Three promising new series debut this month: An Animal Crossing gag manga, a new time-travel story from Rumiko Takahashi, and a slice-of-life comedy about a very capable cat.

In his column this week, Rob Salkowitz looks at how comic creators are compensated (or not), and how new ways of distributing content may be changing that.

The daredevil crew of Autobots is back for a new adventure in a four-issue miniseries launching in October.

This week, Steve Bennett looks at the reviews for Space Jam: A New Legacy and offers a critique of the movie's cameos.

Valiant Entertainment has hired a new Executive Editor with a long resume in editorial positions in the comics space.

Cullen Bunn will be the architect and lead writer for a shared universe that encompasses a number of new comics based on legacy Aircel Publishing properties.

Dynamite Entertainment will launch the new series, to be scripted by Killadelphia writer Rodney Barnes, in October.

Xal-Kor was originally a character who appeared in fan comics created by African American artist Richard "Grass" Green.

Hobby game sales were up strongly overall in the Spring (January through April) season of 2021, although there were substantial variations from region to region and store to store depending on the fury of the global Covid pandemic and the accompanying restrictions on retail.

Image Comics will release the first print edition of Ed Brubaker and Marcos Martin’s Friday.