Crabapple’s MoCCA Fest poster unveiled
Over on her blog, Molly Crabapple has posted her poster for this year's MoCCA Festival, held June 6-7. Not only does the art feature an octopus -- always a favorite here -- but it's...
Kitties and puppies
Let's relax a little today with another page from BEASTS OF BURDEN, the Evan Dorkin/Jill Thompson miniseries coming later this year.
And the cover to issue #2 of LOCKJAW AND THE PET AVENGERS...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: February 2009
By Paul O'Brien
Lots going on this month. The Dark Reign books are mounting up, the War of Kings crossover has begun, and Obama is back. There are also a lot of new...
News notes
• Eric Reynolds reports that Esther Pearl Watson's UNLOVABLE has been picked up by young women's apparel chain Urban Outfitters and will be tested in ten stores nationwide. With its chunky pink appearance and...
Oh Sandman…NO!
Spidey's most embarrassing moment, from Failblog. (Link via Twitter, but we don't remember who had it, sorry.)
Tonight, Toronto: Graphically Speaking: Webcomics!
If you're in Toronto, you should go to this:
Graphically Speaking: Webcomics!
Featuring Kate Beaton, Willow Dawson, Emily Horne, Brian Mclachlan, & Ryan North
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009, 6:30pm - 8:30pm
@ North York Central Library
TOTALLY FREE
Chris Butcher...
Jeff Lemire + Art Brut = Album
Up at Standard Attrition, Jeff Lemire's artwork for the new Art Brut album.
Giant hand in space
Nasa has discovered a giant hand crushing the stars out in space:
Red represents low-energy X-rays, the medium range is green, and the most energetic ones are colored blue. The blue hand-like structure was created...
Business news briefs
• ECCC news: The initial launch of the BOOM!/Fox Atomic partnership will be an ongoing 28 DAYS LATER comic:
Initial launch story will be firmly based in 28 DAYS LATER continuity with the first...
Wolverine-gate updates
Last week, Roger Friedman, a showbiz columnist who worked for Fox, wrote a column in which he reviewed the download bootleg version of WOLVERINE. This weekend, unsurprisingly, he was fired (although he is saying...
Some trimming at Dark Horse
The Beat has learned that editor Rob Simpson was recently laid off at Dark Horse. Simpson, an industry vet who formerly worked at DC, was the Senior Editor in charge of Dark Horse's prose...
15 Reasons Not to Download WOLVERINE: #1 Naked Wolverine
Vengeance and ire continue to flood Hollywood in the wake of the leaked WOLVERINE workprint. Fox has called in the FBI to help investigate the case; meanwhile, Australian effects house Rising Sun denies they...
