Mark Millar learns the meaning of Photoshop
With KICK-ASS opening this weekend in the UK and in a couple of weeks in the US, and poised to be THE controversial films of early '10, Mark Millar is riding high. Adding to the high, his NEW creator-owned Icon title, NEMSSIS is shipping today. And this morning, Millar reported, he'd taken the massive step of purchasing a Billboard for the book. In Times Square no less. An he had the pictures to prove it. Or did he?
Continue ReadingAn even NEWER Beat
Hey guys, as you may have noticed, the Beat is changing some more! In the middle of the night, the elves tiptoed in and started tinkering with the design. For the next few days, we'll be evolving a bit more. Sorry it had to be live and in front of the children, but you're all old enough to know the truth. However, consider this your SUGGESTION box.
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Lost: The devil is in the details
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet At long last, the Richard Alpert flashback episode. Let’s discuss it after the jump.
Continue ReadingWhat do you DO with a kraken, anyway?
Share this link on Facebook!TweetVia Vulture . And more Kraken videos, just because it’s hump day:
Continue ReadingLego Father Ted
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet In Gaelic. Dougal is perfectly cast. [Via David O Reilly]
Continue ReadingThe Gorillaz are also COMPLEX
Share this link on Facebook!TweetAs if Olivia Munn wasn’t enough, this month’s Complex also features a Jamie Hewlett–drawn cover of the greatest cartoon band of all times. Yowzah.
Continue ReadingMarvelman is back — kinda
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Marvel finally announced the return of Marvelman today…but not, as many might have hoped, in the form of reprints of the legendary Alan Moore comics from the ’80s, but rather as a prose “primer” with interviews, pin-ups and variant covers. While the ultimate ownership of the Eclipse Marvel/Miracleman is as tangled [...]
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits, 3-23-10
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ A fond “Good luck” to blogging superstar Graeme McMillan, whose last day at the Gawker network nerd blog io9 was yesterday. Prior to stepping in as the weekend editor and comics go-to guy for io9, Graeme was, of course, the proprietor of the great Fanboy Rampage which helped solidify the [...]
Continue ReadingArchie’s married life examined
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The modernization of Archie continues with two new series — THE MARRIED LIFE: ARCHIE LOVES BETTY and THE MARRIED LIFE: ARCHIE LOVES VERONICA. According to the PR, both will be ongoing titles, debuting this summer, with a more “literary” approach to storytelling. Inspired by the overwhelming popularity and demand for the recent [...]
Continue ReadingStudio coffee run: 3D Popeye, Bleach, EXISTENCE 2.0
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet§ Variety reports that E.C. Segar’s Popeye is the latest comics superstar to get the 3D treatment, as Sony is planning to make the pugnacious sailor’s bicep bulge in ways you never expected. And in a surprise twist, Avi Arad,Marvel’s former frontman, is producing. In the Variety story, Arad reveals that [...]
Continue ReadingOlivia Munn rides Mike Choi’s unicorn
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet The latest issue of Complex magazine features a cover story on G4’s Olivia Munn, with comics elements rendered by Marvel’s Mike Choi. With an upcoming role in Iron Man 2, Munn is definitely in the running for Nerd-it Girl of the moment, and this geek-tastic layout should no nothing but help [...]
Continue ReadingWe Found The Super-Tribes of Tomorrow
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Via Atomic Surgery, Alex Toth, 1963.
Continue ReadingIt’s official: Captain America and the Human Torch are THE SAME PERSON
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Variety confirms that Chris Evans is dipping into the comics welll for a fourth time with the role of Captain America. Evans, seen below in a rare clothed publicity shot, beat out every other hot young would-be action star in Hollywood for the role (including John Krasinksi, Chace Crawford, Ryan Phillippe, [...]
Continue ReadingART BREAK: Toby Cypress and THE SCHIZOPHRENIC
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet ZIP Comics is a new publisher in Previews, and their first book is THE SCHIZOPHRENIC, written by Josh Frankel with art by Toby Cypress. Around Stately Beat Manor, we loooooooovvvvveeesss us some Toby Cypress art, especially when he colors it himself. Trippy. More preview pages at the link.
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