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Archives for 06/18/2009 3:27 pm

Some housekeeping notes

06/18/2009 3:27 pm by The Beat

A few things bubbling around the old brain for the last few days: 1) I feel bad that the events listings on this site are so New York centric! That is not how it should be. The problem is that when I don’t list NYC events, I eventually see the person whose event was not […]

Filed Under: Meta

Tonight To Do: NYC Rushkoff/NDN wrap party

06/18/2009 2:57 pm by The Beat

Via pr: Join Doug Rushkoff, SMITH Magazine, ARTHUR Magazine, & WFMU for a double-feature doozie celebrating the launch of Rushkoff’s new book LIFE INC. – How The World Became A Corporation And How To Take It Back, + toasting the wrap of SMITH’s NEXT-DOOR NEIGHBOR Truelife Webcomix Anthology edited by Dean Haspiel. THURSDAY 6/187pm @ […]

Filed Under: Events, Webcomics

Today on iPhone

06/18/2009 2:05 pm by The Beat

Apple has chosen IDW’s Transformers comic as a top app for the day. A check of the iTunes store’s book ranking shows that Transformers-related material is doing quite well. This is not a fad. The Beat

Filed Under: Downloadable Comics, IDW

Eisner Awards move to new, potentially more glamourous location

06/18/2009 1:32 pm by The Beat

(Above, 2008 Eisner Award Winners) Eagle-eyed readers may have noticed this bit at the end of the Finger Award PR we just ran: The awards will be presented during the Eisner Awards ceremony at this summer’s Comic-Con on the evening of Friday, July 24, at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront. which is a new location […]

Filed Under: Awards, SDCC '09

Corrections: Gambling and the Big Apple Con

06/18/2009 1:15 pm by The Beat

The other day we quoted Brian Heater‘s entry on the Big Apple Con. Brian said as he entered, he was asked, “If Big Apple Con added a casino, would you stay and gamble?” However, Allan Rosenberg, who does a really fine job bringing some of he best guests to Big Apple shows, wrote to correct […]

Filed Under: Conventions

Corrections: J.C. Hutchins on 7th SON

06/18/2009 1:12 pm by The Beat

The other morning, we linked to a Variety report on the option of a yet-unpublished graphic novel called 7th SON. Writer J.C. Hutchins wrote in to explain that is not quite the origin of the source material: I wanted to let you know that the Variety article you cited was inaccurate in stating that 7th […]

Filed Under: Books, Podcasts and other media

Broome and Jacobs win Finger Award

06/18/2009 1:07 pm by The Beat

John Broome Photo by Maureen McTigue Frank Jacobs The winners of the award recognizing pioneering comics writers have been announced: John Broome and Frank Jacobs have been selected to receive the 2009 Bill Finger Award for Excellence in Comic Book Writing. The choice made by a blue-ribbon committee chaired by writer-historian Mark Evanier was unanimous. […]

Filed Under: Awards, Writing

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 6/18/09

06/18/2009 1:00 pm by The Beat

§ Another remembrance of Dave Simons, this time by the Hero Initiative, via a script he wrote before his death. § The Source reveals that James Robinson and Mark Bagley will be taking over JLA. The title has recently undergone some creative changes. § Speaking of The Source, it also has a nice preview of […]

Filed Under: DC, Kibbles 'n' Bits

Tonight To Do, NYC: Typhon Carousel

06/18/2009 12:00 pm by The Beat

MoCCA Thursday: Typhon Carousel: Please join the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art – MoCCA for an evening of dazzling cartoon slide shows featuring work from the critically-acclaimed comics anthology TYPHON Volume One. ** This exclusive event is brought to you by TYPHON editor Danny Hellman and Carousel host R. Sikoryak. A select group of […]

Filed Under: Events

Marvel: Cap #600 gets second printing

06/18/2009 12:00 pm by The Beat

We’re still collating comments and results from the unprecedented Monday-shipping CAPTAIN AMERICA #600, but while you’re all waiting, Marvel is proclaiming success in the usual way…with a second printing! This week, there’s no bigger super hero than Captain America and mainstream media frenzy caused Captain America #600 to sell out immediately (though copies may be […]

Filed Under: Business News, Marvel

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