Last Update: October 16, 2025
Comic Book publishing entering "new and lucrative era" – Publishers Weekly
Man buying comic books in a cheap "boot sale" and discovers valuable Superman issues – UK Mirror
The "vibes" from the NY ComiCon – Publishers Weekly
Retailers and publishers "were upbeat"
DC Comics made a triumphant return to the show floor after a 13-year absence with a large booth spotlighting both comics (a huge mural of DC characters by artist Scott Koblish) and media (John Cena’s Peacemaker costume). DC also had the biggest publishing news of the show, announcing a 10-series line-up for the return of Vertigo Comics....At Marvel the news was all about an ending: the wildly successful Ultimates relaunch will be ending very soon
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Rise of Skywalker accounting means total production spend is nearly $600 million – Forbes and at /Film
It's been said that the over-production on this film produced enough story and footage for three films. Our review of the film from back in 2019 is that it is a pretty shaky piece of cinema but it has some good things in it and the last section of the film hangs together much better than does the start.
Photos from Comix Thing 2025, Portland Small Press – The Comics Journal
Paramount CEO David Ellison wants to buy Discovery/Warner Bros but he's got to do it before it (might) split into two different companies – Hollywood Reporter MSN
Paramount’s debt is smaller, but these companies’ total obligations are massive and bigger than some countries total GDP for a year. It will be interesting to see how this debt plays out, can it be maintained? The actual high point for debt was actually higher around the pandemic years.
Debt loads:
Paramount Global: $14.5–15.5 billion
Warner Bros. Discovery: $35–35.6 billion
Marvel Movie and TV roundup from announcements at NY ComiCon – CBR
Superman Blu Ray on the racks at Barnes and Noble - - that 38.00 price point isn't competitive and usually B&N sticks on a "30% Off" sticker or something like it, but apparently not this time.
The Marvel Panel at the New York ComiCon – Geek Culture
The costumes at New York ComiCon – MSN NY Post
We had the Superman movie in the summer, so we figured this cosplay would be interesting: if you go too esoteric, no one really recognizes you," said 37-year-old Cronin of NYLO Fitness, who described his costuming as "store-bought" with "accoutrements."
Greg Rucka is coming back to Batwoman
Story at Comicsbeat
"Hollywood is dying" – No Film School
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, around 100,000 people were employed in Los Angeles County's motion picture industry at the end of 2024. Two years earlier, that figure stood at 142,000. That's a loss of 42,000 jobs—nearly a third of the workforce—in just 24 months..."
75th Anniversary Peanuts collection book – Yahoo News
Jim Lee at DC: we're not going to do AI generated art or story – Comicsbeat
So, did the Superman movie turn a profit or not? – Forbes
Walmart shows off its collectibles market muscle at New York ComiCon – Retail Touchpoints
This isn’t just a booth — it’s a manifestation of Walmart as a digital destination for collectible comic books," said Michael Mosser, VP and Category Lead, Walmart U.S. Marketplace in a blog post. "We’re ramping up our efforts to make collecting accessible for all — families, fans and first-timers — delivering the latest, some of the rarest and the most exciting exclusives at the best value, both online and in-store....."
Mad Cave gets revamp – Publishers Weekly
Mad Cave Studios has updated its online reading platform and storefront, Mad Cave Digital, to fully integrate all four of the Miami-based graphic novel publisher's imprints: Mad Cave, Maverick, Papercutz, and Nakama Press..."
Puerto Rican comics exhibit covers history of the form with George Perez and more, from the comics collection of Manuel Martínez Nazario – Comicsbeat
"¡Wepa!" Exhibit at the New York City Library official page
Gene Colan 2001: Dracula vs Shazam crossover – 13th Dimension
2025 Walmart Collector Con coming and McFarlane Toys DC Multiverse will be there with new stuff – Comicbook
"Marvel’s Age of Revelation Gives the Most Underrated Hero a Chance to Prove How Brutal She Really Is" – CBR MSN
How is brutality and heroism linked, exactly?
Patricia "Patsy" Walker is one of the oldest comic book superheroes in the history of Marvel Comics, even if that wasn't the role she was thrust into when she first appeared in Stuart Little and Ruth Atkinson's "Introducing Patsy Walker" all the way back in 1944..."
The best selling comic books of 2025 – Gobookmart
Status of badges and tickets for next year’s Comic-Con July 23-26, 2026 – KSWB San Diego
Cover for the next Asterix coming in October: Asterix In Lusitania – Bleedingcool
The final cover for Asterix In Lusitania by FABCARO and Didier Conrad, published later this month, has been revealed, as Asterix, Obelix and Dogmatix travel to ancient Portugal, as much under the yoke of the Roman Empire as Gaul..."
UK Bristol ComicCon this weekend – MSN Bristol World
Creed Conventions official website for convention
On-site report of the International edition of San Diego Comic Con in Malaga, Spain – Comicsbeat [Map of Malaga, Spain]
Supergirl movie scriptwriter: ‘I can’t get my head around the version of the character that is so sunny’ – Boundingintocomics
A World of Only Digital Comic Books
When comic books are only digital, what happens to collectors? – MSN How To Geek
Was this written by AI?
Physical media as a whole is fading away to be overtaken by digital versions that offer more convenience and easier access..."
Have you been in a Barnes and Noble lately?
