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Welcome to the GlobalComix Most Popular of 2024, our annual feature series celebrating the most popular stories over the past year on GlobalComix. Each day, we'll feature the top 10 from publishers and the top 10 from creators for each category. We’ll cap things off on December 31st, 2024, with two features: the top 10 from publishers, and the top 10 from creators.

Without further ado, here are the top 10 most popular Thriller series by Publishers:

Casual Fling (Verticals)

Published by AWA Studios, 115 pages

Jennifer Ryan has the perfect life. A loving family. A high paying job in corporate law. A luxurious apartment in upper Manhattan. Then one day...

Welcome to the December 9-15, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals and updated series hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including titles from Image Comics, Top Cow, and five independent creators.

Monday, December 9, 2024

All The Things We Didn't Do Last Night - New Arrival

“CRIMINALS TO LOVERS” Author MARIA LLOVET (CRAVE, Luna, Porcelain) returns with this** sexy oneshot** compilation of her 3part story, previously published in the IMAGE 30TH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY. Mamen is a young art historian who has become a jewelry thief because of a trauma from...

Welcome to the GlobalComix Most Popular of 2024, our annual feature series celebrating the most popular stories over the past year on GlobalComix. Each day, we'll feature the top 10 from publishers and the top 10 from creators for each category. Below is a schedule for each genre and category that will be featured this year.

Most Popular of 2024 Schedule & Results

• December 9: Thriller - Publishers | Creators
• December 10: Slice of Life - Publishers | Creators
• December 11: Drama - Publishers | Creators
• December 12: Crime - Publishers | Creators
• December 13: Comedy - Publishers | Creators
• December 16: Romance - Publishers | Creators
• December 17: Adventure - Pub...

Welcome to the December 2-8, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals and updated series hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including titles from Image Comics, Dark Horse Comics, Vault Comics, Top Cow, AWA Studios, and GUNGIR.

Monday, December 2, 2024

The Witcher (Verticals) - New Arrival

Traveling near the edge of the Black Forest, monster hunter Geralt meets a widowed fisherman whose dead and murderous wife resides in an eerie mansion known as the House of Glass—a labyrinth of endless rooms with nothing to fill them, and horror around every corner.

Start...

Welcome to the November 25 - December 1, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals and updated series hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including titles from Dark Horse Comics, Vault Comics, Stranger Comics, TKO Studios, AWA Studios, Bad Egg Publishing, and many independent creators.

Monday, November 25, 2024

Stranger Things (Verticals) - Updated Series

When Will Byers finds himself in the Upside Down, an impossible dark parody of his own world, he's understandably frightened. But that's nothing compared with the fear that takes hold when he realizes what's in...

Today's Fresh Friday Features leads us into mystical realms where elves reign supreme, weaving tales of magic, adventure, and timeless wisdom. From noble warriors to mischievous tricksters, these stories seek the depth of elven culture, their struggles, and their triumphs. Turn the page into this enchanting list of comics and let the world of elves cast its spell on you!

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - The Meadows: In this vibrant city, where mysteries abound and magic weaves its way through the streets of The Meadows, Detective Blake Simmons stands as a unique figure — a hybrid born of human and elf lineage.
• Graphic Novel - ElfQuest: Chief Cutter and the...

Today's Fresh Friday Features will reveal secrets hidden in the tales of these stories. From spies and agents learning the truth about their governments, secret supernatural creatures that must be neutralized, or family secrets long-buried brought to light, there's more than enough thrilling drama to sate your hunger for the best-kept secrets.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Spy School: Link is a teenage computer hacker/millionaire. Wayne tends to kill people in his sleep. Meet the two newest recruits for the US government's clandestine Spy School.
• Comic - The Theory (Twisted Sci-Fi): An archaeologist struggling to save our future, a time traveler working to...

A long journey is ahead for the characters in this week's Fresh Friday Features; so grab your best walking shoes as you set out on these adventures! From being cursed to roam the Earth forever, seeking out a magical artifact, or a place to call home, these stories are sprawling adventures that will keep you engaged with the turning of a page.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - The Goddamned: It's 1,655 years after Eden, and life on earth has already gone to hell. The world of man is a place of wanton cruelty and wickedness. Prehistoric monsters and stone-age marauders roam the land.
• Manga - Lone Wolf and Cub: An epic samurai adventure of staggering...

Welcome to Batman Week, the start of a weekly rotation of staff picks based on themes, characters, franchises, and more. To celebrate the arrival of DC, we're focusing the next few weeks on characters and imprints from their vast catalog.

Batman Collection

We have a great collection of Batman comics from DC available to read. We've decided to feature them all because they're all must-read comics. Check out the list below.

