Comic Book Resources

Comic Book Resources, also known by the initialism CBR, is a Canadian website dedicated to the coverage of comic book-related news and discussion.
History.
Comic Book Resources was founded by Jonah Weiland in 1995 as a development of the Kingdom Come Message Board, a message forum that Weiland created to discuss DC Comics' then-new mini-series of the same name.
Comic Book Resources features columns written by industry professionals that have included Robert Kirkman, Gail Simone, and Mark Millar. Other columns are published by comic book historians and critics such as George Khoury and Timothy Callahan.
In April 2016, Comic Book Resources was sold to Valnet Inc., a company known for its acquisition and ownership of media properties including Screen Rant. The site was relaunched as CBR.com on August 23, 2016 with the blogs integrated into the site.
The company has also hosted a YouTube channel since 2008, with 3.75 million subscribers as of May 19, 2021.
Comic Book Idol.
Comic Book Idol, also known as CBI, is an amateur comic-book art competition created and hosted by comics writer J. Torres, and sponsored by Comic Book Resources and its participating advertisers. Inspired by the singing contest "American Idol", CBI is a five-week and five-round competition in which each contestant is given one week to draw a script provided by guest judges. These invited comic-book professionals comment on the artists' work in each round. The contestants to move on to subsequent rounds are selected by fans who vote in a weekly poll.
Reception.
In 2008, the University at Buffalo's research library described Comic Book Resources as "the premiere comics-related site on the Web."
In April 2013, comics writer Mark Millar said he read the site every morning after reading the "Financial Times".
Controversy.
In 2014, an article by guest author Janelle Asselin criticized the cover of DC Comics's "Teen Titans", leading to harassment of and personal threats against Asselin in the website's community forums. Weiland issued a statement apologizing for the incident, condemning the way some community members had reacted, and rebooted the forums in order to establish new ground rules.