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1 day ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

Writer: Michael SchwartzArtist: Ismael HernandezLetterer: Ferran DelgadoPublisher: Clover PressBack the Kickstarter through June 27, 2025I have heard for some time that Armored is a Kickstarter worth checking out, and, indeed, I’d seen the book splashed across online comics circles. My first impression of it was that it was pretty clever teen adventure comic.

2 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Kerry Vineberg

Writer/Artist: Kit AndersonPublisher: Avery Hill PublishingPublication Date: June 2025Stories in the science-fiction genre often help us wrestle with societal issues in an approachable, illuminating way. Kit Anderson’s first full-length graphic novel and second graphic book, Second Shift, out later this month from Avery Hill Publishing, can be enjoyed on a plot level alone, but in keeping with sci-fi tradition, its quiet depths also contain multitudes.

3 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Ricardo Serrano Denis

Scott Derrickson’s 2022 Black Phone ends in a definitive way. Things don’t turn out all that well for the story’s serial killer, known as The Grabber (brilliantly played by Ethan Hawke). The kid he kidnaps and throws into his basement is quickly aided by the ghosts of past child victims that suffered the Grabber’s methods. They communicate with the new boy, who is called Finney (Mason Thames), through a black phone with a severed line, hence the title.

3 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Zack Quaintance

THIS WEEK: The DC Pride 2025 #1 one-shot is the best Pride Month issue yet, using a mosaic of short pieces to tell one large story. Plus, Batgirl #8 is another great issue of a series you should absolutely be reading. Note: the review below contains spoilers. If you want a quick, spoiler-free buy/pass recommendation on the comics in question, check out the bottom of the article for our final verdict. Writers: Vita Ayala, Jude Ellison S.

3 days ago | comicsbeat.com | Dean Simons

SelfMadeHero launched the English-language edition of Reinhard Kleist’s Low: David Bowie’s Berlin Years in style at London’s Century Club on Friday, May 30, 2025, courtesy of Comica and VIP Brands. The Celebrating David Bowie event featured a conversation between Comica founder Paul Gravett and Kleist about the making of the book, followed by a Bowie tribute performance and live drawing.