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Archives for 08/06/2008 2:48 pm

Tonight, Toronto: APOCALIPSTIX LAUNCH PARTY

08/06/2008 2:48 pm by The Beat

Tonight, Toronto: APOCALIPSTIX LAUNCH PARTY

At the Beguiling! The Beat

Filed Under: Events, Oni

FOUND: New York Comic Con c. 1974

08/06/2008 2:13 pm by The Beat

FOUND: New York Comic Con c. 1974

Artist Sean Chen wrote to us with a real comic book history mystery. It seems that Sean’s neighbor is a man named Eugene Gordon, a former Time magazine photographer. While cleaning up, Gordon found a contact sheet of photos from a comic book convention held at the Biltmore Hotel in 1974. As you can see […]

Filed Under: Conventions, History, Photos

Garen’s A-Z of comic strip characters

08/06/2008 2:07 pm by The Beat

Garen’s A-Z of comic strip characters

Garen Ewing (The Rainbow Orchid) sends us his Facebook Group Garen’s A-Z of comic strip characters and it’s seriously adorable. … members of the group would use the discussion board to suggest comic strip characters beginning with the next letter in the alphabet. The character that received the most ‘votes’ would then be drawn by […]

Filed Under: Art, Cartoonists

THE WALK @ Top Shelf

08/06/2008 2:05 pm by The Beat

THE WALK @ Top Shelf

Ryan Pequin’s THE WALK is a new webcomic at Top Shelf 2.0 that is quite deserving of your time. The Beat

Filed Under: Top Shelf, Webcomics

Corey Lewis’s SEEDLESS

08/06/2008 1:46 pm by The Beat

Corey Lewis’s SEEDLESS

Sleepless Corey Lewis has launched a new webcomic entitled SEEDLESS, which updates every Wednesday. The Beat

Filed Under: Webcomics

Silly Daddy Comics reaches 365

08/06/2008 1:44 pm by The Beat

Silly Daddy Comics reaches 365

Joe Chiappetta sent us a note about his Silly Daddy Comics website, which now has quite a few strips up: There are now 365 full color Silly Daddy comics on SillyDaddy.net. That’s enough all-ages profound or preposterous family comics to read a Silly Daddy webcomic every day for a whole year. Joe Chiappetta moved his […]

Filed Under: Webcomics

Cover for the next KRAMERS ERGOT

08/06/2008 1:41 pm by The Beat

Cover for the next KRAMERS ERGOT

Sammy Harkham has unveiled the cover for KRAMERS ERGOT #7, the must-have item of the fall. Only $78.75 on Amazon! The Beat

Filed Under: Indies

Poll: Next Batman villain

08/06/2008 1:38 pm by The Beat

It’s just a wild, wild guess at this point, but there seem to be some rumors out there that there could possibly be another Batman movie with Christian Bale and Chris Nolan. Just possibly. Splash Page polls comics pros on just who should be the villain if this HIGHLY, HIGHLY speculative movie gets made: Brad […]

Filed Under: DC, Movies

People in the media

08/06/2008 12:50 pm by The Beat

People in the media

§ The Wall Street Journal interviews DC publisher and president Paul Levitz on his origin, and Paul says you should stay in school — sometimes: Q: Do you think a degree is more important today than it was back in the 1970s? A: On the creative side, it’s never been necessary to get in (the […]

Filed Under: Kibbles 'n' Bits

Marvel stock fallout

08/06/2008 12:46 pm by The Beat

As reported yesterday, Marvel’s stock took a bit of a hit after a lower-than-expected earnings call. The stock price fell $4.07, or 11.5 percent, to $31.19, although it’s up 17 percent for the year. The LA Times looks at how Marvel Studios slow plans for 2009 affect the stock: Hollywood accounting being what it is, […]

Filed Under: Business News, Marvel

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