31 Days of Halloween: Kate Beaton
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Kate Beaton gets her annual spot in the Halloween countdown with Children of the Night.
Continue ReadingA peek at Witchlands
Witchlands is a long-brewing ongoing series by Kurt Busiek and artist Conner Willumsen, which has been delayed by this and that and then was planned to come out from WildStorm but is now coming out from...parts unknown. Whoever is publishing it, it's going to look great, as Busiek has just posted a few preview pages. Willumsen has long been a Beat Future Star pick, and the cover by Zachary Baldus is equally fabulous.
Continue ReadingHappy birthday, Suzu!
A big birthday shout out to the Beat's own sainted mother, who is celebrating a special birthday today. My mother's art and cartooning and continuing interest in everything from MMORPGs to webcomics has always been an inspiration to me, and it's probably a huge reason why I've ever reached toward success in any endeavor. Thank you, Suzu.
Continue ReadingRIP: Leo Cullum
One of The New Yorker's most iconic cartoonists, Leo Cullum has passed away at age 68. The NY Times obituary has an associated slide show, and proves that some New Yorker cartoons will actually make you laugh out loud.
Continue ReadingMust read: Ten Things to Know About the Future of Comics
Shaenon T. Garrity, as she so often does, sums up all the things we've been talking about with a piece called Ten Things to Know About the Future of Comics. A sample:
Continue ReadingRIP: Paul the Psychic Octopus
Paul, the octopus who stunned the world by correctly picking all his games in the 2010 World Cup, has died. It was not unexpected since at 2 1/2 he was up there in octopus years, but it is still sad.
Continue ReadingWalking Dead gets app, weekly reprints
Sunday is not only Halloween, it's the debut of the Walking Dead TV show, and it looks like we're going to have tons of Walking Dead-related announcements and content this week. To kick things off, comiXology has announced a standalone WALKING DEAD app. And now Image has announced a series of weekly reprints of the monthly comics starting in January and running ALL YEAR. These Walking dead stories are available in multiple formats, and the original releases have been among the best selling non-Top Two comics for a while now. It will be interesting to see how this pans out. PR below.
Continue Reading31 Days of Halloween: Bill Sienkiewicz’s Dexter
Everyone's favorite serial killer Dexter has his own "webizodes" in a story called Dark Echoes, which features art by folks like Bill Sienkiewicz, David Mack and Kyle Baker. Yes, it's a motion comic but it kinda.....works. Honest.
Continue ReadingDigital Watch: Disney goes deep, manga goes bootleg, 4chan lends a hand
§ Have you ever wondered what it would be like to read an interview with a publishing executive talking about his digital plans WITHOUT worrying about direct sales retailers taking his every word as a call to arms? Well, take a gander at ICv2's talk with Disney's Dario Di Zanni:
Continue ReadingNice Art: The Beasts of Burden/Hellboy One Shot
In the spirit of the season, Evan Dorkin, Jill Thompson, and Mike Mignola provide an Eisner-heavy creative lineup for the Beasts of Burden/Hellboy One Shot which is on sale THIS WEEK and there's even a preview.
Continue ReadingSuperhero apocalypse: Blubberella
Hm. Maybe it IS time to put the superhero genre on the shelf for a bit. Details are scant but it appears that there's a new superhero movie on its way, directed by controversial helmer/pugilist Uwe Boll (BLOODRAYNE, POSTAL) and it's called BLUBBERELLA:
Continue ReadingMarvel’s NBA-Mashup
This week's NBA preview issue of ESPN The Magazine includes special Marvel-themed makeovers of all the teams, and Comics Alliance has the entire gallery. Here are a few to get warmed up:
Continue ReadingEARTH ONE: “A New Superman for the ‘Twilight’ age”
Ever since the announcement of the "Earth One" line of graphic novels just over a year ago, it's been a little unclear just who the line was aimed at, or how it fit into DC's various lines of books. Subsequent statements just muddied the waters. Although obviously an Ultimates-type revamp for new readers, with just one book on the schedule -- the just released JMS/Shane Davis SUPERMAN: EARTH ONE -- it was just a toe in those same muddy waters.
Continue ReadingKibbles ‘n’ Bits — 10/25/10
Are Muslim comics ruining America? Is Mark Millar the Simon Cowell of comics? What comics would you give to a 13-year-old girl? What is the secret of the 9-panel grid and what does it mean for your future? These and other sensationalistic questions will be answered in today's Kibbles 'n' Bits!
Continue Reading31 Days of Halloween: Jeffrey Brown
Share this link on Facebook!Tweet Comics Alliance is running a Monster Project by such folks as Dean Haspiel and Tom Fowler and here, Jeffrey Brown. All art will be eBayed to benefit the CBLDF at the end of the project so please peep for a very good cause!
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