Ready to feel smart? Good! Here are some of the biggest comics-related headlines of the past couple weeks.

News From DC and Marvel

• Marvel Dimensions, the latest graphic novel from the iconic Alex Ross, will be out in September.
• If you watched the Puppy Bowl this year, you might have caught the latest Supergirl trailer. And if, like me, you only tuned in for the Super Bowl Halftime Show, you may have noticed Fantastic Four alumni Pedro Pascal and Jessica Alba among those partying with Bad Bunny. (I did not notice, I needed the internet to tell me. For shame.)
• Who wants more Venom?! There’s an animated film in the works, but beyond that announcement, details are thin at the moment.
• Hollywood Reporter did a deep dive into the Wonder Man marketing campaign, which featured actors from the show staying in character on social media and during in-person interviews.
• Marvel has announced a series of one-shot comics featuring José Andrés and his charity, the World Central Kitchen. First on the list: Spider-Man: Meals to Astonish by Steve Orlando and Roi Mercado, out this March.
• The first trailer for Spider-Noir, which will have Nicholas Cage reprise the role he originated in the animated Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, is now available on YouTube.
• If you’re going to be in New York next month, swing by the Philippe Labaune Gallery and take in their newest exhibition: a tribute to Klaus Janson’s lengthy and celebrated career as a comics artist.

News From the Wider Comics World

• Want to help decide who gets into the Eisner Hall of Fame this year? Voting stays open until March 6, so check out the nominees and choose wisely, true believers!
• The ComicsPRO Industry Conference happened! Check out all the news here.
• Paramount has big plans for the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, from a new YouTube series aimed at little kids to real-life pizzerias aimed at hungry adults with money to burn.
• Three of the sexual assault lawsuits against Neil Gaiman were dropped due to jurisdictional issues.

News About Comics-Related Fundraising

Okay, I lied, it looks like this is going to become a regular, or at least intermittent, feature after all. Support creators you love with these campaigns!

• Prefer to get your comic book news in physical form? You might be interested in this upcoming Kickstarter campaign for the Comics Staple, a monthly zine.
• Fans of Weird Tales magazine — or bizarre sci-fi in general — still have time to join the Kickstarter campaign for a graphic novel version of the classic publication.
• Sleeping Wizards is a graphic novel about a girl who decides to finish the dangerous job her vanished father started years ago…and you can help make it happen by funding its Kickstarter campaign.