1. Batman (2016-), 1184 pages

THE RISE OF GOTHAM Part of the most critically acclaimed, best-selling, all-new line of volume one graphic novels, DC Universe Rebirth! He is Gotham City’s hero, its Dark Knight, its greatest protector. He...

Sometimes, the path to self-discovery means getting completely lost. Today's Fresh Friday Features dives into journeys where characters desire to be far from the familiar, and will face unexpected twists and challenges that ultimately lead them to new understandings of themselves. Ready to join them in finding purpose in the unknown?

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Bare Bones: Calavera, better known as the Grim Reaper, is no longer the fascinating and terrifying figure he once was.  Burn-out is looming and a vacation is in order. But without death to regulate life, the throes of conflict are gaining territory...
• Graphic Novel - The Village of Lost Memories:...

Welcome to the October 7-October 13, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including The Autumn Kingdom from Oni Press, the BRZRKR - Deluxe Edition from BOOM! Studios, three new releases of Get Fuzzy from Andrews McMeel Publishing and much more! Read on for the full list of new arrivals and updated series!

Monday, October 7, 2024

The Autumn Kingdom - New Arrival

In the borderlands between imagination and reality, horror and fantasy, master storyteller Cullen Bunn (The Sixth Gun, Harrow County) and visionary artist Christopher Mitten...

Your most intrusive thoughts and the darkest of wishes are answered in today's Fresh Friday Features. From a collection of twisted anthologies to haunting pasts and stunning secrets coming to light, indulge in the dark fantasies within these pages.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Tales from the Cave: Just in time for Halloween, Mad Cave Studios is proud to present readers three treats: a spooky Nottingham story from Hazan, Volk, Romano, and Birch; a Battlecats “tail” featuring teenage felines tempting fate; and a Hunt. Kill. Repeat. battle over technology.
• Comic - Universal Monsters: The Creature From The Black Lagoon Lives!: Years after the events of...

Ahoy, ye scallywags! Feast yer eyes on this week's What's Trending, full o' tales filled with swashbucklin' pirates, daring deeds, and seas ripe for plunder! These six comics be sure to quench yer thirst for adventure on the high seas. Arrr!

Heathen, 351 pages - Published by Vault Comics, (cc/ @VaultComics)

SMASHING THE PATRIARCHY – Viking Style! WOMAN. WARRIOR. VIKING. HEATHEN. OUTCAST. THE GODS MUST PAY… Born into a time of warfare, suffering, and subjugation of women, and exiled from her village for kissing another woman, the lesbian Viking warrior, Aydis, sets out to destroy the god-king Odin and end his oppressive reign. Aydis is a viking, a...

Welcome to the September 16-21, 2024 edition of New This Week, where we feature new arrivals hitting the digital shelves of GlobalComix.

Below are new arrivals coming on board this week, including Deep Cuts and Time^2 from Image comics, titles with some of the more fearsome women around from Dynamite Entertainment: Disney Villains: Maleficent, and Vampirella Masters, as well as the biographical Proxy Mom from NBM Publishing and the heart-string puller Missing You from Oni Press.

Monday, September 16th

Deep Cuts - New Arrival

New Orleans, 1917: a clarinet player meets his hero. Kansas City, 1940: a young girl investigates the mystery of her...

Need a hero? Look to those around you and deep within yourself. Today's Fresh Friday Features will remind you that good people exist all around us, and sometimes, you must step up and save yourself. Perhaps you'll even be motivated to be someone else's hero after reading these inspiring titles.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Immortals: Gods and Heroes: A stunning, two-sided hardcover featuring ALL-NEW tales of Greek myths as you've never seen them before!
• Graphic Novel - Sennen: A beautiful coming-of-age tale, packed with adventure and magic with a backdrop that outlines the importance of family. Sennen is the debut graphic novel from exciting new...

Turn the page into enchanting realms where magic and passion intertwine in our What's Trending with themes of love and fantasy. These titles explore the beauty and complexities of relationships in otherworldly settings, filled with mystical creatures, epic adventures, and heartwarming moments. Whether it's a forbidden love or a timeless bond spanning lifetimes, these tales of love will captivate your heart.

The Wicked + The Divine, 1736 pages - Published by Image Comics, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)

Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critical tongue-attractors like Young Avengers...

With Autumn and Spring quickly coming upon our world, it's time to turn over a new leaf and embrace change. This week's Fresh Friday Features is here to show us change can be constructive or destructive. These characters are taking control over their lives, but not all will end up changing for the better.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Rose: A classic fantasy tale about a girl trying to restore balance to a broken world. Rose must connect with her Khat Thorne to become the Guardian her world needs.
• Graphic Novel - FOOBUN: A Rabbit stranded in the afterlife, begs to be returned to the real world to rejoin their friend Foo Bun. Our tale follows the duo as they...

