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Archives for 12/11/2012 5:00 pm

Zombies and Ponies lead digital sales with an Anomaly

12/11/2012 5:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Zombies and Ponies lead digital sales with an Anomaly

While we don’t know numbers for digital comics sales, you can always grab a snapshot at the iTunes bookstore. And pre-Wednesday, it’s all WALKING DEAD and MY LITTLE PONY, with only the Brian Haberlin/Skip Brittenham SF epicANOMALY breaking up the monotony. The appearance of ANOMALY is interesting since the book itself is a digital-proof coffee […]

Filed Under: Digital Comics, Sales Charts, Top News Tagged With: Digital Comics, Sales Charts

Where have you gone, Nick Gurewitch?

12/11/2012 3:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Where have you gone, Nick Gurewitch?

: Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, she worked for Disney, DC Comics, Fox and Publishers Weekly. She can be heard regularly on the More To Come Podcast. She likes coffee, cats and noble struggle. http://www.comicsbeat.com

Filed Under: Webcomics Tagged With: Webcomics, WEHT?

MAN OF STEEL trailer is out

12/11/2012 1:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

MAN OF STEEL trailer is out

MORE bearded hobo Clark. The short version: We get to see Superman’s origin AGAIN, but it’s the Grant Morrison version. Seriously, is there a more enduring story in modern literature? This time it’s with Ozymandias no panties Clark Kent. Color us Kent-curious. Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. […]

Filed Under: DC, Movies, Showbiz, Top News Tagged With: DC, Movies

One Week Until International Darkstar Day 2012!

12/11/2012 1:00 pm by Steve Morris

One Week Until International Darkstar Day 2012!

You know how The Beat works now. While everybody else works hard on getting the best interviews, writing the strongest articles and the most incisive opinion pieces you could find, I run around in circles and yell excitedly about obscure D-List Marvel heroines. Which brings us to the imminent arrival of 2012’s International Darkstar Day! A […]

Filed Under: Art, Events, Fandom, Top Comics Tagged With: Darkstar, International Darkstar Day

New on the Scene: BAD KARMA VOLUME ONE

12/11/2012 11:34 am by Heidi MacDonald

New on the Scene: BAD KARMA VOLUME ONE

Yet ANOTHER band of creators teaming up and kickin’ it to Kickstarter! Tis time its Alex Grecian, Jeremy Haun, B. Clay Moore and Seth Peck who are putting together a showcase anthology called BAD KARMA VOLUME ONE. BAD KARMA VOLUME ONE is a 200-page collection of comic book stories, prose and artwork, created by writers […]

Filed Under: Announcements, Crowdfunding, Top Comics Tagged With: Crowdfunding

New on the Scene: Studio YOLO

12/11/2012 11:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

New on the Scene: Studio YOLO

New comics collective of the day, Studio YOLO which spun out of a cartooning residency with Dean Haspiel held at the Atlantic Center for the Arts in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. It consists of 8 cartoonists from around the world:

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Top News Tagged With: Cartoonists, Dean Haspiel, Fionnuala Doran

Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette leaving Swamp Thing with #18

12/11/2012 9:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

Scott Snyder and Yanick Paquette leaving Swamp Thing with #18

Popular and talented writer Scott Snyder chose an unusual medium to deliver the confirmation that he was leaving SWAMP THING with issue #18—Twit Longer. And it was a very long tweet indeed: Hey guys – was going to wait until we got a little closer to announce this, but yes, Swamp Thing #18 will be […]

Filed Under: DC, Top Comics Tagged With: DC

News and notes: Poison Elves return, Table Titans, Colombian comics progress and a big sale!

12/11/2012 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

News and notes: Poison Elves return, Table Titans, Colombian comics progress and a big sale!

¶ Ape Entertainment has teamed up with the publishing house Sirius to publish an ongoing Poison Elves series which will launch an adults-only imprint at the usually family-friendly Ape. Poison Elves is the life work of the late Drew Hayes, who died in 2007. The series ran from 1991 until 2004. It’s definitely a post […]

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Ape, co2 comics, colombian comics, D&D, dean heaspiel twomorrows, drew hayes, Indies, News, poison elves, Scott Kutrz

Steve Ditko talks at last…sorta

12/11/2012 8:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

Steve Ditko talks at last…sorta

Via Midtown Comics, A recent letter from Steve Ditko. A recent letter from Steve Ditko to one of our customers. He asked Steve what he remembered about designing Spidey’s costume. #ditko #spiderman (at Midtown Comics) 50 years is a long time…and Stan Lee doesn’t remember anything either. The intensely private Ditko has long refused to […]

Filed Under: History, Marvel, Top News Tagged With: History, Marvel, mysteries, Spider-Man, Steve Ditko

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 12/11/12: The Day Before the End of the World

12/11/2012 8:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 12/11/12: The Day Before the End of the World

§ For when you are feeling down in the dumps, Call Me Maybe – Telephones in Romance Comics! § Did you know that actress Geena Davis has an institute? In fact it’s the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media. MENSA member Davis started the organization nearly a decade ago to investigate how the media […]

Filed Under: Kibbles 'n' Bits

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