Is Robin an idiot?
Chris Illuminati at TheFW marshals the evidence, and it is quite compelling.
Continue ReadingNice art: the tweets of Rafael Kayanan
Artist Rafael Kayanan (and one-time Beat UFC color commentator) is probably best known for his work on Conan, but in recent years he's also drawn the Punisher and Spider-Man. He's a busy guy outside of strictly comics though-- he also produces concept art for movies, and stages fights for stage and screen. Hurricane Irene found him inside and tweeting some drawings to stay busy like this Thark from the John Carter books. Check out his Twitter stream for more sketches.
Continue ReadingTwo down, 5000 to go: Deadman in development as TV series
With both their #3 characters, Wonder Woman and Green Lantern, sitting on the bench in the Hollywood Bowl for now, DC Entertainment must turn to their thousands of other characters for someone to enter the game and score some points. Luckily there are many of them, and several are as colorful as Deadman, who is being developed as a possible TV show for the CW. 'Supernatural' producer Eric Kripke is doing the developing for Warner Bros TV.
Continue ReadingPeople who were not wet, read comics in public yesterday
Although on the East Coast, public displays were limited to looking like a crazy stormchaser in a raincoat. it was indeed Read Comics in Public Day yesterday. A parade of participants is on view in the link. There was also a women's division, at Women Read Comics in Public, too! which produced several photos, as well.
Continue ReadingIrene-watch: Stuck inside? Read some comics!
With some 65 million Americans stuck inside this weekend due to the potentially devastating hurricane, what are you supposed to do but read some comics! While paper-based products will be the most useful if the power goes out, if you want to burn a few pixels, there are tons of great comics online to keep you busy.
Continue ReadingNot Comics: Hurricane Irene
With a massive hurricane forecast to hit much of the Eastern seaboard this weekend, we here at Stately Beat Manor offer the following information to help our readers survive the coming storm.
Continue ReadingComiXology 3.0 launches
In advance of DC's move to simultaneous digital and print release, comiXology has released version 3.0 of its software, which it says is a major improvement in many areas.
Continue ReadingSyrian Political Cartoonist Ali Ferzat Attacked By Syrian Thugs
Reported worldwide today, Syrian political cartoonist Ali Ferzat was abducted early Thursday morning by pro-Assad forces. Beaten near the airport, his hands were broken "as a warning", and then abandoned on the highway.
Continue ReadingWe Can’t All Be ‘Funny’
BY JEN VAUGHN - Cartoonist James Sturm wrote an insightful piece on submitting cartoons to the New Yorker posted on The Slate. As a cartoonist or unfortunately termed 'graphic novelist,' Sturm is used to drawing stories in the long term, stretching a few hundred pages, panel upon panel upon panel upon YES, panel. How Sturm spent his summer vacation was a cartoon a day to build up a keeper-portfolio for The New Yorker. Sturm relearned to let go of the beats you find in a long-form comic to sketch loosely and effectively situations right after that something funny, something intangible occurred. He includes many of his cartoons in the article including this close-to-home joke and one of my favorites, when the caption is recycled for a different situation.
Continue ReadingMarvel Month-to-Month Sales: July 2011
Quite the busy month, July. FEAR ITSELF is still rumbling onwards, but it's now joined by two other events - the "Spider-Island" crossover, and X-MEN: SCHISM. And there are relaunches of DAREDEVIL, GHOST RIDER and CAPTAIN AMERICA (which spawns a spin-off into the bargain). Oh, and now that the FEAR ITSELF crossover arcs are firmly underway, this seems a good month to ask: is it really having much of an impact on sales of the tie-in books? As per usual, Marvel had the largest share of the North American direct market, leading DC by 44% to 35% in unit share, and 39% to 31% in dollars. Thanks as always to ICV2.com for permission to use these figures.
Continue ReadingSingapore show wraps up
We kinda missed the fact that the Singapore Toy Game and Comic Convention jsut wrapped up; it's of note as the second year the show was run by Reed, the same gang that puts on C2E2 and NYCC. Luckily, the Jakarta Globe has a very thorough report:
Continue ReadingDisney fires Marvel’s West Coast marketing department
We're not savvy enough on the West Coast operations of Marvel to know what was behind this, but it's fairly safe to say that Disney cares much more about Marvel Studios than Marvel Comics. Implementation of the Disney-Marvel relationship has been an odd one -- on the one side, you have a corporate juggernaut who wants to reach the boy market for toys and toons. On the other, you have a company that is very much still led by chairman Ike Perlmutter, who, by some accounts, is Disney's second biggest shareholder after Steve Jobs. Marvel Studios is known for knowing the value of a penny -- something Disney also knows. But whereas Disney has controlling costs down to an art, Perlmutter has it down to a science. The relationship is still evolving.
Continue ReadingSure Reddit liked it, but what did Scott McCloud think?
That Korean horror comic we linked to yesterday had everyone buzzing or else pooping their pants, but you know, future comics aren't future comics until Scott McCloud weighs in -- which he did on Google+.
Continue ReadingFutureComics: ComiXology launches retailer digital storefronts
ComiXology's digital storefront for physical comics shops went live yesterday, but not without some bumps. The release has been accelerated in order to get ready in time for DC's digital day-and-date rollout next week, and some retailers have voiced concerns about the contract, including the fact that retailers cannot use customer data, while comiXology can, use of store logos and so on. The terms have already been emended a bit from the version posted at Bleeding Cool, which was leaked on a private retailer forum, so we won't run it here. Although the basic agreement is that the stores are affiliates of comiXology, selling digital comics via their own sites, this is not entirely a comfortable idea for many retailers. Despite all the worries, about 100 stores have signed on for the launch, according to the PR, below.
Continue ReadingSo what will happen THIS time?
Wow, life in these United States sure is funny. One minute you're watching dashing rebels storming a tyrants compound while Sara Sidner dodges celebratory, lethal bullets, the next there's a dinky but baffling earthquake, and then what about that hurricane? And then this happened.
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