Bonus BCGF debut: COPRA by Michel Fiffe
A few straggler debuts are coming in for this weekend's Brooklyn Comcis and Graphic Fest including The Beat's own Michel Fiffe with COPRA. It's 24 pp, full color and Fiffe expects it to be MONTHLY.
Brooklyn Comics & Graphic Festival debut comics will pretty much blow your mind
A HUGE list of books that will be debuting at Saturday Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest. Gas is a little short but mass transit is working so get yourself over to Williamsburg! And yes...
On the scene: Tucson Comic-Con 2012
The con season is finally wrapping up and I end it with a high note in my backyard.
By: Henry Barajas
The con was founded by Mike Olivares a previous employee for local used book store Bookmans who decided...
Today is deadline to apply for TCAF 2013! Plus TCAF in Japan
For those of you with power, you might want to be reminded that today is the deadline to apply for the 2013 Toronto Comics Arts Festival, which will be held May 12-13. Details below:
The...
New and Noteworthy: 5 Self-Published Singles
EASY PIECES: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF ME & YOU, by Neil Dvorak
Neil Dvorak’s series EASY PIECES premiered and continues to appear on the web platform ACT-I-VATE, but his print issues were available at...
Monday Morning Funnies: The Society of Unordinary Young Ladies
You may have already heard of Wahab Algarmi and Joel Sigua's The Society of Unordinary Young Ladies - a web comic that plays cleverly and originally off of the Alan Moore classic, The League...
On the Scene: Dean Haspiel Storms Long Island
“An Evening with Dean Haspiel”, held at the Cinema Arts Center, in Huntington Long Island on October 4th, was as much a tour of the last twenty years of comics history as a look...
NYCC 2012: Kick-Watcher at NYCC
By: Henry Barajas
One of the main reasons why I started writing about Kickstarter projects is because I care a lot about independent creators trying to do their own thing. If you have ever considered making...
On the Scene: NYCC Day 1: Irwin Hasen Rocks the Boat and the Image...
By Hannah Means-Shannon
There’s something about walking into the New York Comic Con before it officially opens and seeing all the surprisingly graceful last minute preparations. Maybe it’s because the hard work is done and...
On the Scene: Small Press Expo 2012 Day Two
By Hannah Means-Shannon
The revelries following the Ignatz Awards continued long into the night and crowded the lower levels of the conference center took over the bar and spilled out onto patios, steps, and walkways,...
On the Scene: Small Press Expo 2012, Day One
By Hannah Means-Shannon
Things were buzzing at the Small Press Expo even before it officially began. A crowded hotel lobby, constant chatter, and a general sense of anticipation partly due to this year’s much-hyped stellar...
Kevin Freeman takes over Action Lab
I'm not exactly sure what Action Lab is but I like PRINCELESS, which they publish, and I like their logo. So heck, I'll run this PR.
Effective October 1, 2012, Kevin Freeman has been...