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Bill Griffith won The Reuben for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society at an awards ceremony last night

https://www.comicsbeat.com/bill-griffith-wins-the-reuben-award/

The DSTLRY.co website launches today, offering exclusive merchandise and, eventually, a resellers forum for consumers.

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dstlry-online-stores-opens-and-heres-an-exclusive-first-look/

Some bad photos from strolling around the quiet streets of San Diego before Comic-Con kicks off.

https://www.comicsbeat.com/sdcc-23-day-1-the-quiet-before-the-somewhat-smaller-storm/

SAG-AFTRA members cannot appear at SDCC...but can they still sign autographs and do photo ops at other cons?

https://www.comicsbeat.com/sag-aftra-strike-cons/

Cartoonist Ian McGinty has passed away, best known for his work on Adventure Time, Bee and PuppyCat, and Invader Zim and his own creation, Welcome to Showside.

https://www.comicsbeat.com/artist-ian-mcginty-has-passed-away-at-age-38/

Arabelle Liepold will take over as Executive Director of the Society of Illustrators later this month, as Anelle Miller is retiring

https://www.comicsbeat.com/arabelle-liepold-anelle-miller-society-of-illustrators/

Valiant's big library of characters is being licensed out for prose novels from Blackstone, and an RPG from Green Ronin

https://www.comicsbeat.com/valiant-entertainment-pacts-with-blackstone-and-green-ronin-for-licensed-content/

Dog Man continues to sell like a rocket...as graphic novels topped Circana BookScans' charts for three weeks in a row. However, overall book sales in the US show mixed results.

https://www.comicsbeat.com/dog-man-sales-378262-copies-in-two-weeks/

AWA and Fremantle have deepened their partnership, with an adaptation of the trucker thriller comic Devil's Highway the first project to hit the road

https://www.comicsbeat.com/awa-fremantle-partnership-devils-highway/

After three years of postponements, CAKE - the Chicago Alternative Comics Expo is finally coming back to an in-person event

https://www.comicsbeat.com/cake-is-coming-back-to-chicago-in-june/

Marvel plus Star Wars plus Women's History Month plus Peach Momoko means eleven gorgeous covers

https://www.comicsbeat.com/reveal-peach-momoko-covers-star-wars-in-march-for-womens-history-month/

Angela Bassett is the first woman, first person of color, and first actor in an MCU movie to get an Oscar nomination for their performance

https://www.comicsbeat.com/a-nerds-guide-to-the-oscar-noms-angela-bassett-makes-history/