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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,...

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...

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...

I know everyone is sick of The Force Awakens already, but if you have any interest left, the good news is that screenwriter Todd...

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...

A little while back, Brian Hibbs wrote a piece involving the place of Kickstarters in the comics world that still seems to be making...

Yet another discussion of what happened to the artist being the big dogs of comics, and a chance to make your feelings known via a survey!

Comic-Con is said to be the biggest pop culture event in North America, and if you’re one of the more than 130,000 attendees, you’re likely to purchase and wear some of one-of-a-kind comics, art and action figures from the many vendors at the show. Whether it’s a Optimus Prime collectible or a Boba Fett action figure or even your vintage Star Wars costume, keeping your Comic-Con treasures safe and sound doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. And tese FedEx coupons just for Beat readers will help!

by Harper W. Harris Certainly one of the busiest artists at HeroesCon 2015 was Tula Lotay, who has burst onto the mainstage of comic artists...