INTERVIEW: Cartoonist Justin Hall’s Discusses MINE! and more
In August 2017, ComicMix launched their Kickstarter for Mine!, a comics collection benefiting health services organization Planned Parenthood. Mine! features contributions from Eisner-Award winners...
Exclusive: Silver Sprocket Announces 2018 Spring Line-up with Nowack, Passmore, Sweater and more
Silver Sprocket is an SF-based indie comics publisher with a growing presence. In addition to putting out comics–most notably the Ignatz winning Eisner Nominated...
Crowdfunding Watch: Secret Libraries, Reimagined Fairy Tales and Time Travel
This week's crowdfunding watch is brought to you by my childhood. I dreamed of living inside books or having them somehow magically become part...
01/05/2018: Small Press & Indie Comics Galore New Year’s Edition
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Nice Art
§ I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday. Welcome to 2018. Let's start this year with some nice art from Maddi Gonzalez, a...
Review: Growing up with ‘The Case of the Missing Men’
From the Hardy Boys to Scooby Doo to Blue Velvet and onward the trope of teens attempting to solve mysteries is a well-worn one...
Crowdfunding Watch: The New Year’s Day Edition
They say absence makes the heart grow fonder, so I am here to ponder if that is true? Did you miss these missives? I...
Preview the trailer for one of 2018’s most intriguing launches–’Cult Classic: Return to Whisper’
Cult Classic: Return to Whisper is the flagship title in a new non-superhero shared universe launching from Vault Comics in 2018. The lead title...
To do this weekend: CALA in Los Angeles wraps up the indie fest season
CALA is coming to LA this weekend, and you'll want to check out the limited edition of a new graphic novel by Ezra Claytan Daniels and Ben Passmore.
The Beat’s Holiday Gift Guide: For the Indie and Small Press Comics Admirer
The holiday gifting time is here and the Beat crew stands ready with some suggestions for the comics lover, comics curious or even comics oblivious -...
12/01/2017: Small Press & Indie Comics Galore
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Nice Art
This month's nice art is by Priya Huq, a cartoonist and illustrator based in Chicago. She's the creator of the web comics Mana, which...
Spike Trotman on Drip – Kickstarter’s Answer to Patreon
A couple weeks ago, Kickstarter unveiled their relaunching of Drip, what you might call a crowdfunding subscription service or Kickstarter's version of Patreon. The...
Review: Dave Ortega puts family first in ‘Dias de Consuelo’
With immigration in general and Mexico in particular having become such issues of anger in modern America, Dave Ortega’s tender, informative family saga Dias...
