Comics

Writer Ian Boothby has been at play in the fields of Gail Simone's forum, and aided and abetted by other posters, it turns out Ryan Choi, the recently deceased Atom, is not dead, he's just resting, or something. (The above example of "His Choi is Alive" art is by a poster, it should be noted.)

Comics, wake up! The call is coming from inside the house!

Today's Beat giveaway is the new graphic novel by comics Legend Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai 1965. In a starred review,  Publishers Weekly wrote: In 1967,...

The Eagle Awards, the British comics honors which are voted and chosen by the fans, have just been announced. It's a good year for...

While your recovering from the emotional overload of last night's Lost finale, you can say goodbye just a little more with this interactive guide to all the characters and how they died from the National Post's Steven Murray, a.k.a. Chip Zdarsky.

It's sort of the worst kept secret in comics that there will be a second Strange Tales anthology from Marvel, featuring more indie cartoonists presenting their takes on classic Marvel characters. The latest cartoonist to let the cat out of the bag is Farel Dalrymple who posted this excellent panel from a Spider-Man story.

Last night's season-ending episode of Fringe included a sideways universe, and that universe included an alternate version of DC, that had its own versions...

Some pissing and moaning this week about the fact that Marvel/Deisney will be shooting the Captain America movie in the UK instead of the US. The reason? Oh, budget and so on.

GIRL COMICS #2 is out this week (a little late) and Faith Erin Hicks' Wolverine comic provides a pleasing preview.

Yes, what would a Beat giveaway be without LITTLE LULU. This time we're giving away Dark Horse's GIANT-SIZE LITTLE LULU #1 by John Stanley...

The “Big Two” are dominant in the print world, but they’re also burdened by the weight of their respective (and convoluted) histories. They are both large, public companies with multiple layers of corporate management, plus sister companies with overlapping and/or competing interests. Because of their success and dominant positions, change is an understandably slow and costly process.

This weekend sees the Maine Comics Arts Festival in Portland, ME. In its second year the show has expanded to two days -- a day of FREE panels at the Portland Public Library this Saturday and then a exhibit on Sunday at the Ocean Gateway. There's also a comics art show on display at the Lewis Gallery at the Portland Public Library. Guest list is here, headlines by Brian Wood, Skottie Young and Jeff Lemire. The Portland Press HErald previews the show here and the organizer, Rick Lowell of Casablanca Comics.