Ben Caldwell’s WONDER WOMAN pitch features unlikely slant
A version of Wonder Woman aimed at teen-aged girls and not 40-year-old men? That will never fly. BTW for everyone who is always wondering "How should a pitch look???" Here's an example. Of course, being able to draw as well as Ben Caldwell really helps.
Continue ReadingNice Art: James Stokoe draws the hell out of Galactus
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Canadian artist James Stokoe (ORC STAIN, WONTON SOUP) tweeted a warm-up drawing of Galactus, seen full-size here. Holy crap. (Via Robot 6)
Continue ReadingThe LUCKY IN LOVE trailer
Artist Stephen DeStefano directs us to a trailer for his new graphic novel LUCKY IN LOVE, written by George Chieffet. The trailer was directed by Miguel Martinez-Joffre and colored by Carly Monardo -- both are vets of The Venture Bros., as is DeStefano.
Continue ReadingTrying to get the Beat’s RSS feed?
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet I have had numerous reports recently that my RSS feed isn’t working. This is due to improperly setting up Feedburner, as far as I can figure. I want back to default so you should be able to subscribe using http://www.comicsbeat.com/feed/ If you are still having problems, please post in the comments and [...]
Continue ReadingCAPS auction to benefit Heath and Reese
Share this link on Facebook!TweetOn August 25th CAPS, The Comic Art Professional Society is hosting a benefit auction on August 25 in Burbank to support veteran comics artists Russ Heath and Ralph Reese, and they are looking for donations: Fifty percent of the proceeds from these auctions will go to CAPS, but the remaining [...]
Continue ReadingMarvel Month-to-Month Sales: June 2010
Share this link on Facebook!Tweetby Paul O’Brien It’s a month of relaunches and new titles, as the “Heroic Age” branding continues. June saw the relaunch of NEW AVENGERS, and debut issues of AVENGERS PRIME, AVENGERS ACADEMY, HAWKEYE & MOCKINGBIRD and YOUNG ALLIES. Elsewhere, the X-books continue the “Second Coming” crossover, Spider-Man begins the long-trailed [...]
Continue ReadingAnatomy of a press release: Disney acquires Radical’s OBLIVION
The road to comic book Valhalla is lined with companies that have tried to do "celebrity comics" as a means of switching to the fast lane of movie money and licensing gold. Tekno, Virgin, CrossGen. There is hardly a company that does not have some kind of celebrity "vanity project" comic out there made mostly to show to producers as a bible for a film. And all of this is despite the fact that not a single movie has yet been made from a comic book that was published just to be turned into a movie. COWBOYS & ALIENS, which is certainly an A-list project with Jon Favreau, Daniel Craig, and Harrison Ford aboard is set to be the first comic of its genre to ever actually get turned into a big movie. But this is the first time it has ever happened and it took 10 years. And despite this, there are still no other Platinum, Tokyopop, Radical, or Liquid movies. No one can go to Netflix and order the MAYHEM movie or OCD movie or GAMEKEEPER movie.
Continue ReadingMarder to head CBLDF board
Via PR, retailer Chris Powell has stepped down as president of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund board and cartoonist Larry Marder has been elected to succeed him. PR below.
Continue ReadingFaster, stronger WIZZYWIG launches
Ed Piskor has posted the first chapter of WIZZYWIG up at his site. This riveting fictionalized story of computer hacking and underground culture has been revamped and improved. It's available in both PDF and CBR formats at the link but we've taken the liberty of excerpting the first three pages to give you a taste. Larger versions available in the link.
Continue ReadingThings the internet was made for: Kanye New Yorker cartoons
Take one part Kanye West's completely solipsistic Twitter feed. Add in one part abstruse New Yorker cartoons. Result: comedy.
Continue ReadingVenture Bros. “The Next Season” trailer
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet It is coming to save us all.
Continue ReadingGraphic Details: Chew On This
San Diego Comic-Con is over and done, the streets have been cleaned and many words have been written about the convention; Hollywood has taken over, comics are not the focus, too much, too crazy. Let’s not forget that this focus from Hollywood is because of comics and the passion of the fans. This year it seemed that Hollywood was determined to take over the show – it has become the Cannes of cons. The money they spend is insane – so as a comic book publisher, how do you compete with displays that look like a theme park has been built in the middle of the convention floor? How do publishers and their comics get anyone to pay attention to them?
Continue ReadingStudio Coffee Run: KICK-ASS, MAGE, etc.
• The fellow who produced WATCHMEN is now interested in developing MAGE, Matt Wagner's modern day Arthurian fantasy. Lloyd Levin, who professes to be a big fan of the material, has optioned the "Hero Discovered" portion of the tale of Kevin Matchstick and his wonder-bat. Originally published in the indie-comics-lovin' 80s, MAGE is one of those tried and true tales which remains a good read, and always in play for Hollywood -- Zack Snyder was attached to a previous deal.
Continue ReadingIndie Month-to-Month Sales: June 2010
Buffy may be on a break, but that doesn’t mean that a Joss Whedon book isn’t the top selling “indie” comic this month as Serenity takes the top spot. Further down the list we have lots of Red Sonja comics, a Goon spin-off by Eric Powell, and yet more adaptations of movies and TV shows. Dark Horse had a 3.53% unit share and a 5.30% dollar share, Image had a 3.38% unit share and a 3.88% dollar share, and IDW had a 3.07% unit share and a 3.67% dollar share. I’ve listed every “indie” title in the top 200, every title from Image, Darkhorse, and IDW (ie. “the front of Previews”), and a selection of others. Thanks to icv2.com and Milton Griepp for permission to use these numbers, which are estimates, and can be found here.
Continue ReadingINCEPTION’s numerous comics inspirations
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet So according to I Watch Stuff, Christopher Nolan got the idea for INCEPTION from a Don Rosa story featuring Donald Duck and the Beagle Boys. But according to Chris Sims, it was Calvin and Hobbes that gave Nolan’s dream epic its inspiration. Which to choose? And apparently, Matthew Vaughn didn’t [...]
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