Monday’s Review Slate: Lazarus and Pizza Dog
This week's been a big week for comics! All kinds of goings-on were, well, going-on. I'm narrowing it down to just the two comics,...
The fifth new Vertigo title is Coffin Hill and the sixth is Suiciders —...
This morning's NY Times story on Vertigo's six new titles only managed to have room to mention four of them. However if you look...
Big Interview: Julia Gfrӧrer: ‘I don’t get why people write stories without sex in...
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...
Vertigo is alive, launching six new titles
Despite all the appearances that Vertigo, DC's line for creator-driven horror, fantasy and crime-based comics, is on its last legs—they only released four monthly...
The Guardian Reveals the Origin of The Phoenix Magazine
This weekend The Guardian published an interview with the Fickling family, who created and run the Beat-approved Phoenix Magazine. Conducted by John-Paul Flintoff, the...
MAD MENTAL CRAZY! The True Life of the Fabulous Zenith, Part 2
Last week I began my in-depth look at the history of Zenith and its attached legal dispute. As before I shall add my disclaimer:...
The Beat’s Timely On-Time Not Late ELCAF Report
Last weekend saw the second ELCAF take place in London, an indie comic festival which headlined with publishers Nobrow, SelfMadeHero, and Blank Slate. It...
And finally….from Tumblr to the New Yorker
Jack Hunter's sure-to-be-iconic cover for next week's New Yorker hits so many notes...it's what makes The New Yorker the New Yorker. But it was...
FILM REVIEW: CARTOON COLLEGE Gets Under the Skin of Making Comics
Representing comics production in popular culture has long been missing a piece of the puzzle. We’ve had excellent documentaries about ground-breaking creators like Will...
Nice Art: Kazu Kibuishi’s cover for Prisoner of Azkaban revealed
The third in Kazu Kibuishi's 15th anniversary edition covers for the Harry Potter series has just been released. Prisoner of Azkaban is the one...
Daily dose of awesome: John Allison’s Hulk comic, Smallville tribute
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...
