To Do Tonight, WeHo: Malkasian and Hernandez at Book Soup

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 25 2007 AT 1:00 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Cathy Malkasian (Percy Gloom) and Gilbert Hernandez appear tonight at Book Soup in West Hollywood: WHO: Gilbert Hernandez & Cathy Malkasian WHAT: Graphic novel signing WHERE: Book Soup 8818 Sunset Blvd. West Hollywood, CA 90069 WHEN: Tuesday, Sept. 25th, 7PM Municipal parking across the street. Can’t make it? Pre-order a signed book by calling 310.659.3100 or visiting www.booksoup.com More [...]

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Marvel Month-to-Month Sales August 2007

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 25 2007 AT 11:35 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweetby Paul O’ Brien I usually like to start this column by running through the big events of the month. But this month, frankly, there’s not much to point out. WORLD WAR HULK is still going, of course, and the X-Men have a little crossover of their own underway, with [...]

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SPX programming lineup announced

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 25 2007 AT 11:25 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetMuch to chew on and some awesomely great cartoonists to listen to: Small Press Expo is proud to announce its slate of programming events for SPX 2007. There will be a series of Creator Spotlights, providing a unique opportunity to learn and interact with the special guests at this years Expo. There [...]

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Nee upped at DC

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 25 2007 AT 11:19 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetPR: John Nee has been promoted to Senior Vice President of Business Development, DC Comics. It was announced today by Paul Levitz, DC Comics President & Publisher. Nee will continue to report directly to Levitz. Nee, who joined DC Comics in 1998 as VP, General Manager WildStorm, oversees Business Development, the WildStorm studio, [...]

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Jessica Biel = Wonder Woman?

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 25 2007 AT 11:11 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetJessica Biel is in talks to play Wonder Woman in the proposed JLA movie. We said: JESSICA BIEL JESSICA BIEL

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More on barcodes

7 Comments POSTED ON Sep 25 2007 AT 8:04 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetA couple more people speaking out on Diamond’s new mandatory barcode decree: § From the retail perspective, Neptune Comics’ Lisa: Diamond primarily makes changes to benefit themselves – they have no competition so there is little need to make improvements to make retailers or publishers lives easier. That’s why I believe the new [...]

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Tomine mini-site launches

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 25 2007 AT 8:04 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Adrian Tomine’s SHORTCOMINGS is sure to be one of the hottest graphic novelsof the fall, and to help speed it along D&W has just launched a website including tour dates, which we have to reproduce as a jpg, but if you follow the above link you can get all relevant details.

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Important things we didn't mention yet

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 25 2007 AT 8:02 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetStately Beat Manor is humming with projects, activities and cat yak and we are way behind on pointing you to many interesting things that may prove to be the butterfly stamp of some future world. So don ‘t miss out! § Feisty Canadian dollar briefly catches up with US buck. While to [...]

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Manara interview online

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 25 2007 AT 8:01 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Sonaste Maneco , as near as we can make out, is an online comics magazine out of Argentina. The latest issue has some interesting content, according to an email we received: With exclusive interviews to MILO MANARA and ALBERTO ONGARO, Sonaste Maneco analyzes the relationship between the Fumetto and the Historietas, the [...]

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Finally, a mash-up we enjoy

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Legal update: Superboy, Superman

22 Comments POSTED ON Sep 24 2007 AT 12:36 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetJeff Trexler does the heavy lifting of updating court motions on the Superboy copyright case. Among items of note: director Bryan Singer is to be deposed, and Jim Steranko and Mark Evanier have filed declarations in favor of the Siegel family. There is a separate Superman case ongoing (in which [...]

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SWORD OF THE ATOM analyzed

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 24 2007 AT 12:28 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetBeat pal Pepo has one of the finest Spanish-language comics blogs out there, CON C DE ARTE, and today he has a long analysis of the 1983 mini-series SWORD OF THE ATOM by Jan Strnad and Gil Kane, entitled, more or less, “Husbands and Women.” Fire up your Spanish or Google’s [...]

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Clickwheel update

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 24 2007 AT 12:19 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!TweetClickwheel has been around for a bit as the first company to attempt to take advantage of comics on the iPod. While it hasn’t been maing many headlines lately, it does have some recent updates in regards to the new generation of iPods: In the wake of Apple’s new iPod line, Clickwheel, [...]

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Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 24 2007 AT 12:00 pm BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Craig Yoe announces a new website to promote his upcoming book Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings: By day their cartoon creations included Mickey Mouse, Superman, Beetle Bailey, Betty and Veronica, Wonder Woman, Batman, Nancy, Betty Boop, Krazy Kat, and Blondie. But when night fell, they abandoned their pursuit of heroic deeds and good [...]

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Tom Hart presents THE MONEY WARRIOR

0 Comments POSTED ON Sep 24 2007 AT 11:05 am BY Beat

Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Tom Hart has a new comic strip up at The Panelist, called The Money Warrior. A new strip by Tom Hart is always a cause to celebrate. I’ve teamed up with the terrific folks at The Panelist.com, a website about investing ethically, to start a new weekly strip, The Money Warrior! The Money [...]

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