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Archives for September 2013

The Beat Podcasts! More To Come – “March Book 1” Interview Special

09/27/2013 1:44 pm by Kate Fitzsimons

Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it’s More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat’s own Heidi MacDonald. In this week’s More To Come interview special, Calvin Reid speaks with Andrew Aydin, Rep. John Lewis‘s staffer and his coauthor on the graphic novel March Book One about the […]

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Podcasts and other media, Top News Tagged With: Adam P. Knave, Amelia Cole, Andrew Aydin, Chris Samnee, Comics in history, Interview, Interviews, Laura Lee Gulledge, Nick Brokenshire, Rep John Lewis

Johnny Ryan and Dave Cooper’s Pig Goat Banana Cricket will entertain innocent children on Nickelodeon

09/27/2013 1:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Johnny Ryan and Dave Cooper’s Pig Goat Banana Cricket will entertain innocent children on Nickelodeon

One specializes in beautifully rendered erotic paintings of Rubenesque women. The other is a comics bad boy known for his hilarious X-rated comics soaked in jizz, blood, and severed penises. Together they have created a cartoon for young kids called Pig Goat Banana Cricket. And it looks wonderful. Dave Cooper and Johnny Ryan have been […]

Filed Under: Cartoons, Top News Tagged With: Cartoons, dave cooper, johnny ryan, Top News

Marvel to announce six new books at NYCC with Dan Slott, Mike Allred, Stuart Immonen, Bendis, Peter David and more

09/27/2013 11:00 am by Steve Morris

Marvel to announce six new books at NYCC with Dan Slott, Mike Allred, Stuart Immonen, Bendis, Peter David and more

All week Marvel has been teasing their New York Comic-Con announcements with one word teasers. Just how much can be gleaned from a word and a font treatment depends on how closely you follow Team Marvel, but we’ve been making some guesses.

Filed Under: Marvel, Top News Tagged With: brian michael bendis, Dan Slott, Darkstar, Marvel, NYCC '13, Peter David, Rick Remender, Sara Pichelli, Stuart Immonen, Top News

PalmConGate envelops all in its path

09/27/2013 10:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

PalmConGate envelops all in its path

It started, as we noted the other day, when Allie Conti, a writer for Vice, The Atlantic and New Times in Florida, wrote a review of a small local con and deemed it “depressing”. More than 200 commenters disagreed, calling for everything from Conti to be fired or perhaps kill herself to the New Times […]

Filed Under: Fandom, Top News Tagged With: Fandom, Top News

CONSTANTINE TV show in development with Goyer and Cerone

09/27/2013 9:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

CONSTANTINE TV show in development with Goyer and Cerone

Kevin Tsujihara was not kidding! Warner Bros. is moving right along developing some of its DC characters. First it was the Jim Gordon/Gotham TV show the other day—already sent to series. Now it’s a TV show abut John Constantine in development at NBC. And that Mentalist production team is yet again involved, as is David S. Goyer, well known as the co-writer on Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy.

Filed Under: DC, Television, Top News Tagged With: Constantine, David S. Goyer, DC, Hellblazer, Television, Top News

Top Shelf’s big $3 sale winds up today — don’t let it pass you by

09/27/2013 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Top Shelf’s big $3 sale winds up today — don’t let it pass you by

Every year indie mainstay Top Shelf Holds a big $3 sale selected backstock that last for a few weeks. The 2013 sale ends today and you can get books for even a lot less than $1, as well as comics by Alan Moore, Eddie Campbell, Craig Thompson and many many more. You can get some very awesome books for only $1. What are you waiting for? Seriously here are a few of the books you can get for ONE FRAKKING DOLLAR:

Filed Under: Top News, Top Shelf Tagged With: Sales, Top News, Top Shelf

The Hulk comes to The Northlake Library

09/27/2013 8:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

The Hulk comes to The Northlake Library

We’ve been covering the thrilling saga of the Nine Foot Tall Hulk Statue and the Northlake Library for months, and we’re happy to say it finally reached it’s destination and was unveiled for the local crowd. Here’s several pictures of the happy event from the local paper. Mastermind librarian Tom Mukite, who started the whole […]

Filed Under: Literacy, Top News Tagged With: nine foot tall hulk statue, tom mukite, Top News

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/27/13: The Lost Artwork of Neal Adams

09/27/2013 8:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 9/27/13: The Lost Artwork of Neal Adams

§ As you may have heard by now, renowned comics artist Neal Adams left several very valuable sketch books in the back of a cab a few days back, and he would like them back. Neal Adams, best known for drawing Batman and Green Arrow, forgot to take two portfolio books out of the trunk […]

Filed Under: Kibbles 'n' Bits, News Tagged With: News

Brubaker and Epting get a touch of Velvet in their new spy thriller

09/26/2013 4:53 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Brubaker and Epting get a touch of <em>Velvet</em> in their new spy thriller

As part of the new wave of Image creator owned comics by big name talent, Velvet by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting reunites the Captain America team for what is Epting’s first creator owned outing.

Velvet, which goes on sales on October 23rd, is a tale of espionage set in the Cold War. It’s an idea Brubaker had kicking around for years—he estimates that from the time he came up with it to when Epting was finally able to start ten years passed. Although it seems like a long time, Brubaker was able to take more time research, resulting in a stronger story, he said as a press conference this afternoon.

Filed Under: Image, Top News Tagged With: Ed Brubaker, spy comics, Steve Epting, Velvet

Marvel launches new AGENTS OF SHIELD merch line

09/26/2013 12:29 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Marvel launches new AGENTS OF SHIELD merch line

With Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD successfully debuting on ABC on Tuesday, Marvel is launching a line of t-shirts, posters and other tchatchkes to capitalize on its popularity. Everything but a comic book, in fact. This is a little odd, maybe, but the current Marvel management in recent years has downplayed the media tie-in comics for […]

Filed Under: Marvel, Television, Top News Tagged With: Agents of Shield, hats, tchatchkes

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