Nice Art: The Boulan-Bathor from the new Valerian: City of Alpha mobile game
Is Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets going to be the sleeper film of the summer? Starring the captivating duo of Dane DeHaan and Cara Delevingne,...
Nice Art: Here’s some Fried Pie variant action from Vatine, McKone and Ferry
Check out this brutal Mike McKone cover for Deadpool kills the Marvel U again and other Fried Pie variant covers.
On the scene: A La Borinqueña mural is created in the Bronx
by George Carmona 3rd
La Borinqueña is more than just the story of a young Puerto Rican student who gains mystical powers to help defend...
The Pushpin brings you gallery quality art from top creators without the comic con...
Toronto’s Papergirl Press is launching The Pushpin, a curated website of collectible, high-quality giclée prints for sale by acclaimed graphic novel artists — including...
Review: Assessing the damage in ‘Roughneck’
Jeff Lemire has become quite a prolific comics creator since 2008. He’s largely devoted himself to the varying forms of genre fiction that comics...
Nice Art: Tyler Boss makes some prints for the Mondo edition of Murder...
There's been a lot of buzz about the upcoming graphic novel/CD Murder Ballads. The comic is by Gabe Soria, with art by Paul Reinwand and Chris...
Review: ‘The Interview’ examines the nature of meaning
I write a lot about contemporary art, and one of the areas that I find so many people get hung-up about is meaning. That...
Review: You’ve got to fight for your right to make art!
Though it’s tempting to pronounce the atmosphere in James Albon’s Her Bark And Her Bite as retro or even nostalgic, timeless might be the...
Review: Max Andersson unpacks a family nightmare in ‘The Excavation’
Underneath the surreal nightmare presented by Swedish cartoonist Max Andersson and despite the dream logic to so much of the action in The Excavation, there’s a...
Nice Art: Fried Pie Variant Covers by Bradshaw, Anka and Stevens
It's time for some more Fried Pie variant cover reveals, even as Fried Pie Con gets closer and closer. These covers are available at...
Annie Koyama Contributes Vast Collection of Original Art to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library...
Annie Koyama, owner and publisher of Toronto's Koyama Press, has donated a large selection of original artwork to the Billy Ireland Cartoon Library &...
More Fried Pie variant covers by Templesmith, Meyers and Mahnke
It's been a busy day for art reveals here at The Beat. Can you stand some more? We think so!
Here's three more exclusive covers...


















