Comics

The Abominable Charles Christopher is one of those rare comics that I recommend to absolutely everyone regardless of their age, genre preferences or comic...

We'll kick off a day of Webcomics with something educational. Did you ever wonder if cinnamon comes from giant mythical birds or not? Then...

As a follow-up on the very fun and well-received "24 Hours of Women Cartoonists" event in March, Team Beat is reassembling starting at midnight...

Phone time! Earlier today our lovely old antique phone started ringing from somewhere in Stately Beat Mansion's attic, so I braved the cabinets and cobwebs to pick up the receiver and see what was going on. It turned out Marvel Chief Creative Officer Joe Quesada, VP of Animation Cort Lane and Executive Producer, Man Of Action Studio's Joe Kelly were on the line, to discuss the new Marvel cartoon series Avengers Assemble which'll be airing on Disney XD!

Okay I guess you have to live in or around Brooklyn, land of entitled single child families and artisinal everything—to get Park Slope Family...

I’ve been following Oni Press’s HELHEIM since it started and have been impressed with it all along, but some of the plot elements have...

This weekend the traditional Memorial Day annual meeting of the National Cartoonists Society will be held in Pittsburgh, PA. Although Saturday's Reuben Awards banquet...

In 1978 Stan Lee was the publisher of Marvel Comics, and Jenette Kahn was the publisher of DC, and together they made a speech...

One of a number of impressive comics events this weekend, the annual The International Comic Arts Forum kicks off today in Portland, OR and...

After the success of their first graphic novel, the Cow Boy team of Nate Cosby and Chris Eliopoulos have announced that September will see...

It's been a while since we looked at one of those motiony-comicky-giffy-dealies that take comics and extend them in a browsable movable way. Here's one from the Netherlands. It's actually an animated book trailer for De Vriend (Friend) by Dutch thriller author Charles den Tex. It was animated and illustrated by Aimee de Jongh and it was coded by Submarine, using a technique called "Skrollr" which unfolds as you scroll through it. (Pro tip: you can also use the down button.)

Before I get around to doing a round-up of all the previous posts, and attempt to squeeze meaning out of it all, I just...