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The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: MoCCA Fest 2014

04/11/2014 7:36 pm by Kate Fitzsimons

The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: MoCCA Fest 2014

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 podcast the More to Come Crew – Heidi “The Beat” MacDonald, Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons – discuss this year’s MoCCA Arts Fest and Emerald City Comic […]

Filed Under: Conventions, Indie Comics, Literary Comics, Top News Tagged With: Captain America: Winter Solider, Interviews, MoCCA, mocca fest '14, more to come podcast, podcast, Podcasts

Retailers can unlock The Woods secret cover

04/11/2014 5:35 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Retailers can unlock The Woods secret cover

We’ve been having a lot of coverage of Booms! Lumberjanes this week, but the next hot book from Boom is likely to be The Woods by writer James Tynion IV (Batman Eternal, Red Hood and the Outlaws) and artist Michael Dialynas (Amala’s Blade, Spera). The issue goes on sale on May 7, but before that retailers have […]

Filed Under: Boom Studios, Retailing & Marketing, Top News Tagged With: Boom Studios, Top News

RIP: Courtney Utt

04/11/2014 2:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

RIP: Courtney Utt

Designer Courtney Utt, who was responsible for some of Viz’s most distinctive covers, passed away recently at the age of just 37 following a long battle with brain cancer. You can see much of Utt’s work here. Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, she worked […]

Filed Under: Obituaries, Top News, Viz Tagged With: Top News, Viz

Will Comixology go the way of Audible or Zappos?

04/11/2014 1:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Will Comixology go the way of Audible or Zappos?

The great digital hope has been acquired by one of the giant fire breathing kaiju of the digital era. Will they trample tiny cottages beneath their feet or become a lovable behemoth? Ask me in a year. In the meantime…

First off, will you be able to read your comics? A story at the Guardian indicates yes…but…

Filed Under: 10 Days that Shook The World, Digital Comics, Retailing & Marketing, Top News Tagged With: Amazon, comixology, Digital Comics, Top News

ComicsPRO responds to Comixology/Amazon deal

04/11/2014 12:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

ComicsPRO responds to Comixology/Amazon deal

With all kinds of concerns running rampant today about what Amazon’s acquisition of Comixology means for the comics industry, ComicsPRO, the retailers organization, has released a statement: “There’s always a concern when a huge corporation that shows little need to turn a profit tries to convert a niche market into a commodity. Fortunately there is […]

Filed Under: Retailing & Marketing

What we learned about getting a Comic-Con hotel room from Hoteloween 2014

04/11/2014 10:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

What we learned about getting a Comic-Con hotel room from Hoteloween 2014

Yesterday was the day when Travel Planners sent out hotel notifications and it was joy for a few and grief for many more. I finished my own entry at 2:20 and got my first choice. Ben, who had the same hotel list, finished 20 second later and got nothing. Why? Well, I chose a single […]

Filed Under: Conventions, Top News Tagged With: Conventions, SDCC '14, Top News

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