Process

Speaking of David Gibbons, the subject of the nine-panel grid was debated on Twitter the other day following a conversation spark from J.A. Micheline: https://twitter.com/elevenafter/status/856606785922367488 You can dig around on the chat that ensued at your leisure,...

Drawn & Quarterly recently released Joe Ollmann’s latest graphic novel, The Abominable Mr. Seabrook. Joe Ollmann worked on this graphic for a period of five years, not simply to write and illustrate the book,...

https://twitter.com/COLORnMATT/status/822340256787791872 This tweet by colorist Matt Wilson was going around last week, and not only does it reinforce the importance of properly crediting colorists but it's a pretty succinct summary of the esthetics of modern...

By: Nicholas Eskey Often in the comic book industry we focus our admiration on the artist, shortly followed by the writer. But what about those unsung individuals that separate comic books from just fancy drawings?...

The other day we told you about a Frank Miller DKIII variant cover that had everyone talking about its (depending on your point of view) minimalist and/or shockingly incompetent art style. After some twitter discussion, artist James Harvey took it upon himself to show that Miller's recent work might be suffering from a misplaced coloring esthetic. And then all hell broke loose.

Greg Pak explains why he's Kickstarting a book about how to run a successful Kickstarter. Since Kickstarter Secrets is already successful, you probably shouldsupport this book and listen to this man before you run your own comics Kickstarter!

Here's a comprehensive interview with Dover's Drew Ford about the future of their comics line, with many more reprints coming (including a personal favorite, Through the Habitrails). But a little gem is dropped that...

Renaissance woman Alex De Campi is not only a writer and director...she also letters her own comics and now she's shown you how you can too! I am one of those rare writers who letter...

There exist on the internet a good few resources on how to break into writing comics—many of them linked at The Beat's own resource page—but there is always room for more, especially more by...

I know everyone is sick of The Force Awakens already, but if you have any interest left, the good news is that screenwriter Todd Alcott has returned to his blog to examine the character...

For the past few days there has been a kerfuffle in the extremely high profile, glamourous and profitable world of comics journalism. Rather than comment on this hot mess, I'm going to talk about why it happened. And what we an do to improve things.

Last month, Wired posted an update about John Pound, the co-creator of the Garbage Pail Kids trading cards, and how he uses somewhat archaic software to create random comics! Many comics cognoscenti know that Art...