Preview: A Distant Soil #42
Colleen Doran's A Distant Soil is one of the original creator owned comics—and after a long run it's actually coming to a close! Only nine issues remain after this one. Issue #42 is on...
NYCC ’13: The East of West Panel with Hickman and Dragotta
By Jeffrey O. Gustafson
Jonathan Hickman and Nick Dragotta, the co-creators of the hit Image series East of West, held a panel in front of a packed audience of appreciative fans Saturday at New York...
NYCC ’13: The Chew Panel
by Jeffrey O. Gustafson
Friday at New York Comic Con, creators John Layman and Rob Guillory talked to several hundred fans of their hugely entertaining, humorous, action-drama series Chew.
They talked about upcoming issues in the...
NYCC 13: Kirkman & Azaceta Launch Outcast at Image
Well here's what Image was teasing all week: a new horror series by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta called Outcast. The Beat was not able to make the press call for this (yes not...
Brubaker and Epting get a touch of Velvet in their new spy thriller
As part of the new wave of Image creator owned comics by big name talent, Velvet by Ed Brubaker and Steve Epting reunites the Captain America team for what is Epting’s first creator owned outing.
Velvet, which goes on sales on October 23rd, is a tale of espionage set in the Cold War. It’s an idea Brubaker had kicking around for years—he estimates that from the time he came up with it to when Epting was finally able to start ten years passed. Although it seems like a long time, Brubaker was able to take more time research, resulting in a stronger story, he said as a press conference this afternoon.
Tonight! Have Sex Criminals #1 with Fraction and Zdarsky!
Tonight the Beguiling, Toronto's premiere comic shop, presents the release of SEX CRIMINALS #1 with creators Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky. This will not be a comic book signing, but a full on nightclub...
Image in December: Black Kiss Christmas Special, Uh-Oh
After taking a look over the solicitations for Marvel and DC in December, it's time to take a look at Image's new comics. There's a whole new load of first issues, along with some...
Image unveils complete Walking Dead #115 cover
Not content with celebrating the 100th issue, Image and The Walking Dead are now ramping up for the 10th anniversary of the bleak, flesh eating mega-hit. #115, the 10th anniversary issue, will have a...
Ben Templesmith: “I’m alive.”
When the story broke about J. Michael Straczynski replacing Ben Templesmith with CP Smith, as artist on his Image series Ten Grand after Templesmith went into extreme radio silence, many wondered if Templesmith was...
Ben Templesmith Replaced on ‘Ten Grand’ After Cutting Off Contact with JMS
An interesting story's been picked up by Multiversity today, as it appears that artist Ben Templesmith has been replaced on Image's Ten Grand series with CP Smith. The reasoning appears to be because Templesmith...
Saga and The Avengers Pick Up Hugo Awards
The Hugo Awards were hosted last night - and hosted by no less than comics and TV writer Paul Cornell. An awards ceremony focusing across a range of different media, two of the awards...