Toby Cypress and RODD RACER
Toby Cypress is one of the most stylish and underrated comics artists around town, and when you peep his blog, you'll see why. He recently started posting new pages of his long-gestating graphic...
Image of the day
New York graffiti mash-up, via Nerd Dad.Thanks to Stephen Gerding for the link.
Rick Veitch offers BRAT PACK free issue
But speaking of free sampling, Rick Veitch reports that a new edition of his seminal BRAT PACK is coming out very soon, and the first 32 pages are available for download right now:Some...
Scans_Daily shut down; Internet reacts…and reacts
Over the weekend, news broke that the popular LiveJournal community Scans–Daily has been closed down. The community started out as a repository for slash fiction, but has developed into a wide-ranging sampler of all...
Dylan Horrocks launches Hicksville website
Dylan Horrocks, one of New Zealand's premier cartoonists, hasn't been much heard from in recent years, but he's got a brand new website which will showcase the popular webcomics serialization of his old print...
Review: WONDER WOMAN
By Steve BuncheThe folks over at Warner Bros. Animation have proven time and again since the now-classic Batman: The Animated Series that they not only care about making genuinely good and entertaining superhero material,...
BEASTS OF BURDEN preview
Somehow, last week we did not link to Jill Thompson's gorgeous artwork for BEASTS OF BURDEN, a four-issue miniseries wirtten by Evan Dorkin with painted art by Thompson about some animals who fight the...
IDW gets in the ring with Family Circus
Billy, Jeffy, Dolly, and PJ are getting their own deluxe collection treatment, as IDW continues to expand their comic strip empire. At their WonderCon panel today, IDW announced a new series of Family Circus...
WonderCon news: Image, BOOM!, Fox Atomic
There's a bit of news and announcements out this morning from WonderCon. At the Image panel, Erik Larsen talked about Obama and John Layman talked about his new series:
Layman was on hand...
Recession Watch: Wizard layoffs, more on Viz layoffs, first newspaper closing
§ The Beat has obtained more information on recent layoffs at Viz. The two editors laid off were long-time vet Ian Robertson and Carol Fox, who also worked at Tokyopop in the past. Several...
Marvel ends open submission policy
Marvel has ended its policy of accepting unsolicited art submissions, according to a press release, below. However, Talent Liaison C.B. Cebulski talked about it early in the week at Comic Book Club; audio here....
WonderCon: Viz — #835
Viz Is a last minute surprise at WonderCon:
VIZ Media has received a last minute opportunity to support the WonderCon show (sister-show to San Deigo Comic-Con) in San Francisco this weekend as an exhibitor this...