For someone like me, who wants to read comics but not necessarily collect them, this shift to digital has been great. There's no way I could actually afford the first issue of Spider-Man after all...."
What? There's a million reprints of Amazing Fantasy #15 out there in books and even cheap facsimile editions. Oh, but you're saying "Spider-Man #1" - - do you mean Amazing Spider-Man #1? Can an AI even know what it means? And the original Steve Ditko Spider-Man, by the way, is online at achive.org
In a digital-only comic future, is there any place for collectors? One option is for comic companies to do specific collector's edition prints of comics. The same way that we now get fancy collectible 4K UHD Blu-ray releases..."
"Fancy" gives the game away, this is a generated AI article musing about physical media going extinct and people existing in an "all digital world," something an AI, if it could have a personality, would probably desire as much as Skynet does.
Though there is a "biography" of this writer in the article (I suspect the person who wrote the prompts for the AI to generate the article, though there's no actual name given) but it is rather generic though placed in a foreign country. But, there's nothing in the article which covers the truly important issues, like when will someone (maybe an AI!) come up with a foolproof mylar sleeve that once you slide your CGC 3.0 copy of whatever into it, it will be cleansed and straightened and flattened, and when you pull it back out its now a 9.8.
No certainty there will be an Avatar #4 and #5 – Comic Book Movie
Charles Schulz overview and interview segment – The Comics Journal
Looking at DC's "100 Page Super Spectacular" #6 – 13th Dimension
Colin Farrell and Danny Devito talk to each other about being Penguins – Variety
Colin Farrell: Would you do the Penguin again if there was a revisitation? If Tim called you up?
DeVito: Absolutely.
The evolution of Snoopy: 75 years of the Peanuts character – MSN Polygon
The history of DC's Compact Series – Comicsbeat
...over the past twenty years there has been an explosion of kid’s comics in book form from trade book publishers. In 2005 children’s book publisher Scholastic launched Graphix, a graphic novel imprint for kids. For their debut release Graphix colored and released the previously black and white comics Bone by Jeff Smith. Five years later they released Smile by Raina Telgemeier. Telgemeier has since sold millions of graphic novels worldwide. Jeff Kinney (Diary of A Wimpy Kid) and Dav Pilkey (Dog Man) are also in the multimillion copies sold club..."
Jim Lee doing art for a Spider-Man and Superman crossover? – IMDB News
Marvel now in GlobalComix platform, too – Comicsbeat
The online platform also already offering DC, Image Comics, Dark Horse, Boom! Studios, Oni Press, Kodansha "and many more"
I've been using Global Comix for about two weeks, and, so far, it seems to have the same sort of deficiencies as, for example, DC's DC Universe Infinite, meaning the same stories and individual issues that aren't available at one place (DC) are not available at the other place (Global) either.
There's a Cliffhanger reboot coming – Boundingintocomics
Remembering the 1997 Scarecrow by Peter Milligan and Duncan Fegredo – 13th Dimension
"Batman toys worth a ton of money" – MSN Money Digest
Change Batman to fit the "James Gunn style"? – MSN Screenrant
Uh, oh, Hollywood: Trump puts 100% tariff on foreign-made films – UK The Times
Trump has previously vowed to restore Hollywood to its “golden age”, lamenting the fall in film production in Los Angeles and blaming generous tax incentives offered by other countries..."
Spider-Man Brand New Day-O is currently filming in the UK is directed by Destin Daniel Cretton and supposed to come out in July 2026. The film is being shot in Glasgow, Scotland and at Pinewood Studios, England (near London).
Superman is a hit in 2025 but other things are bigger hits – Superherohype
Superman’s loss against Demon Slayer shows the state of Superhero movies... James Gunn’s latest directorial feature has already lost the box office battle to six movies this year."
Only Superman and The Fantastic Four: First Steps crossed the $500 million mark in 2025 and the high expectations for Captain America: Brave New World ($415.1 million) and Thunderbolts* ($382.4 million) were not realized. July is the only month where superhero films had a shot at hitting the kind of numbers that made them such a phenomenon in other years, but in reality, what is 2025? It's a fizzle.
Spider-Man/Spider-Man 2/Spider-Man 3 Triple-bill rerelease for Fathom makes $2,250,977 – Boxofficemojo
- Jurassic World Rebirth at $867,114,682 worldwide - released July 2
- F1 at $626,181,934 worldwide - released Jun 27
- Superman at $615,636,363 worldwide - released July 11
- Demon Slayer at $605,400,000 worldwide - released July 11
- Fantastic Four at $521,040,188 worldwide - released July 25
- Weapons at $264,855,554 worldwide - released August 8
The Debris from Summer Box Office 2025
These numbers mean Superman and Fantastic Four are at #47 and #52 for all time superhero comic book movie earnings on the Top Super Hero Movie List
The worldwide box office numbers for all titles, top five:
- Ne Zha 2 (The Demon Child Conquers the Sea)* – $2.15 billion+
- Lilo & Stitch – $1.04 billion+
- A Minecraft Movie – $957.8 million
- Jurassic World Rebirth – $867.1 million
- How to Train Your Dragon – $634.9 million
* Chinese animated fantasy that used some 130 Chinese animation companies for visual effects and rendering. The film was in production for five years and involved more than 4,000 animators, making it China's most expensive animated film yet at a budget of around 600 million yuan (about US$80 million).
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