Welcome back to the fun!

The "newest" thing that I've noticed is larger ring gauges - like 54-60 and up.

Personally, I'm finding the smaller ring gauge offerings are more my thing. An occasional big ol' fat stogie is always fun, though The list that Cole provides is pretty good, as far as the newish names to check out.

The old tried and true names are still great, though. Fuente and Padron are my personal favorite non-boutique makers right now. Great offerings in their Hemingway/Opus X/Anejo lines and 1964 Anniversary/1926 Serie/1926 Serie 80th/Family Reserve respectively.