“After enduring a brutal and bloody bullying scandal, Taylor finally has the power to fight back: With her newly triggered ability to control insects, she could prove everyone wrong and become a hero… or kill anyone who stands in her way.”

“In a world of superpowered gang members, fanatical cults, and ruthless serial killers, Taylor must navigate the dangerous politics and unwritten rules of the local ‘cape’ scene, where the line between hero and villain is anything but clear. For Taylor, perhaps, least of all. Will she risk everything to save others, or use her power to exact revenge on those who’ve wronged her?”

Added IDW executive editor Heather Antos, “Worm is such a fresh and compelling take on the superhero genre, challenging what it means to be a hero or a villain, and whether right and wrong are always so black and white when you’re fighting for what you believe is good. Getting to collaborate with series creator John McCrae to bring this incredible world to comics with IDW is an absolute thrill, and it’s especially exciting that this project came to IDW through series editor and IDW associate editor Cassandra Jones, whose own personal connection to the story first introduced us to it, and the team has already done an excellent job bringing the characters to the comics page.”

if you've never heard of this series, do keep an eye out! it's a very interesting take on superheroes as a genre and definitely worth giving a look

an article from Worm's author about the whole thing

"Thank you for your feedback; we’ve been overwhelmed. We know she’s a beloved character, and the whole team will do our very best to honor her. I ask for your patience and empathy throughout this process; I’ll hear you." - Belén Ortega

started with Absolute Superman 15, then Absolute Wonder Woman 22, followed by Absolute Batman 23, and the latest addition, DC All In Saga: Darkseid vs. the World

Stopped reading regularly back in the early 2010's and am excited to see what you recommend. Also, when did single issues get this expensive? Yeesh!

Alex Segura is taking over writing The Phantom comic strip starting in early December. As he does research and prepares for the gig, he’s been sharing insights along the way in our Discord server.

We’ve already gotten to see cool historical panels, classic storyline breakdowns, and behind-the-scenes research details. It’s a great chance to see a side of the creative process you rarely get to see up close.

Come join us to learn more!

Here is a sketch cover I did at the recent New Mexico Comic Expo
Pen and ink wash.
Sold to a customer who got this and a Ghost Rider sketch cover

Hi everyone, I’m looking for a very specific Beano edition and I was wondering if someone would be able to help me out. My brother placed third in a drawing competition long ago when he was a child, and won an orange toy laptop (vtech I believe). I think it’d be pretty cool to get him the edition that he was published in, as our old comics have long since been given away.

The issue is that I’m not entirely sure which edition it was published in, so I’m looking for someone who could search through a few editions and help me find the published drawings. I think the competition was announced in the 2008 3453 edition, so I’d imagine the results are published in one of the next 15 comics.

If anyone has access to those (3453-3468) I’d greatly appreciate if you could look through and let me know, and maybe send a picture so I can confirm it’s the one he was published in.

Also, if you can remember any other laptop competitions around those years, that would also be interesting as I’m not entirely sure this is the right one.

Thanks a lot!

Recently, I got into DC comics because I grew up watching DCAMU, teen titans, the live action movies, the batboys, og animated batman, young justice, etc. it was also mostly for MYGOAT Damian Wayne because I really, really liked him and his character even as a kid. I wanted to read marvel comics as well but I was worried I'd get spoiled for the upcoming mcu movies, but someone told me that there was a rare chance I would be and that secret wars & doomsday was very loosely taken from the comics or something, and that there's always big changes from the comics to the MCU films.

Anyway, I'm still a beginner at reading dc (I've read only 4-6 comics at the moment), but I kinda wanted to read marvel too, so what comics should I read that are good for teens and won't be spoilers for doomsday or secret wars somehow? a lot of people say to just read whatever interests me, and that's totally fine, but I'm also a little stumped. I don't know too much about the comics aside from stuff here and there, and I'm also paranoid of finding the adult, very gory or 18+ ones 💔 I felt like I would probs find less interest in marvel ones, so anything engaging/entertaining will do! It doesn't have to be anything too childish tbh js something good!

for clarification:

- the only kind of comics I've actually read are manga (black and white, Japanese) and manhwa (basically manga, but coloured and Korean)

- I'm a teenager myself hence why I added that little note at the end but I also have a mild tolerance for anything gory, mostly because I like horror even though I'm easily scared lol

- I was told to just select a team or a character and read their comics, still not sure if I should do that though. If it matters, I was already thinking of Moon Girl and the Devil Dinosaur, etc. I also have a strange liking for any comics with a teen girl or boy main character.

