Varying views of Obama
§ Dean Trippe’s Barack Obama Looking at Awesome Things has gotten a lot of attention because it really hit that nerd sweet spot — we like this one, of the Fortress of Solitude. Here’s the inspiration: A History of Obama Feigning Interest in Mundane Things. § Meanwhile, James Hudnall and Batton Lash have a [...]
Continue ReadingComics creators riding shotgun
Seen via Robot 6 this photo of Tommy Lee Edwards and Jonathan Ross promoting their upcoming miniseries TURF by patrolling or terrorizing the countryside of North Carolina.. Surely The Beat canoot be the only person reminded of the classic faux headline from EXTRAS: “Wossy goes widey with fweind.” TURF hits stores next month.
Continue ReadingPhoto Parade: Oni, Hannigan, Templesmith, etc., etc., etc.
[We welcome links for this feature -- please send your photo links to comicsbeat at gmail.com. Thank you!] •Anders Nilsen went to Rothenburg’s Kriminalmuseum and Munich’s Altes Pinakothekand took pictures. Jamie S. Rich and Diana Schutz spoke to Brian M. Bendis’s comics class. Charlie Chu (recently relocated to Portland as an Oni employee) took pictures. [...]
Continue ReadingComics style at the Olympics
While nothing has quite channeled the Fantastic Four as much s the Ukrainian pairs skaters, the two-man bob competition has given everyone an EYEFUL. With their husky builds and lack of support garments, this is a pretty good idea of what real life superheroes might look like. Meanwhile on the women’s side, it was the [...]
Continue ReadingPhoto parade: Crowds, etc.
Some comics-related photos from around. If you’d like to see your photo parade linked to here, contact us at the link to the right. § Nikitas Manikatos’ photos from yesterday’s one-day Long Beach Comic Expo,, which we totally didn’t give enough coverage, but based on these photos it was a fine event. Above, the author [...]
Continue ReadingDC org chart — NOW WITH HEAD SHOTS
After our last plea, DC’s David Hyde was kind enough to send us a complete set of DC Executive headshots and we are pleased to debut the most updated, version, complete with the RARE Pat Caldon variant. Congratulations to all involved.
Continue ReadingUrgent to DC Entertainment
Can you please get these men new headshots so we can get a definitive facial hair statement? Esp. Pat Caldon, since he has managed to live a life free of internet presence.
Continue ReadingMoCCA: hot hot hot
News flash from MoCCA for today, Sunday’s show; MoCCA volunteers hope to have FANS for the 7th floor. With temperatures in New York City soaring to nearly 100 degrees, everyone was glowing at the first day of the MoCCA Art Festival. The crowd was large and enthusiastic, standing in line for Lynda Barry, Adrian Tomine, Jason, [...]
Continue ReadingBack in the day
Stolen from the way-back machine of Venus In Furs’ Flickr account. Technorati Tags: Matt Fraction
Continue ReadingNYCC: The Photo Parade
You must see high quality photo streams by Kevin Church — above Bully! And Seth Kushner in a new series he calls “Fandom.” Some more: Marion Vitus with some great photos including the above that shows that the range of diversity in hair color on display from Women in Comics is greater than ever before! Dave and Raina. Finally, [...]
Continue ReadingICv2 Conference and CBLDF reception
It was a busy day at the traditional ICv2 conference held before the NYCC. Milton Griepp kicked things off with his annual white paper. See today’s Publishers Weekly Daily for details. Then came a panel on “the battle for talent” where editors and agents talked about issues in acquiring and maintaining talent. Graphic Novels for [...]
Continue ReadingJeff Smith RASL Party photos
We had to poop out on last night’s RASL party because..well..we’re only human. Missing out on the chance to hobnob with Jeff Smith, Frank Miller, Colleen Doran, Kazu Kabuishi, Larry Marder, Becky Cloonan, Nikki Cook, Dan Goldman, Josh Dysart, and 100 fans was painful but necessary. At any rate the party was a big success [...]
Continue ReadingCBLDF/Aqua Leung Drink 'n' Draw
A few quick photos from last night’s event which was a packed hoot with all the folks from Act-i-vate, ComicSpace, the CBLDF and assorted out of towners from Oregon, England, Italy and maybe even the Bronx. There was drinking but also drawing. You can see folks like Jeffrey Brown, Larry Marder, Paul Maybury and more slaving [...]
Continue ReadingSome new movie stills
WB released new stills from SPEED RACER, CLONE WARS and THE DARK KNIGHT on Friday. In this post, we share ones we like with you. “Begun this clone tool has.” Has tghis still been out for a while? We’ve lost track. =( Me gusto mucho Racer X!
Continue ReadingMemories
We ran across this picture of the late Dave Stevens and pal on our internet patrol and it was too cute not to share. One of our big regrets in life is not buying that Bulldog Cafe cookie jar when we had the chance. Technorati Tags: Dave Stevens, puppy
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