| ComicBook.com | |
| Commercial: | Yes |
| Type: | Infotainment |
| Language: | English |
| Owner: | Savage Ventures |
| Location: | Nashville, Tennessee |
| Current Status: | Active |
ComicBook.com is an entertainment website that offers news in the fields of comic books, television, films, video games, and anime. It is owned by Savage Ventures, after previously being owned by Paramount Global.
ComicBook.com began as a holding page with some comic book related press releases and sales links on it and had various names used by various companies: in 1996, American Entertainment used it for their websites, Smash, Another Universe, and Mania Magazine. The site was acquired by Fandom in 2000 before it was changed to Cinescape byt in 2001. By 2004, the site was renamed ComicBook.com and by 2010, it was owned by William King of Magellen Press. At this time, it had formed into its own website posting news about comic books and other fields related to comics.[1]
Jim Viscardi served as editor from 2015,[2] with Sam Savage serving as CEO from 2016. In April 2018, CBS Interactive (which later became part of Paramount Global) acquired ComicBook.com as well as PopCulture.com.[3] [4] [5] Following the acquisition, Savage left as CEO. In April 2024, Viscardi left ComicBook.com to become VP of Business Development at Image Comics, with the site then being led by assistant managing editor Joe Schmidt. In August 2024, Paramount Global sold ComicBook.com and PopCulture.com to Savage's digital media operator, Savage Ventures, as part of its plan to divest assets and achieve $500 million in cost savings. At that time, both ComicBook.com and PopCulture.com employed over 40 people.
The site offers news, interviews, and reviews centered on comic books, television, films, video games, and anime among others. ComicBook.com also produces video content and podcasts, including the Marvel Comics and Marvel Cinematic Universe-centered Phase Zero podcast, ComicBook Nation podcast, A Wild Podcast Has Appeared, and the daily news and entertainment video series Daily Distraction.[6] In 2023, ComicBook.com collaborated with Entertainment Tonight on The Last of Pods podcast for HBO's series The Last of Us.[7]