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The Beat is on the move again: Middle Georgia Comic Convention and Emerald City

03/07/2014 11:54 pm by

The Beat is on the move again: Middle Georgia Comic Convention and Emerald Cityhttp://ift.tt/1cCxXjQ Tweet Hey kids, two shows coming up this month, First: Middle Georgia Comic Convention 2014 This is a BRAND NEW SHOW, held March 15-16 at the Macon Centerplex in Macon, GA. I have NEVER been to Georgia before so this will […]

Filed Under: Top News Tagged With: Comics, The Beat

MoCCA Festival unveils key art by Fiona Staples

03/07/2014 9:19 pm by

MoCCA Festival unveils key art by Fiona Stapleshttp://ift.tt/NH2Yb0 Tweet New York’s MoCCA Festival kicks off on April 5 &6 at the Lexington Armory,and the key art by guest Fiona Staples has just been released. It’s a take off on Breughel’s classic Tower of Babel imagery except with flying carpets. That’s how MoCCA always feels to […]

Filed Under: Top News Tagged With: Comics, The Beat

Lauren Sankovitch is editing the CBLDF’s 2014 Liberty Annual

03/07/2014 8:43 pm by

Lauren Sankovitch is editing the CBLDF’s 2014 Liberty Annualhttp://ift.tt/NGW2up Tweet When Marvel’s Lauren Sankovitch left Marvel to pursue West Coast job ops, we were all sad to be losing a fine comics editor. Happily she is still keeping a toe in the game, as this release from the CBLDF reveals that she’ll be editing this […]

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The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: Dean Haspiel Interview Special

03/07/2014 6:55 pm by

The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: Dean Haspiel Interview Specialhttp://ift.tt/Yg2pXO Tweet 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 interview special, Publisher’s Weekly’s Calvin Reid interviews indie comics master Dean Haspiel about his beginnings as […]

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Taiyo Matsumoto and Emily Carroll win the Slate Cartoonist Studio Prize

03/07/2014 6:20 pm by

Taiyo Matsumoto and Emily Carroll win the Slate Cartoonist Studio Prizehttp://ift.tt/1eab1U2 Tweet Taiyo Matsumoto’s Sunny and Emily Carroll’s Out of Skin have been named winners of the Cartoonist Studio Prize 2014. The prize is presented each year by Slate in conjunction with the Center for Cartoon Studies which helps select the nominees. This year’s judges […]

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The Beat is on the move again: Middle Georgia Comic Convention and Emerald City

03/07/2014 6:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

The Beat is on the move again: Middle Georgia Comic Convention and Emerald City

Hey kids, two shows coming up this month, First: Middle Georgia Comic Convention 2014 This is a BRAND NEW SHOW, held March 15-16 at the Macon Centerplex in Macon, GA. I have NEVER been to Georgia before so this will be a first. Other guests include Mark Bagley, Colleen Doran, Francesco Francavilla, Brian Stelfreeze, Justin […]

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MoCCA Festival unveils key art by Fiona Staples

03/07/2014 3:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

MoCCA  Festival unveils key art by Fiona Staples

New York’s MoCCA Festival kicks off on April 5 &6 at the Lexington Armory,and the key art by guest Fiona Staples has just been released. It’s a take off on Breughel’s classic Tower of Babel imagery except with flying carpets. That’s how MoCCA always feels to me. Along with Staples, Howrd Cruse, Robert Williams and […]

Filed Under: Indies, Top News Tagged With: fiona staples, Indies, mocca fest '14, Top News

First SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR trailer released

03/07/2014 2:43 pm by

First SIN CITY: A DAME TO KILL FOR trailer releasedhttp://ift.tt/1lbn1te Tweet Nine years after the first SIN CITY created a whole new look for the movies, the first trailer for the sequel has been released. Starring Josh Brolin, Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dennis Haysbert, Jamie Chung, Bruce Willis, Eva […]

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Lauren Sankovitch is editing the CBLDF’s 2014 Liberty Annual

03/07/2014 2:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Lauren Sankovitch is editing the CBLDF’s 2014 Liberty Annual

When Marvel’s Lauren Sankovitch left Marvel to pursue West Coast job ops, we were all sad to be losing a fine comics editor. Happily she is still keeping a toe in the game, as this release from the CBLDF reveals that she’ll be editing this year’s Liberty Annual, a fund-raising anthology published by the fund each year. So yay for Lauren! WE may hear her karaoke yet again!

Filed Under: Benefits, Comings & Goings, Top News Tagged With: lauren s, Top News

The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: Dean Haspiel Interview Special

03/07/2014 1:42 pm by Kate Fitzsimons

The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: Dean Haspiel Interview Special

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 interview special, Publisher’s Weekly’s Calvin Reid interviews indie comics master Dean Haspiel about his beginnings as well as his latest work, including The Fox from Archie Comics […]

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Comics, Indie Comics, Indies, Interviews, Podcasts and other media Tagged With: Dean Haspiel, Interviews, more to come podcast, podcast, Podcasts

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