LOST: The Baby Chase
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Sun and Jin, before the island. what times those were. For talk of Sun and Jin ON the Island and maybe more, read on, Macduff.
Continue ReadingBeware the Double Post, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIn case no one has noticed, The Beat is having some server hiccups. We moved servers last week and the process has been underway for a while, hence the lack of ads, which are hosted elsewhere, as near as I can make out. For whatever reason there has been a RASH [...]
Continue ReadingThings you can get on the web for free (or very reasonable)
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWow, there are more free things than EVER on the internet! What is the use of playing softball in the park or brunching with the girls when there is so much cool free shit? First off, some that is NOT FREE, repeat NOT FREE, but it is pretty affordable: yesterday’s news BOMBSHELL: [...]
Continue ReadingPopularity is scary
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The Wisdom of Steven Grant continued: This week he reveals the secret truth no one wants you to know about! The American comics industry has lived for a long time on its own relatively isolated little island, where things have developed under fairly unique circumstances. But the medium’s no longer an island; [...]
Continue ReadingJeff Lemire's THE HORSELESS RIDER…
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet ESSEX COUNTY’s Jeff Lemire (interviewed this week in PW Comics Week by Laurel Maury) has a new mini comic up at his blog:THE HORSELESS RIDER.:
Continue ReadingYou can never get enough Gustaf Tenggren
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIs it time for another one of our Gustaf Tenggren-inspired panegyrics? Yes it is, courtesy of the ASIFA-Hollywood Animation Archive. Seriously, you should just read that blog every morning and skip everything else. In this installment they talk about the evolution of the Golden Book illustration style. (Tenggren went from [...]
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Tom Brevoort's Unknown Greats
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet“Great” might not be exactly the word some would use, but Marvel editor Tom Brevoort’s look back at some under-appreciated comics he worked on is a nice look back at some of the quirkier superhero-esque books of recent years. I put out a lot of comic books every month–especially when you factor [...]
Continue ReadingWho wants some Salt Water Taffy?
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Oni has announced the first volume in an all ages series by Matt Loux called Salt Water Taffy. In short it about two lads named Jack and Benny visit Maine and have adventures in the “unusual hamlet called Chowder Bay–a small town full of big mysteries, giant adventures, and gargantuan lobsters.” [...]
Continue ReadingKibbles 'n' Bits 3/13
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Anthem Magazine continues its interviews with great cartoonists with a Jamie Hernandez interview : If you were of a different ethnic background, do you think your characters would be different as well? I hope so. Not too many ethnic comics out there so I feel it’s my duty to handle my part [...]
Continue ReadingHarry Potter 7 and…8?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetWhat was rumored is true. HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS will be split into TWO movies. There was just too much struggle and plot to fit into one. After months of rumors, Warner Bros. and the producers of the massively successful movies will announce Thursday that they plan to split “Harry [...]
Continue ReadingB****** S***** the cartoon
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Oh God. Some days it is hard to get out of bed. This is why. PS: Not to get all serious, but as ICv2 points out, Britney adapting an anime cartoon style is an attempt to ally herself with something cool and up-to-date…not the other way around.
Continue ReadingHULK trailer goes live
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet I thought the Hulk was supposed to be red! What the…? High Def version at MTV. First thought: CGI…not compelling. Second thought: New York in the crosshairs AGAIN.
Continue ReadingDC Month-to-Month Sales January 2008
Share this link on Facebook!TweetDC COMICS MONTH-TO-MONTH SALES: JANUARY 2008 by Marc-Oliver Frisch With Justice League of America, DC Comics only had one book selling above 70,000 units in January. As a consequence, the publisher’s average periodical sales saw a steep drop, falling to around 27,000, their lowest level since January 2005. Similarly, average sales of the [...]
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