Zainab Akhtar

I've been following the progress of Sonny Liew's (Malinky Robot, My Faith in Frankie) upcoming biography of Singaporean comics pioneer, Charlie Chan Hock Chye...

Okay, here we go: no 'best of list' but a completely subjective round-up of the comics I enjoyed most in 2013. Of course, I've...

The ambiguous ending of Alan Moore and Brain Bolland's Killing Joke, in which the  Batman and Joker famously share a laugh and some hearty...

  Boy, does time come around fast- it seemed like just a few days ago I was writing up the preview for s!13 Life is...

Kerry Callen's back with another of his great super parody strips, this time solving the mystery behind Batman's cluttered Bat-cave. If you've ever wondered...

I've been meaning to flag up Paul Harrison-Davies' new web-comic, Astro Dog since its launch on June 28th. I know of Paul's work from his...

I've been looking forward to this TMNT fan comic by Buster Moody  and Caleb Goellner since Moody posted the above cover art for it...

One of the advantages in writing for The Beat is the opportunity to provide under-appreciated comic creators with a platform, to share work which...

When someone is comic-ly consistently excellent as John Allison is -and he truly is excellent, folks- updating his ScaryGoRound web-comics, Bad Machinery and more...

Okay, I'm prepped for ridicule. I know people say you can't judge a film without having seen it, but if a trailer acts as...

An exciting new creator-owned comics is always a thing to celebrate, and this one  is certainly packing some talent, bringing together writer Rob Williams...

The Suitcase by Dan Berry Blank Slate Books It begins with an ordinary, yet unfortunate, circumstance. After agreeing to feed her neighbour's cat and dog while...