Muñoz wins Grand Prix at Angoulême
Argentinian master José Muñoz won the Grand Prix for cartooning in Angouleme. Born in 1942, Munoz is perhaps best known for ALACK SINNER and...
Pow! Sock! Comics around the world
An Indian comic about a barn owl, nonetheless is pegged as a "Comic book to titillate 'adults only'":
Is it a play? Is it a...
Help The Beat understand DCU
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DC sent out the above image (click for a larger view) this afternoon as a teaser with the headline:
"Let the...
Meanwhile, in Angoulême…
For the 27th consecutive year, we are missing the Angoulême comics fest, but luckily many folks are on the scene and blogging. Bart Beatty...
News briefs
§ Spike is 2/3rds of the way to pre-selling enough copies to print TEMPLAR, AZ.
Oh MAN, did I have a busy weekend. Sorry I...
So long, Boys — Ennis’s Statement
Newsarama reports THE BOYS has been cancelled:
Newsarama has learned that Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson’s Wildstorm series, The Boys has been cancelled by DC,...
Marvel announces FCBD comics
Comics fare for young and old -- and Phil Jimenez at Marvel -- highlight Marvels Free Comic Book Day offerings:
Spider-Man 3 won't be the...
DC News & Notes: Minx, FCBD
DC announces a returnability program in the direct sales market for THE PLAIN JANES, the debut book in the MINX launch:
With this month's solicitation...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales — December 2006
By Paul O'Brien
CIVIL WAR is still going, but with the core title running late (because you demanded it), and many of the crossover...
Fund set up for Rahimi
Last week we reported on the very, very sad story of Afghani political cartoonist Shiraga Rahimi, a father of nine who was killed by...
Silver Surfer forgot trunks
Ain't It Cool News breaks the news that perhaps the CGI animators were having some fun with the Silver Surfer's franks and beans in...
Rivkah tackles Bat-girl
Batgirl continued to be a hot topic around the blogosphere water-cooler this weekend. Some like her; others are more ambivalent and long for Barbara...
