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IDW and Sanrio's Hello Kitty mystery box packs a graphic novel, keychain figurine, and trading cards—with Kuromi and Cinnamoroll to chase. June 2027.

Or: How do you write a speculative fiction satire in an age where sci-fi has become reality and reality has become indistinguishable from parody? This review includes vague but significant spoilers for Dark Reading Matter: The Last Thursday Next Novel. If you’re considering the book but are on the fence, my short spoiler-free review is: read it, preferably but not necessarily after the proceeding seven volumes and the other books in the author’s oeuvre. As the eighth and fina

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

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.

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.

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.

Warren James Games and SpindleHorse team up for a tabletop trip through the Seven Rings of Hell.

Marvel and WEBTOON unveil the new Marvel Comics app: 35,000+ comics, Pull List, two tiers from $9.99/month, and a NYCC preview October 8–11, 2026.

Stephen King’s Carrie doesn’t lack live-action adaptations. There’s Brian De Palma's 1976 film, the 2002 TV movie, the 2013 remake, and even a (very memorable) Broadway musical. However, Mike Flanagan isn't interested in retreading the telekinetic-revenge story. His eight-episode Prime Video series, from Amazon MGM Studios, is the first time King's novel has been adapted as a TV series. It argues Carrie White isn't the horror; it’s the systems around her. Carrie was King's d

9 to 5, the 1980 workplace comedy that turned Dolly Parton, Jane Fonda, and Lily Tomlin into an unlikely trio of corporate avengers with a feminist cause, is getting a theatrical encore, in the wake of Parton’s death — and it’s all for a good cause. 20th Century Studios will release the newly restored film to U.S. theaters for a one-week run from October 9–15, 2026, with tickets now on sale. The Walt Disney Company, 20th Century’s parent company, has announced it will donate