Comics

Waitaminnit! That Slaterman23 is quite the busy bee -- he's also designed a Lost: The Animated Series poster. Click for larger image! Looking at...

Via Jill Pantozzi , yet more fan designed vintage style posters for comics stuff, this time various superheroes, via Slaterman23.

• Yow, lots of Marvel movie news percolatin' out there. Claude Brodesser-Akner reports that Columbia is the first studio to run up against the...

If you couldn't be at Stumptown, you could follow along via Twitter, or check out the Portland Mercury's photos, or Anna Faltermeier's, or...

The Stumptown Comics Festival was held this weekend. Many folks attended the party where the awards were held, and even wrote extensive blog postings...

Jim Rugg writes to tell us he'll be debuting a new mini comic at SPACE tomorrow, and -- as befits one of our most POPULAR categories here on The Beat -- gave us an exclusive peek:

Such a busy weekend! The indie comics tour continues in the Midwest with the SPACE Festival, held this year at a new location:Ramada Plaza...

The Stumptown Comics Fest unfolds this weekend in Portland, one of the premier events on  the indie comics circuit, and what with the Mayor...

Can a gay teen comically get in trouble with Mr. Weatherbee, humorously strive to win a burger eating contest, make horrible puns and have trouble deciding who to date? At Archie Comics, the answer is yes, as they have introduced their first openly gay character, Kevin Keller. In the words of Archie Co-CEO Jon Goldwater, “The introduction of Kevin is just about keeping the world of Archie Comics current and inclusive. Archie’s hometown of Riverdale has always been a safe world for everyone. It just makes sense to have an openly gay character in Archie comic books.”

Jon Lewis's cult comic about a bunch of neurotic critters in the swamp is back as a webcomic. Go forth and bookmark.

Although clouds of volcanic ash kept most Americans away from the London Book Fair this week, the locals battled their way through, and there...

As he mentioned on his C2E2 panel, Chris Ware recently finished a cover for Fortune magazine, only to see it killed, perhaps because of...