So what’s going on at DC Entertainment, anyway?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetIf there’s one topic occupying the water coolers and drink-ups of the comics industry these days, it’s “Just what the heck is going on at DC ComicsEntertainment? Where is the new publisher?” After investigating and talking to our most trusted sources, we’ve been able to come up with a fairly definitive [...]
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Wizard World Mars — the REAL story
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Truth be told, the Wizard World Tour has come in for some “joshing” here at Stately Beat Manor in recent days, but now The Beat has to give them MAJOR props for having a good sense of humor AND better Photoshop skills than us. After our story on Wizard World Mars [...]
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When Lynch met Lucas — animated!
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Sasha Ceizata animates David Lynch’s account of his being offered the chance to direct RETURN OF THE JEDI, complete with headaches, crawling, and Wookies.
Continue ReadingSquid report
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Everyone once in a while we are wont to check in at the Gama-Go store to see what cool new designs we’ll be longing for, and being the squid-lovers that we are, this cephalopod assault on one of freedom’s greatest symbols just shot to the top of the shopping list. [...]
Continue ReadingLet it snow, let it sn–
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet We were gonna do a tribute to icy precipitation, but instead we’ll just direct you to the one the Cool Kidz did.
Continue ReadingDiamond update: Shipping normal given the snow
Share this link on Facebook!TweetAs was reported yesterday, Diamond was closed due to a power loss following the record-setting snowfall over much of the East Coast. According to Diamond reps, the downtime will not affect this week’s shipments–although ANOTHER huge storm headed for the Mid-Atlantic from Washington DC to Boston may affect deliveries. Power was [...]
Continue ReadingMontana and Hogarth judges’ choice for Eisner Hall of Fame
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Bob Montana, co-creator of the beloved Archie characters, and Burne Hogarth, an artist who drew the Tarzan comic strip and helped found New York’s School of Visual Arts, have been named to the 2010 Eisner Award Hall of Fame by this year’s judges. Four more selections will be made by voters [...]
Continue ReadingChristopher Nolan to reboot Superman
Share this link on Facebook!TweetBatman savior Christopher Nolan is aboard to rescue the foundering Superman movie franchise, Nikki Finke and Michael Fleming report. Nolan, who is still working on the story for BATMAN 3 with his brother, Jonathan Nolan, and David Goyer, won’t direct the new SUPERMAN 3.0, but will instead have a hands-on role [...]
Continue ReadingThings that were
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet A page from the weekly comics newspaper, the Comics Buyer’s Guide, March 11, 1988, via Larry Marder . Andy Diggle’s correspondence from 1999 — an eye for talent! And because we need three and Scott Edelman is our go-to-guy, here’s an ad below for the first issue of BOY COMMANDOS, which was [...]
Continue ReadingArt Attack: Cap’s Last Supper
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Apropos of nothing — except why need a reason? Via Kevin Melrose and Ben Morse, who talks about artist Joe Simon here.
Continue ReadingWizard World Mars announced
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Wow, this is big news! Everyone was wondering when the Wizard World tour would leave the continent, but Gareb Shamus has done everyone one better by announcing that the Helium Super-Card Mini-Con will henceforth be known as the Mars Comic Con Wizard World Interplanetary convention. While everyone is bound to be [...]
Continue ReadingErik Larsen on the iPad
Share this link on Facebook!TweetThe Image founder lays down somecommon sense: The thing is–the comic book industry has seen this wave coming toward us for years and has known it was coming for years and has been absolutely baffled as to how to deal with it. Creators and publishers want to make a living, after all–and [...]
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits — 2/9/10
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ WHAT IS KING? CONTENT? or FREE? While the debate rages, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. § Benjamin Marra’s Traditional Comics has a trailer. We’re sold. [Via Nick Gazin] § At the NY Times, George Gene Gustines looks at sales of the most mainstream comics of all, with [...]
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