TRIPWIRE has new issue

2 Comments POSTED ON Jul 01 2010 AT 11:26 am BY The Beat
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TRIPWIRE Magazine, the excellent comics magazine edited by Joel Meadows, will have a new issue out in time for you-know-what. PR Below. TRIPWIRE is back with another info-packed issue! The Eagle-nominated British-American magazine about comics and genre culture returns this July bringing even more of the quality features youĂ­d expect from our previous issues. Beneath an [...]

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Online media stuff

4 Comments POSTED ON Apr 27 2010 AT 1:13 pm BY The Beat
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News of two new comics-related web-sites, one featuring two veteran bloggers; the other a weekly newsmagazine.

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Heavy hitters of blogging join The Beat at C2E2

2 Comments POSTED ON Apr 15 2010 AT 6:33 pm BY The Beat

Hey kids: If you’re going to be at C2E2 tomorrow night, make sure you come to the obligatory comics blogging panel: Comics Media As the internet, mobile devices, and social networking continue to change how we gather information and get entertained, online comics media outlets are quickly evolving to keep pace. Join moderator Heidi MacDonald (www.comicsbeat.com) [...]

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Pekar’s comics review of Crumb’s GENESIS

2 Comments POSTED ON Feb 23 2010 AT 8:06 am BY The Beat
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Over at the Jewish Review of Books, Harvey Pekar teams with artist Tara Seibel to review Crumb’s GENESIS in comics form. Seibel previously illustrated a conversation between Crumb and Pekar for The Pekar Project.

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These guys really don’t know much about the internet, do they? UPDATED

21 Comments POSTED ON Feb 19 2010 AT 8:06 am BY The Beat

You may recall that a few days ago we cataloged a litany of multi-platform complaints about the new TCJ.com in terms of its editorial guidance and web design. Now, normally these days when the internet goes after you, there are a couple of standard responses. Either you: a) Get your point person online and defend yourself, [...]

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Big ole’ beatdown: The new TCJ.com

22 Comments POSTED ON Feb 16 2010 AT 4:31 pm BY The Beat
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After a grace period of a few months, internet pundits are targeting the hapless TCJ.com for an old school internet beatdown. TCJ.com thought it knew its way around the ‘net, but wandered up the wrong side of the street and is getting an absolute pasting from hardcore internet bullies site contributors and longtime Journal admirers. Noah [...]

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