Gilbert Hernandez wins PEN Center honor, will publish Bumperhead through D&Q
Gilbert "Beto" Hernandez's status as One Of Our Greatest Living Cartoonists got yet more validation today when it was announced that he's the recipient of The Pen Center USA's 2013 Graphic Literature award for Outstanding Body of Work. The Pen Center Awards are given out each year to deserving authors in multiple categories, and as the name suggests, it honors a notable body of work.
Reviewed! Every Issue of Villains Month, Week Three
Week three brings a number of Batman villains to the forefront, as well as a surprising disconnect with the main Forever Evil storyline. Hardly...
DC and NYCC: no booth but lots of Superman costumes
All the way back in April, folks at C2E2 were stunned when there was no DC booth. Lots of panels, but no booth. Whispers were that there would be no booth at NYCC either, but that just seemed unfathomable: no big set up at the home town show? Inconceivable!
WB’s Tsujihara says full speed ahead for DC movies
Last week WB head Kevin Tsujihara gave a talk to the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference and touched on their upcoming slate. You can read a full transcript here (although whoever did it doesn't seem to know Zack Snyder's first name.) Anyhoo, while the J.K. Rowling wizarding news had everyone clicking their heels, it doesn't mean that DC has been left waiting out in the car . Here's the key passage:
Learn the secrets of Todd Klein’s lettering lore with his new print
For 20 years, ace letterer Todd Klein has been releasing a series of prints showcasing his calligraphic skills. Many were done with writers supplying...
SPX 2013: 600 cartoonists walk into a bar…
That is not a joke. It is definitely not a joke. With the SPX floor increased by a third to encompass the whole exhibition...
Walking Dead gets a spin-off TV series for 2015 with Kirkman co-producing
AMC is jumping on the "spin-off" bandwagon. With Breaking Bad ending, a Bob Odenkirk-headlined spinoff called "Better Call Saul" is in the works, although...
Uncivilized Books to publish Sam Alden’s “Hawaii 1997”
One of the "It" cartoonists at this year's SPX was definitely Sam Alden, who took home the Most Promising New Talent Ignatz, and was...
Let’s Play Comics and Captions!
In 1983, the Dayton Daily News accidentally switched the captions for "Dennis the Menace" and "The Far Side". And then, a few days later,...
The Beat Podcasts! – Heidi interviews Jeff Smith!
Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it's More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat's own Heidi...
FIRST LOOK: Numbercruncher #3 from Titan Comics
Titan Comics, hearing about Tharg's earlier visit, decided to also pop round for some tea and biscuits, and also handed me some paper. This...
2000AD Plan ‘Day of Action’ in Support of a DREDD Sequel
Tharg popped round for a biscuit earlier, before thrusting a piece of yellowing paper into my hands and saying "this can run immediately." It...