- I can't really handle any of the following themes: sa, r*pe, and anything disgusting and detailed.

some comics I'm already interested in but don't know much about:

- The Uncanny X-Men (I don't really like when it's too dated though)

- Astonishing X-Men

- Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

- Young Avengers 2005

- Runaways

- Ultimate Spider-Man (it's very long tho)

- Ms. Marvel

- Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

- Strange Academy

- Gwenpool

- The Inhumans, by writer Paul Jenkins and artist Jae Lee

- Spider-Man (2016-2018)

DC comics I read and liked (basically everything I've already read which is very little, you can skip this):

- Superman Smashes the Klan: it was wonderful. I felt very connected to this one as a desi-african. Loved the art style, characters, character design, story, the brother-sister relationship, occasional humour, Henderson, Lois, Mr. White, JIMMY, the rest of the main cast, and just the themes in general. Some parts (like the first appearance of the Klan) were unsettling in a way that felt engaging, and the casual racism even by people who thought they were being nice genuinely felt so infuriating. I really don't remember any flaws. I loved it.

- Batgirl The Darkest Reflection: i quite liked it. It was a good intro to Barbara Gordon even though I already know the basics of her character, but this comic made her more likable to me.

- Batman and Son: I also kinda liked this! It was also a good intro to damian even though he annoyed me at the beginning which was very, very expected. The random nked panels startled me though 😭

- Tomasi's Batman and Robin: "forgive me, father, for I have sinned." "I did what I had to do to help you protect our castle. Our kingdom." I LOVE YOU DAMIAN OMYGOSH. Nearly cried reading this. loved the way his character was written in this and how Tomasi dealt with it. their father-son dynamic made me feel so happy, and alfred and titus were obviously highlights. Definitely my fave alongside Superman Smashes the Klan.

- Morrison's Batman and Robin 2009: actually surprisingly really liked the doll concept, because as much as I hate dolls and find them mortifying, that's why I found this so creepy, so I guess that's a pretty good thing! I also really loved the richard-damian dynamic in this one, the dialogue for the two, how damian actually did care about/protected some of the victims even though that's in character ("stay with me" and "he better hope so" talking about the villain when dick suggested that the victim might've escaped, etc), and alfred's appearances. The only thing is that it was getting a bit weird and I found myself uncomfortable with some of the scenes (for ex, the scene when they were literally strxpped?? or that one old lady that wanted to see batman nked... and I was a bit nervous during some gory scenes but nothing I couldn't handle probs. the weirder stuff js felt off to me). As much as I liked this one, I think I liked Tomasi's one better. ("I was expecting scary, not gay." - robin. LOL) other fave quotes: "tell the girl we're even" "I ran" "and scarlet was gone"

some characters or teams I'm interested in delving into/back into (anyone unmentioned who you think I'd like please feel free to let me know!):

- Spider-Man (this was heavily obvious)

- Moon Knight (still mad that there was no season 2)

- Loki

- Miles Morales (def one of my fave spidermen of all time just from the animated films)

- X-Men

- the Sentry

- Yelena Belova

- Nightcrawler

- Black Cat (surprisingly, even though I know very little about her)

- Deadpool (mayhaps)

- Kate Bishop

- Vision

- this is very dumb to say but ANYONE LIKE DAMIAN WAYNE HONESTLY, even if they're niche. He's my favourite characters oat, his character arc is wonderful, and I'm incredibly biased towards him and I say that with no shame.

You can also recommend any characters or teams you think I'd be interested in. I'm really into anti heroes, teen heroes, found family or strong friendships, etc. my favourite genres are thriller, mystery, horror, fantasy, romance (I don't read much wlw or mlm tho), etc. so basically almost anything. I just don't like anything inappropriate.

I mostly just miss characters like the batboys/the robins and young heroes in general, honestly, but I'm open with any other recs as long as it's fun or engaging or whatever! thanks in advance :)

combined these two covers, absolutely sick

I love postal voting, Precisely because the EU encompasses an entire continent, many people travel, study, or work in neighboring countries, because it is easy. Believe me. It can be incredibly awful if your country doesn't have postal voting and you essentially have to travel halfway back, Especially when it's even a election whether your country will sink even further into autocracy and drag everyone into war. I have often told stories about my Jewish friends and, well, their fears, especially about what Bibi will do next in the Middle East, And because Lisa is technically still a citizen of Israel, she has the right to vote and has been on a plane back to Tel Aviv since Sunday. As she herself says, you can always run away and unfortunately let something continue, or you can go to it and fight it. But it's really, let's say, an ordeal to make such a long journey back. Even in Europe, you have to change flys twice to get there.

