Todd Klein’s new print with Alex Ross
Following his prints with Alan Moore and Neil Gaiman, letterer supreme Todd Klein is teaming up with artist Alex Ross:
The print will be called “Comic Book Dreams”, and will have quite a bit of...
Why so serious for Halloween?
If you think you are going to be so clever and dress up like the Joker for Halloween, please remember-- there are a lot of clever people. It's a hit in Boston:
Terry Andersen was...
Important people who read comics
§ Manga-loving Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso -- who is actually not all that popular, and whose championing of manga and other youth culture stuff is an attempt to curry favor with voting youths...
Secrets of the Hulk
We hadn't been paying that much attention to the recent HULK DVD release, aside from the barely-there Captain America cameo. However, this Film Threat article by Scott Mendelson reminded us of all that...
Sixteen Days of Halloween: Suzanna Lasker
The Beat's mom, Suzanna Lasker, has gotten into the fray! Happy birthday, Suzu!
Sixteen Days of Halloween: Dave Windett
Dave Windett sent us this illo he did for Retro Gamer magazine. Atari! Amiga!
Grant Morrison & DR WHO: A match made in heaven?
You may have seen that IDW recently published a book (see above) called GRANT MORRISON'S DR WHO, collecting some of the scribe's work on the DR WHO comic from back in the 1980s (hence...
Charles Burns and FEAR(S) OF THE DARK
FEAR(S) OF THE DARK is an unusual French horror film we've talked about here a few times before. It's an animated film of terrors with segments directed by such cartoon icons as Blutch, Charles...
AX at Top Shelf
The Same Hat boys announce that the AX anthology will appear at Top Shelf. This is exciting news because AX is a respected anthology of unusual manga that rose from the ashes of GARO,...
Bill Leak on the mend
Great news from down under, as cartoonist Bill Leak, who was in a medically induced coma for three days after experiencing a severe head injury, is out of ICU and on the mend:
"He continues...
