Turk wins Japanese cartooning prize
Call us nuts, but we just love these stories where an Italian wins an Iranian cartoon contest and so on. It shows the whole...
Stephen King to the rescue
Marvel has released a media blitz in advance of the February 7th release of the first issue of DARK TOWER, the Stephen King-inspired mini-series....
Stardust pics! Coraline GN!
You may have seen all this already, but there are some pics from Stardust online. You'll recall this is the film version of the...
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,...
TO DO: Comics Artists Speak in Tribeca, Goldman in Gothamist
Tonight, in Tribeca The Tribeca Performing Arts Center presents Shooting War's Anthony Lappé and Dan Goldman, along with other graphic novel luminaries like Marisa...
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...
