Ward Sutton’s Bat Porn
Cartoonist Ward Suttonlooks at the recent Batman XXX movie via the healing medium of funny drawings.
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I’m Comic Sans, As*hole.
Listen up. I know the shit you've been saying behind my back. You think I'm stupid. You think I'm immature. You think I'm a malformed, pathetic excuse for a font. Well think again, nerdhole, because I'm Comic Sans, and I'm the best thing to happen to typography since Johannes fucking Gutenberg.
Continue ReadingThe return of Ryan Choi
Writer Ian Boothby has been at play in the fields of Gail Simone's forum, and aided and abetted by other posters, it turns out Ryan Choi, the recently deceased Atom, is not dead, he's just resting, or something. (The above example of "His Choi is Alive" art is by a poster, it should be noted.)
Continue ReadingVideo moment: Bronte Sister Power Dolls
If I lived in a world where this was real, I'd be so happy. In truth, it is a fake commercial by Phil Lord and Chris Miller made in 1998 for a series of educational shorts about action figures based on historical figures. It was never aired. Thank god for YouTube.
Continue ReadingSean Kleefeld’s Garfield mashups
A single gag is recycled in various settings. “What is it about Garfield that makes it so infinitely mutable? Seriously. You can’t do this so readily with, say, Beetle Bailey or Blondie or B.C.,” the author muses. Garfield’s universality and mutability are truly imponderables. What do you all think?
Continue ReadingR. Crumb’s Genesis…the band
As imagined by Ward Sutton: The Band Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb Sutton has mastered the “visible” touch, for sure.
Continue ReadingChris Sims did this awesome April Fools joke so I didn’t have to do one
Top Shelf Announces League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1988.
Continue ReadingNewest, wizardly member of Guardians of the Globe — UPDATED
. Well, now it’s been revealed that Rick Grimes, Spawn, Obama and Harry Potter are not really going to be in this series. The real lineup will be revealed next week. Drat.
Continue ReadingA Beat Exclusive Investigation: Male Slave Leia revealed
After an intensive investigation, The Beat has been able to obtain this exclusive photo of the Male Slave Leia who entranced the comics blogosphere over the weekend. As you can see, while not dressed as Slave Leia, the subject enjoys sunsets, long walks on the beach, and collecting comic books. Technorati Tags: eccc
Continue ReadingNot Mark Millar rampages on Twitter
A new and probably soon to be removed Spoof-twitterer has arrived, known as Not Mark Millar, and he or she has some fun with the Scottish writer’s well known habit of leading a dramatic and wildly successful life full of shocking surprises and sudden triumphs: #I was in NYC last week and walking down to pub [...]
Continue ReadingDisturbing photos: The portly in spandex
While we’re all digesting and gossiping about today’s news, here’s some truly disturbing photos, via Interbent. A few are Photoshop jobs. Most, God help us, are not.
Continue ReadingWizard World Mars — the REAL story
Truth be told, the Wizard World Tour has come in for some “joshing” here at Stately Beat Manor in recent days, but now The Beat has to give them MAJOR props for having a good sense of humor AND better Photoshop skills than us. After our story on Wizard World Mars ran yesterday, this press [...]
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