John Ridley courts controversy
Screenwriter/novelist turned comics scribe John Ridley has gotten a lot of positive reviews for THE AMERICAN WAY, his Wildstorm mini-series about superheroes, the Cold...
DC Comics Month-To-Month Sales: December 2006
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
DC Comics placed six of its releases in the Top 10 in December, including two issues of Justice League of America, three...
Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards noms
The nominations for Web Cartoonists' Choice Award are up -- you'll have to go to the link for the entire list, but we've copied...
Perry Bible Fellowship Collection due
Did you know that Dark Horse is putting out a collection of Nick Gurewitchs brilliant webcomick PERRY BIBLE FELLOWSHIP? We didn't!. Says Gurewitch:
I'm...
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...
Intended audience reviews youth comics
Over at Newsarama, a couple of youngsters have reviewed all the all-ages comics at LUNCHBOX. We couldn't find the ages of the reviewers given,...
