The Beat Comic Reviews for 12/12/12: Batman Vs Vampires
Hey! It's one of those dates where American readers can't shout at me for getting the day and month the 'wrong' way round! Hurrah!...
First look: ICE AGE: THE HIDDEN TREASURE
Boom continues to have success with its comics for younger readers with Adventure Time, Peanuts and Ice Age. Based on the ICE AGE: CONTINENTAL...
Studio Coffee Run: Mo’ Hobbits, Mo’ problems, Elysium, Kickass 2, Spiderman 2, etc.
Here is a new pic of a very armed and very bald Matt Damon in a teaser image from Neil Blomkamp's Elysium. The film...
On the Scene: NYCC 2012 Day Two: Scott Allie Tells It Like It Is
By Hannah Means-Shannon
Well, firstly, Friday was the new Saturday this year at NYCC. What that makes Saturday is yet to be seen. Though both...
Diamond retailer breakfast: Dynamite, BOOM!, and Valiant all joining the FOC program
At the Diamond Retailer appreciation breakfast this morning, after being forced to surrender phones and become sequestered behind a blast shield door, attendees...
Dandelion Seeds: The Return of Halloween Comics!
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A few months ago, I brainstormed about how Halloween mini-comics being offered by Diamond could be used in a variety of ways to promote...
Adventure Time overwhelms SDCC '12 with cuteness
Check out Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward signing comics for the kiddies at San Diego Comic Con
SDCC 2012: Bravest Warriors from KaBoom!
KaBoom, the All-Ages section of Boom! Studios, have announced a new comic tie-in to a Pendleton Ward series, in the form of a six-issue "Bravest Warriors" miniseries.
SDCC12: Boom! Studios: Booth #2743
Boom! Studios announces all their awesome stuff, including a very public party on Thursday evening!
Sablik joins BOOM! as VP of Publishing and Marketing
We told you a little while ago that Filip Sablik had left Top Cow, and now it's revealed that he's joined BOOM! Studios as VP of Publishing and Marketing. CBR does his intro interview:
A Political Thriller With Gorillas and Chimps: Reviewing BOOM!'s Planet of the Apes Revival
A month or so ago, I'd pulled Dracula: A Company of Monsters out of the library and found myself pleasantly surprised by it. Somebody in the comment section mentioned Daryl Gregory, co-writer on the Dracula book, was doing Planet of the Apes and it was worth checking out. Sure enough, the library had that, too. Daryl Gregory may be one to watch, because his Planet of the Apes is better than his Dracula, and he's two-for-two.
Lost and Found: Busiek's Corporate Take on Dracula
One of the nice things about being around a large library system is being able to take a flier on a graphic novel you might not otherwise pick up. Not too long ago, I happened up Vol. 1-3 of Dracula: The Company of Monsters on the shelf and figured "it's Kurt Busiek... how bad could it be?" I picked up the first volume and ended up going back the next day for the rest of the set.
















