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NEWS:
MARVEL - From CBR: The site interviews "Marvel Knights" co-founder, Jimmy Palmiotti, about his comics work, including his upcoming miniseries, "Daredevil/Punisher: The Devil's Trigger," a five-issue limited series that launches November 26, 2025. Palmiotti is writing and Tommaso Bianchi is drawing.
DC COMICS - From BleedingCool: There is some news concerning the future of "Vertigo Comics" and "Black Label" at DC Comics. Vertigo returns in 2026, focusing solely on original, creator-driven comic book series outside DC icons. "Black Label" will handle all mature DC universe stories, separating it from Vertigo’s creator-owned approach.
CROWDFUNDING - From BleedingCool: Comics graphic designer, artist, and letter, Rian Hughes, is launching a Kickstarter for his 600-page collection, Typeractive. Anyone who pledges at the higher levels can have Hughes design a custom logo for their brand or business.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Comic book stores sales are up as readers are getting younger.
AWARDS - From BleedingCool: The winners of the 25th edition of the Mike Wieringo Comic Book Industry Awards (the "Ringo Awards") were announced at Baltimore Comic Con 2025.
COMICS - From BleedingCool: Comic book publisher, Humanoids Corporation, the American arm of the renowned French comic book publisher Les Humanoïdes Associés, has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the US.
AWARDS - From ComicsBeat: Their is a new comic book award for 2026, "the Kirby Awards." The honor is named for comic book legend and icon, Jack Kirby and his wife, Rosalind Kirby. The Kirby Awards will be overseen by Comic Art Fans, the Jack Kirby Estate (represented by the Rosalind Kirby Family Trust), and the Jack Kirby Museum & Research Center. According to a recent report by "Publisher's Weekly, the Jack & Roz Kirby Awards are intended to recognize “innovation, excellence, and humanity in narrative communication.”
COMICS - From ComicsBeat: Writer-artist Matt Wagner talks about "Dracula: Book III - The Count," the third of four graphic novels that he is producing with artist Kelley Jones, colorist Jose Villarubia, and letterer Rob Leigh.
DC COMICS - From BleedingComics: 47 copies of the ultra-rare 1988 "Superman: This Island Bradman" comic book have been found. Read Bleeding Cool's tale of the rarest post-Golden Age "Superman" comic book.
IMAGE/NYCC - From ComicsBeat: Brian K. Vaughn provides updates on his beloved, award-winning series, "Saga." Next new issues will be out in 2026.
NYCC/DC COMICS - From
BleedingCool: DC Comics' "
DC Next Level" will relaunch the "
DC Universe" 10 2026 with several new #1 issues produced by big-name creative teams.
From
ComicsBeat: DC Comics has confirmed that it will publish the previously unpublished final four issues of
Rick Veitch's "
Time Travel" story from his "Swamp Thing" run in 1989.
Swamp Thing #88 to #91 will be published in a four-issue miniseries, entitled "
Swamp Thing 1989."
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BOOKS - From Reuters: The winner of the 2025 "Nobel Prize in Literature" goes to Hungarian writer, Laszlo Krasznahorkai, "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art," according to the Swedish Academy, which hands out the awards. Laszlo also win a monetary prize worth 1.2 million dollars. His breakthrough work was his debut novel, "Satantango" (1985). Laszlo is also a screenwriter, having collaborated six times with Hungarian director, Bela Tarr, including adapting two of his novels for Tarr. Laszlo is the second Hungarian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature, following Imre Kertesz (2002).
DYNAMITE - From ScreenRant: Dynamite Entertainment will launch a "Ben 10" comic book series that will officially reboot the animated franchise that was a stable of the cable network, Cartoon Network. The originally creators of "Ben 10": Joe Casey, Joe Kelly, Duncan Rouleau, and Steven T. Seagle (collective known as "Man of Action Entertainment"), will collaborate with Dynamite on the project. Joe Casey will write the new comic book series.
From BleedingCool: Dynamite Entertainment has bought all rights (including media rights) to writer-artist Jae Lee's 1990s comic book, "Hellshock." Lee will work closely with Dynamite reprint the earlier Hellshock stories.
BOOKS - From THR: "PEN America" is part of "PEN International," a worldwide association of writers. PEN America "Banded in the USA," a list of books permanently or temporarily pulled from schools. This year, Stephen King, has been named as the author most likely to be censored in schools.
MARVEL/DC - From BleedingCool: According to "Bleeding Cool," Marvel and DC comics have confirmed that they will publish Spider-Man/Superman crossover comic books in 2026. DC will publish Superman/Spider-Man #1 in March 2026 and Marvel release Spider-Man/Superman #1 in April 2026. There will also be a reprinting of the 1976 comic book, Superman vs. The Amazing Spider-Man.
MILLARWORLD - From
ComicsBulletin:
Mark Millar and
Valerio Giangiordano's
Kickstarter for their upcoming graphic novel, "
Unconquered" (Vol. 1) has been fully funded.
From
Vimeo: There is a trailer for
Mark Millar and
Valerio Giangiordano's graphic novel project, "
Unconquered."
From
Kickstarter:
Mark Millar and
Valerio Giangiordano have launched a Kickstarter for the graphic novel project, "
Unconquered."
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DC STUDIOS - From GamesRadar: The recent "Superman" film is HBO Max's biggest hit since 2023's "Barbie," as the James Gunn film had 13 million views in 10 days.
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SEPTEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: Dynamite Entertainment for September 2025
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BleedingCool: Image Comics "Energon Universtiy" titles for September 2025
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BleedingCool: Image Comics' Todd McFarlane "Spawn" titles for September 2025
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BleedingCool: Keenspot Entertainment for September 2025
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BleedingCool: Marvel Comics "Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe" for September 2025
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BleedingCool: Marvel's "One World Under Doom" titles for September 2025
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BleedingCool: Marvel's "One World Under Doom #7" for September 2025
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BleedingCool: Marvel "Ultimate Comics" titles for September 2025
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BleedingCool: Zenescope Entertainment for September 2025
OCTOBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: DC Comics collections, "Absolutes," and omnibuses for October 2025
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BleedingCool: DC Comics "Absolute Comics" titles for October 2025
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BleedingCool: Image Comics "Void Rivals/Energon" titles for October 2025
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BleedingCool: Marvel Comics "One World Under Doom" titles for October 2025
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BleedingCool: Marvel Comics five "X-Men: Age of Revelation" titles for October 2025
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BleedingCool: Marvel Comics all "X-Men: Age of Revelation" titles for October 2025
NOVEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: Image Comics "Transformers and G.I. Joe Energon Universe" titles for November 2025
From
BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "The World to Comie" titles for November 2025
DECEMBER 2025 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
From
BleedingCool: DC Comics "DC K.O." titles for December 2025
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BleedingCool: Marvel Comics' "Age of Revelations" second issues for December 2025
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BleedingCool: Marvel Comics "Imperial" titles for December 2025
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BleedingCool: Marvel Comics "Ultimate Comics" for December 2025
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BleedingCool: Vault Comics "Vantage" titles for December 2025
JANUARY 2026 COMICS SOLICITATIONS:
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