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DC Will Have a Major Presence at SXSW (and Free Beer)

03/01/2018 1:52 pm by Todd Allen Leave a Comment

DC Will Have a Major Presence at SXSW (and Free Beer)

Heading out to SXSW in a week?  DC & Warner’s TV unit are having a fairly elaborate pop-up experience for the duration of the show.  Free coffee (Flash TV theme), free beer (Gotham theme).  The cast of Black Lightning will be putting in an appearance and also Bendis.  There’s actually quite a bit going on, […]

Filed Under: DC Tagged With: DC, sxsw

Interview: Tales from the Loop’s Simon Stålenhag—Swedish Sci-Fi Inspiration and Why Alien is a Perfect Bedtime Story

04/06/2016 10:30 am by Beat Staff

Interview: Tales from the Loop’s Simon Stålenhag—Swedish Sci-Fi Inspiration and Why Alien is a Perfect Bedtime Story

Roaming around Austin during SXSW is a perfect way to stumble into discoveries. One such find this year was the Nordic Lighthouse—a showcase of Nordic startup tech, cinema, music, food, and design. Lucky for me Simon Stålenhag, the author of Tales From The Loop, was part of that showcase. I managed to get some time where he talked about inspiration, Swedish countryside, the eighties, why his dad’s bedtime story was Alien, and poetry.

Filed Under: Comics, Graphic Novels, Top News Tagged With: Graphic Novels, simon stålenhag, sxsw, sxswi

Telltale Games Batman Details from SXSW 2016

03/18/2016 6:45 pm by Davey Nieves

Telltale Games Batman Details from SXSW 2016

Just wrapped from the Geek Stage at the South By Southwest 2016 music and arts festival, Telltale Games CEO Kevin Bruner along with members of the studio working on their new Batman series gave some insight as to the developers aim for this new series. The game will be a distinct departure from the typical beat-em-up […]

Filed Under: DC, Video Games Tagged With: Batman, DC Comics, sxsw, telltale games, Video Games

LINE Webtoon: readership is 50% female

02/29/2016 3:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

LINE Webtoon: readership is 50% female

Mobile comics platform LINE Webtoon is huge in Korea and getting bigger here, and they are no slouches in the diversity department. According to a release, 42% of LINE WEbstoon’s creators are female, 48% of its comics feature female leads, and 50% of its over 6 million daily readers are women. Impressive, if not surprising statistics. And they’ll discuss them more at a “Women in Digital Comics” panel to be held at SXSW on Friday, March 18th. Participants include moderator Tom Akel, LINE Webtoon’s director of content, and 2 Broke Girls’ star Beth Behrs (Dents), digital star Michelle Phan (Helios : Femina), LINE Webtoon creators Kaitlyn Narvaza (Where Tangents Meet, Siren’s Lament) and Susanna Nousiainen (ShootAround), and one of the winners of LINE Webtoon’s recent Superhero Comics Contest, Sandra Diaz (Supersonic Girl).

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Digital Comics, Diversity Tagged With: Cartoonists, Digital Comics, LINE Webtoon, sxsw, webto

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