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Must read: There’s no money in Tumblr and other internet culture outposts

06/29/2017 1:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Must read: There’s no money in Tumblr and other internet culture outposts

  Tumblr has just changed hands again, as part of Verizon’s acquisition of Yahoo under the rebranded Oath umbrella (re that name – someone’s definitely been watching Game of Thrones.) Although a here four years ago then Yahoo head Marissa Mayer paid $1 billion for a bunch of teenagers reposting pictures of Tom Hiddleston. Though […]

Filed Under: Comics Media, News, Tumbling Tumblr Blogs Tagged With: the death of the internet, Tumblr, underpants gnomes

The TCAF Interviews – Tyler Landry on Horror, Community Engagement & Colour

05/09/2017 3:30 pm by Philippe Leblanc

The TCAF Interviews – Tyler Landry on Horror, Community Engagement & Colour

The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is one of the most influential and important comic book event in North America. It’s mission is to “promote the creators of comic books in their broad and diverse voices, for the betterment of the medium of comics”. In the spirit of this mission, the Comics Beat has conducted a […]

Filed Under: CAFs, Interviews, News Tagged With: Comics Workbook, Horror Comics, PEI, Society, Study Group Comics, TCAF, TCAF Interviews, Tumblr, tyler landry, Vile

NYCC ’15: “Using Tumblr to Sell Your Ideas” Liveblog

10/10/2015 1:58 pm by Alexander Lu

NYCC ’15: “Using Tumblr to Sell Your Ideas” Liveblog

We’re live at the “Using Tumblr to Sell Your Ideas” panel.  Our panelists include Ghost Rider writer Felipe Smith, My Little Pony artist Katie Cook, and The Wicked + the Divine writer Kieron Gillen.  You can even submit questions to their blog [but not anymore…the past has passed…-ed.]. General Information If someone steals content you originally posted […]

Filed Under: NYCC '15, Top News, Tumbling Tumblr Blogs Tagged With: facebook, felipe smith, ghost rider, IDW, Image, Katie Cook, Kieron Gillen, Marvel, My Little Pony, NYCC '15, Self published, social media, The Wicked + The Divine, Tumblr, Twitter

Does anyone care about the artists on comics any more?

07/22/2015 5:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Does anyone care about the artists on comics any more?

Yet another discussion of what happened to the artist being the big dogs of comics, and a chance to make your feelings known via a survey!

Filed Under: Art, Process, Top News Tagged With: Art, Cartoonists, David Aja, Ivan Reis, Jillian Tamaki, surveys, Tumblr

Tumblr-gedden as Tumblr removes Disqus and custom code from some sites

04/09/2014 7:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Tumblr-gedden as Tumblr removes Disqus and custom code from some sites

Tumblr users who have been reveling in its ability to share content—and block trolls via the plug-in Disqus—got a rude shock today when due to code problems, users found their custom themes disabled and their comment boards wiped out. Among the missing—DC Women Kicking Ass’s lively comments section. DCWKA’s Sue took to Twitter to mourn the loss, and just as I write this it looks like she may have found the missing posts, but others were still searching.

Filed Under: Comics Media, Top News, Tumbling Tumblr Blogs Tagged With: Comics Media, heartbleed, Top News, Tumblr

Bookmark: Richard Sala’s SUPER-ENIGMATIX

03/13/2014 4:10 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Bookmark: Richard Sala’s SUPER-ENIGMATIX

  Richard Sala is running another Tumblr comic, SUPER-ENIGMATIX. IT includes mysterious masked figures, pretty girls, enigmas and other Sala trademarks.   You know you want it.   Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, she worked for Disney, DC Comics, Fox and Publishers Weekly. She can […]

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Top News Tagged With: richard sala, Tumblr, Webcomics

Pedigree Chum, 16/08/13: Captain America Steps Onto The Good Ship Disney

08/16/2013 8:00 am by Steve Morris

Pedigree Chum, 16/08/13: Captain America Steps Onto The Good Ship Disney

Heidi’s away, so there’s a bit of a twist on the Kibbles N Bits section today. Well, I say ‘bit of a twist’… but what I mean to say is ‘bit of a Steve’. § Disney have worked out a way to get Marvel characters into their resorts — put them on international water. If […]

Filed Under: Kibbles 'n' Bits, Top News Tagged With: Archie Comics, Bill Sienkiewicz, Faith Erin Hicks, Jack Kirby, kickstarter, Sarah Horrocks, Tumblr

Monday Morning Funnies: Insta★COP

09/24/2012 12:31 pm by Shannon OLeary

Monday Morning Funnies: Insta★COP

Kill Shakespeare Artist, Andy Bellanger, and former Marvel/DC Digital Comics Editor, Kwanza Johnson launch social media comic series, Insta★COP, across across Instagram, Facebook, Tumblr and Twitter starting today.

Filed Under: Comics, Digital Comics Tagged With: Andy Bellanger, Comics, Digital Comics, InstaCOP, Instagram, Kwanza Johnson, Tumblr, Twitter

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