SD10: The Con-Torsten-ist: All Along the Watchtower

2 Comments POSTED ON Jul 22 2010 AT 1:00 am BY Torsten Adair
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By Torsten Adair While the Beatrix goes forth among the ravenous hordes of Comic-Con International, I remain at stately Beat Manor, stuck on monitor duty. So, while we wait for news from the Californian Cannes, let’s see what’s been happening online! Bored? As reported here, CCI:SD hopes to lock down hotel space to prevent others from holding [...]

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits – 7/19/10

5 Comments POSTED ON Jul 19 2010 AT 1:02 pm BY The Beat
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This is pretty random, but what do you expect two days before Comic-con?

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Kingdom of the links

12 Comments POSTED ON Jul 16 2010 AT 8:05 am BY The Beat
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Things that happened, art that people drew, the greatest shame of Cleveland, and one nerdlebrity's struggle to free himself from the past.

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits — 7/12/10

11 Comments POSTED ON Jul 12 2010 AT 8:00 am BY The Beat
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§ Abhay does what Abhay does best and finds out Weezer was to blame: British fish have ovaries in their testes; the message is clear: even Jason Statham’s days are fucking numbered. Via the Forbidden Planet International Blog, a nice little video primer on graphic novels by Robin Valenza: Robin Valenza has uploaded [...]

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More links than you know what to do with

1 Comment POSTED ON Jul 09 2010 AT 2:26 pm BY The Beat
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§ Congrats to Dean Haspiel, who got an Emmy nomination for his work on the titles to the HBO series Bored to Death. Emmy nominations for Outstanding Main Title Design Bored To Death • HBO • Dakota Pictures, 3 Arts Entertainment /Fair Harbor Productions in association with HBO Entertainment Tom Barham, Designer/Director Marci Ichimura, Lead Animator Dean Haspiel, Illustrator/Artist Mark [...]

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits — 6/30/10

2 Comments POSTED ON Jun 30 2010 AT 1:11 pm BY The Beat
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More Dancin' Art Spiegelman; Brandon Graham's manifesto; a Smurf-atar; is Scott Pilgrim turning video gamers into nostalgia freaks? and more more more!

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits — 6/28/10

3 Comments POSTED ON Jun 28 2010 AT 8:01 am BY The Beat
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Casue and effect, interviews with Bryan Lee O'Malley, Ian Boothby and Connos Willumsen, and the shocking truth about Hall H.

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits — 6/22/10

0 Comments POSTED ON Jun 22 2010 AT 9:00 am BY The Beat
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Can commercial comics ever equal the greatness of underground comics? Is there a solution to the scanlation problem? Is Shaenon T. Garrity's list of ten defining manga the most defining list of all? The answers to all this and more will be found in the link below!

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits: 6/21/2010

42 Comments POSTED ON Jun 21 2010 AT 8:01 am BY The Beat
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Hex, pirates, AT-ATs, rape scenes, libraries.

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits: 6/17/10

4 Comments POSTED ON Jun 17 2010 AT 12:28 pm BY The Beat
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The dirty, dirty mind of Mort Walker, the secret of Hostess Cupcakes and Spider-Man, chattings, learnings, growings and old family cartoon photos...all in the link!

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits — 6/15/10

1 Comment POSTED ON Jun 15 2010 AT 12:00 pm BY The Beat
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What is true, what is not? Who is a hack? WHo has dangling balls? What is Berkeley Breathed doing now? Answer await.

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 6/11/10

8 Comments POSTED ON Jun 11 2010 AT 8:01 am BY The Beat
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Des Yahoo hold the answers to everything we need to know? Does Jake Forbes know how to save manga? Does Stan Lee know how to answer ticklish questions? Is Brian Wood as metal as they come? What made the internet great? Does Tom Brevoort know how to tweak the competition? Does Shaenon Garrity know how to read BL? All this and more in today's exciting episode of...KIBBLES 'N' BITS!

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits — 6/10/10

5 Comments POSTED ON Jun 10 2010 AT 8:10 am BY The Beat
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As usual, a ton of disparate links have piled up while we were on the road. §DC is teaming with the NBA for some licensed apparel, and the result is this fine piece of Photoshop craftsmanship. § This is old, but everyone was Tweeting it yesterdayL Nikki Cook’s advice to artists: 14. Before walking out of [...]

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits: June 1, 2010

30 Comments POSTED ON Jun 01 2010 AT 8:00 am BY The Beat
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Why are superheroes cool? More discussion of race in superhero comics. What Jonah Hex means to Warners' movie plans. Where to go to the bathroom in San Diego. What happened at the Phoenix Comicon? Today in Kibbles 'n' bits!

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Kibbles ‘n’ Bits — 5/27/10

22 Comments POSTED ON May 27 2010 AT 8:00 am BY The Beat
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Wow, so many links and things that we can't even begin to give you a teaser. Just read it!

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