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Scott Pilgrim vs The Matrix

The Beat — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 12:00:55 +0000

These memes are strong today

If Green Lantern Was a Pervert

The Beat — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 12:00:32 +0000

More at Cracked.com.

Although shouldn’t that be “If Green Lantern WERE A Pervert”?

Junior editors?

Cormac McCarthy’s Toy Story 3 by Ruben Bolling

The Beat — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:33:35 +0000

Via the Village Voice.

Ward Sutton’s Bat Porn

The Beat — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 17:29:05 +0000

Cartoonist Ward Suttonlooks at the recent BATMAN XXX movie via the healing medium of funny drawings.

Lo, there shall come a great battle

The Beat — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 02:46:18 +0000

[Thanks, Mark Coale.]

I’m Comic Sans, As*hole.

The Beat — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 16:45:02 +0000

Mike Lacher at McSweeney’s captures the villain in his lair:

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.

The return of Ryan Choi

The Beat — Wed, 26 May 2010 12:30:39 +0000

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.)

Video moment: Bronte Sister Power Dolls

The Beat — Thu, 13 May 2010 12:04:34 +0000

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.

Sean Kleefeld’s Garfield mashups

The Beat — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:03:32 +0000

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?

R. Crumb’s Genesis…the band

The Beat — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 12:06:23 +0000

As imagined by Ward Sutton: The Band Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb Sutton has mastered the “visible” touch, for sure.

Chris Sims did this awesome April Fools joke so I didn’t have to do one

The Beat — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:40:31 +0000

Top Shelf Announces League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: 1988.

Newest, wizardly member of Guardians of the Globe — UPDATED

The Beat — Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:34:55 +0000

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.

A Beat Exclusive Investigation: Male Slave Leia revealed

The Beat — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 16:10:16 +0000

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.

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Not Mark Millar rampages on Twitter

The Beat — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 14:00:40 +0000

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 to drink Garth Ennis under table, stumbled upon pregnant lady trapped in elevator… Made my way in, delivered the bugger, and still had time to embarrass that uppity paddy areshole in his own city. Retweet that @richjohnston

#Tommy Edwards and I Just made eight figures on 1985 and its on fast track for development at Focus. Look for it in theatres later this year 21 minutes ago from web

# I want nothing to do with movies. Maybe a bit of directing. I’m in talks to do a wee thing called Avatar 2. 22 minutes ago from web

#@tigershouldve listened to me when he had the chance. He came to me for advice some time ago, and has since ignored me completely.

#My Fantastic Four work with @THEHITCHFACTORY is the highest selling, and if you pardon a bit of self-promotion, the best since Lee and Kirby

Disturbing photos: The portly in spandex

The Beat — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:46:56 +0000

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.