Friendly giant towers over superhero
We know all Beat readers were gladdened by the heart warming story of the world's tallest man, 7 foot 8 inch Bao Xishun,...
More art: Herge and Fellini
Think that comics-loving directors started with Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez? Wrong! Federico Fellini, famed Italian surrealist, was a cartoonist early in his career,...
John Wesley and The Bumsteads
We're not exactly sure what this is, but it's part of an art exhibit called THE BUMSTEADS by John Wesley, which is on view...
Alex Ross on gay characters
Thanks to the blogosphere, it's getting so you can't get away with ANYTHING. In a recent interview at Wizard, Alex Ross had some comments...
Titan is hiring
Titan Books is looking for a few good men -- or women -- to write licensed comics for the youngsters. Come on, people, put...
MALLARD FILLMORE cartoonist drinks, then drives
From E&P news that a right-leaning cartooner was arrested for a family unfriendly activity:
Edward Bruce Tinsley, 48, creator of the comic...
Jodorowsky profiled
Legendary avant-garde-filmmaker-turned cartooner Alexandro Jodorowsy is profiled in the NY Sun as new prints of EL TOPO highlight the NY Film Festival:
Visiting this fall...
SPAWN conquers Bulgaria
If we were as mean as they say, we might say that if Borat wrote a comics press release, it would read something like...
Oh, the Huge Manatee
Regular readers know we have always been manatee-friendly here at The Beat. These peaceful, lovable behemoths of the seas may lack cutes,...
BrumCon remembered
Adrian Brown, organizer of the Just1Page charity, sent us a report on the recently concluded Birmingham International Comics Show, complete with a link to...
“Anti-gay” writer takes on gay superhero
The blogosphere has a new talking point as the news that Chuck Dixon is writing a comic starring Midnighter, the gay character from THE...
Jahnke leaves VIZ
Publishers Weekly has word of a personnel shift at VIZ:
Dudley Jahnke has left Viz Media and Viz CEO Hidemi Fukuhara has taken over his...
