It’s new comic book day! What are you all excited about? What do you plan on getting? Sound off in the comments below. While you think about that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

The Beat – Ryan Holmberg unveils SMUDGE, a new “horror, pulp and dark fantasy” manga imprint – Nice! Always great to see new publishers and imprints out there and this sounds like it’ll fill an interesting space for manga.

ICv2 – KKR Completes Purchase of Simon & Schuster for $1.62 Billion – Announced in August it’s finally completed and over.

Reviews

Comicbook – Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom Special #1
CBR – Edenwood #1
CBR – Marvel Zombies: Black, White and Blood #1