Film adaptation of Julie Maroh’s Blue is the Warmest Color wins Palme d’Or
The Cannes FIlm Festival wrapped up over the weekend, and the winner of the Palme 'dOr—the grand prize for all the films at the...
Crane and Kirkman share the Reuben Award; Ware, Chast, Wrightson win
The annual Reuben Awards were handed out on Saturday Night, and the top award, known as the Reuben for cartoonist of the year, ws...
Denver Conference Tackles Violence in Comics
The Rocky Mountain Conference on Comics and Graphic Novels, sponsored by Comic Book Classroom, the same organization that supports the Denver Comic Con, celebrates...
Poisoned Chalice Part 15: Who Owns Marvelman? Part I
So, who owns Marvelman? This is a question I’ve been looking for the answer to for quite a few years now, and I’m still...
24 Hours of Webcomics, the Master List
On Friday we celebrated webcomics here at The Beat with a day completely devoted to the subject: 24 Hours of Webcomics! For your viewing...
Preview: THE BOY IN QUESTION by Michael DeForge
Fresh off the heels of a number of illustrious debuts at TCAF as well as nominations for both Eisner and Doug Wright awards, Michael...
24 Hours of Webcomics: Thunderpaw In the Ashes of Fire Mountain
I've mentioned Jen Lee's THUNDERPAW: IN THE ASHES OF FIRE MOUNTAIN before as a "Future comic" -- the panels are animated gifs, a technique...
24 Hours of Webcomics: Red Meat
There are only two newspapers in Tucson, which is surprising for a place with a population of a million people. Ever since I was old...
24 Hours of Webcomics: Oglaf
Oglaf – “Warning. This comic started out as an attempt to make pornography.” begins the opening page of the website. “It degenerated into sex...
24 Hours of Webcomics: Colonus
My great weakness is for stories set in space, which is where we are by the start of Colonus by Ken Pisani and Arturo Lauria. The...
24 Hours of Webcomics: VectorBelly
Sometimes you like a webcomic because it tells a story you can't find anywhere else. Sometimes you like a webcomic because it's NONSENSE.
Vectorbelly is...
24 Hours of Webcomics: David Fitzsimmons
Some of my most fondest memories were spending time at my great grandmother's house during the brutal Tucson summers. My mother would wake my...
