nostalgia than new content. But hardcore Trekkies and history buffs now have something to celebrate: The Nacelle Company has announced (via a Collider exclusive) the return of the documentary series, The Center Seat, which is officially back after

Wizards of the Coast has unveiled the five Welcome Decks accompanying Magic: The Gathering | Star Trek, and buried in the reference-card fine print is proof that the crossover isn’t just playing the greatest hits of Star Trek: The Original Series and Star Trek: The Next Generation — it’s giving Star Trek: Lower Decks its due, too. Announced August 5, 2026, the five monocolor, 40-card Welcome Decks (White, Blue, Black, Red, Green) are built to teach new players Magic‘s fundame

Grammy-winning country artist Shaboozey is adding “comic creator” to his resume at San Diego Comic-Con 2026, debuting & Other Western Tales through Range Comics, the comics and graphic novel arm of Range Literary Publishing. It’s his first-ever SDCC appearance — one he announced on Instagram, where he confirmed issue #1 of his three-issue comic series is currently available to be preordered, alongside the musicians’s upcoming hip-hop x country album of the same name. For thos

Independent publisher Nitrate Games is stepping into IP development and digital publishing with the announcement of Jay and Silent Bob’s Joint Venture, an “adult cozy farm sim” where fans play as Kevin Smith and Jason Mewes’s cult-favorite stoner characters. The reveal came during Smith’s annual Saturday night Hall H panel at San Diego Comic-Con, and both Smith and Mewes have been involved in the game’s development. Watch the trailer here. The game reimagines the cozy farming

STAR TREK: STARFLEET ACADEMY season 2 adds Ruaridh Aldington in final-season cast announcement

“Are we witnessing the making of a hero, a monster, or something far more complicated?” That’s the question at the center of Mike Flanagan’s take on Carrie, and honestly, it’s the exact kind of ambiguity I’m here for. Prime Video announced yesterday that all eight episodes of the highly anticipated series will premiere October 7, 2026, streaming in more than 240 countries and territories at once. The announcement came out of San Diego Comic-Con, where Prime Video kicked off i