Crowdfunding is a group effort, and we're partnering today with Crowdfundr to give a boost to comics with active campaigns! Take a gander at these 3 comics that need your help to come to life:

1. “Stay Weird!” Horror Magazine by Undertow Publications

Campaign link: https://crowdfundr.com/weirdhorror

Description: Weird Horror Magazine - a labor of love.

Weird Horror magazine debuted in 2021 with a single issue. Since then they have produced 2 issues per year, for a total of 9 issues as of autumn 2024. Stories from Weird Horror have been selected for a number of 'Year's Best' anthologies, and favourably reviewed in Locus and other venues. Each...

Today's What's Trending features thrilling graphic novels that will keep your heart racing and you on the edge of your seat.  From gripping mysteries to intense psychological twists and unexpected turns at every page, if you’re a fan of adrenaline-pumping plots and high-stakes drama, this list is for you!

The Silver Eyes - Project Charlotte, 263 pages - Published by Vsemily, (cc/ @Vsemily)

A fan-adaption of Scott Cawthon and Kira Breed-Wrisley's "The Silver Eyes". With some things changing or staying the same, this graphic novel offers a unique look onto the novel that fans of the original may enjoy. Based on the Five Night's at Freddy's...

Creator Appreciation Month is winding down, but that doesn't mean there isn't more to celebrate! I've whipped up a list of the Top 10 series by creators during August. In the future, we plan to host more special lists to celebrate creators across many themes, including the most popular of the month, crowdfunding, and more. Thank you for being part of our community here on GlobalComix!

1. The Dragoness Says Sit!, 625 pages - Published by Fafnir Fenn, (cc/ @FafnirFenn)

Flare the Dragon is tired of humans leaving their sacrificial trash on her doorstep. And she certainly doesn't want this tiny blue-haired reject... or does she?

Story and Art by Fafnir Fenn

&...

There are many weapons available to warriors, but sometimes these weapons have a life of their own! Today's Fresh Friday Features contains tales of legendary or peculiar weapons, from glass swords to bizarre blades and axes with a drinking problem. Like any tool, it's up to the wielder to maximize its potential. Do these characters have what it takes?

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - The Swords of Glass: In a world whose time is running out, four mysterious swords must be reunited to save the planet.
• Comic - Swords: What type of swords are out there? A funny gag-a-day comic about various types of swords, realistic and unrealistic.
• Comic - Malice + Magic: Demons...

The tales of our What's Trending capture the passion, struggles, and triumphs of those who live for the sound, whether they're rock stars, classical virtuosos, or underground legends. Let the beats and harmonies guide you through stories where music is the pulse of life.
 

Been a Mess/Still a Mess, 79 pages - Published by Casual Cries For HELP, (cc/ @CasualCriesforHELP)

This is the tale of a band of misfits who jammed on stage one night and have jammed ever since. This is the tale of happy accidents, heartbreaks and harmonies. This is the tale of Deves, Keats, Gene, Evan and Colin. This is the tale … of Casual Cries For Help.

Story and Art by Casual Cries...

Crowdfunding has been a wonderful backbone of getting indie comics from the minds of creators into the hands of readers. It has allowed creators to bypass all obstacles and speak directly with their audiences. In this article, we've compiled five comics on the platform that are currently crowdfunding. Check out their campaigns and let's help these creators bring their stories to life!

You can find more articles about crowdfunding campaigns using this link.
 

Falling awake, 274 pages - Published by JAN DITLEV, (cc/ @jditlev)

Check out Jan's crowdfunding campaign using this link.

Description:
After awakening from cryosleep on a remote and...

When traveling the world for vacation isn't enough, try time-traveling with today's Popular Last Week. From isekai to saving the world or altering timelines, adventure through the eras with these titles.

Rick and Morty (Volume), 1566 pages - Published by Oni Press, (cc/ @GCpartnerships)

The hit comic book series based on Dan Harmon and Justin Roiland’s hilarious [adult swim] animated show RICK AND MORTY continues! Catch up on the adventures of degenerate genius Rick Sanchez and his bumbling grandson Morty as they explore the outer reaches of time, space, and anatomy.

Story and Art by Benjamin Dewey, CJ Cannon, Ian McGinty, Jarrett Williams, Josh Trujillo,...

Today's Fresh Friday Features reminds us that big power can come in small packages! From warriors only inches tall, to fighting against the ever-turning wheel of life, we are merely specs in the infinitely huge thing that is life and these are some of their journeys.

This week, @ArtCrumbs picked:

• Comic - Issunboshi: A Graphic Novel: An ancient demon wants to take over the world. The only person who can stop him is an inches-tall would-be samurai.
• Graphic Novel - Orc of Mine: Gyda Lionrock thinks her visit to Asclan Peaks is for one reason and one reason alone—to finally welcome a child of her own.
• Manga - Our Not-So-Lonely Planet Travel Guide:  Super serious...