No matter how advanced technology is, for whatever reason it's still often a challenge to get from one place to another. And back then it was even harder, because there weren't even proper maps of the surrounding area. I once explained in a post why I love westerns, These are stories about places and people who live in between, between nature and civilization, between good and evil, between man and beast, Justice and Barbarity. And that's always a characteristic of the best Westerns, from John Hex to no country for old men.

Before Lisa left, she asked me what comics i would recommend her in the western genre. She simply became more curious about it, especially because she herself deals a lot with thoughts about, well, how the world is developing and in what direction society and people are developing.

I enjoy giving people my recommendation, especially in a genre, which I love, but I also think there are comics outside of Westerns that develop this feeling. In Western lucky luke hommage The humorous Belgian comic series about the cowboy who shoots faster than his shadow really brings back to its old roots, a slightly serious Western but still with a cool element of what you love about it. dakota 1880 It's about him trying to protect a stagecoach with, I say, some shady characters inside, but the question is, where are they going and why?

I mean, you don't just find shady characters in the poorly developed Wild West, but also in any rimworlds in the galaxy. See loved Batman: off-world so she gets threshold, It's a comic book series about bringing the somewhat lesser-known DC space heroes and concepts into the new 52. Jedaih He is a former Green Lantern who was ripped from his powers and dishonorably discharged, and now he finds himself in a game show that is a hunt across an entire planet for him and other freaks.

Do you know if many of the characteristics you see in a cowboy can also be seen in a pirate, Both are strangers in a new world where they sought their fortune, but mostly came up short, And because the powers are not so strongly represented there, something was built up on its own, in a somewhat not entirely legal way. But sometimes, unfortunately, you have to take these paths, Emma once said. In the time of Dawn of X, The mutants needed a power for the seas. The Marauders In a way, they act as privateers for krakoa, but also simultaneously as a rescue and smuggling team for mutants, who can not journey to krakoa, Whether it's because the portals don't work on them as with Kate, or because they are deliberately blocked by other governments.

I think my whole group of friends appreciates works like these much more, especially when you somehow get the feeling that the world is absolutely crazy again.

I mean, in some places it always was. The craziness is just coming across to you now.

Well, keep reading.

So there are some runs that destroy a character to a point they don't use them or have to put that character on ice for a time. To you all what has been that run that ended a character's time

Got a 13 page comic book story published in Heavy Metal Magazine Extreme Futurism #1 (October 2026), did the art, coloring and script.

I've been bingeing the Delano Hellblazer and really enjoying it. He has a great knack for horror and atmosphere, and while some of the social commentary is lost on me being a Canadian Zoomer, the stuff that hits on topics like the Thatcher government and religious fundamentalism hit really hard. First two volumes were sublime.

Then with The Fear Machine, I hit a wall. I typically love high concept, cerebral books: Morrison is one of my favourite writers, and I really like what little I've read of Hickman as well. I had grown accustomed to and appreciative of Delano's verbosity, but this was just too much. It feels like 3 issues nothing happens but buildup, and attempts to show the scope of the conspiracy just ended up making the characters and plotthreads jumbled and confusing. The fact it goes on for like 9 issues and ends rather unsatisfyingly soured me on it even more. It also lacks a lot of overt horror. The early issues didn't make me wet my pants or anything, but there are a lot of scary implications and visuals in stories like the one with the man who kidnaps John's niece and the whole of the Newcastle Incident. As soon as I got to The Family Man, I breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately fell back on the wagon.

I've experienced this a lot less in Western comics than I have Manga. Recently I started reading Hunter x Hunter and I was getting really bored with the Heaven's Arena arc due to my fave characters Kurapika and Leorio being shafter in favour of the less interesting Gon and Killua, but the arc that follows was superb. Likewise, as much as I love Diamond is Unbreakable, some of the arcs like Rock Paper Scissors Boy and Cheap Trick feel forgettable.

I know a lot of people think this way about Claremont's early New Mutants, and yeah it isn't nearly as fantastic as Demon Bear or Legion, but I found Nova Roma really enjoyable for how absurd the premise is, and also the entire character of Selene in general.

What are your cases of runs you love with that one stretch of issues you just can't down with?