It’s a new week and we’re heading into the holidays and the end of year! “Best of” lists are already coming out so we’ll be starting our roundup of them soon and so much more to come. While you wait for all of that, here’s some comic news and reviews from around the web in our morning roundup.

The Beat – Five For Tom Spurgeon – A very nice tribute to Tom Spurgeon.

South China Morning Post – Philippines police killings depicted in comic book to spread word about a controversial crackdown – Interesting…

ICv2 – Wizard Endures Another Down Quarter – Not too surprising.

The Beat – IDW’s Big Hero 6 #1 hits shelves with major script changes – Very interesting.

Reviews

The Beat – Battle Stations
Monkeys Fighting Robots – Black Cat Annual #1
Talking Comics – Excalibur #1
CBR – Event Leviathan #6
Monkeys Fighting Robots – Morbius #1
Eurasianet – The Structure is Rotten, Comrade!
AIPT! – The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl #50