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Speaking of D&Q, they just showed off a new book called Eden by a Argentinian cartoonist, Pablo Holmberg, a.k.a Kioskerman.

Today we are giving away a cult comics classic which was published in 1987 but still speaks to today's issues. Before there was Wesley Gibson or Dave Lisewski or Flex Mentallo there was...Eddy Current, the story of an inmate at a mental asylum who finds himself melded with the "Dynamic Fusion Suit" he ordered from an comic book ad and escapes to save the world.

Writer Ian Boothby has been at play in the fields of Gail Simone's forum, and aided and abetted by other posters, it turns out Ryan Choi, the recently deceased Atom, is not dead, he's just resting, or something. (The above example of "His Choi is Alive" art is by a poster, it should be noted.)

Comics, wake up! The call is coming from inside the house!

Today's Beat giveaway is the new graphic novel by comics Legend Joe Kubert, Dong Xoai 1965. In a starred review,  Publishers Weekly wrote: In 1967,...

It's sort of the worst kept secret in comics that there will be a second Strange Tales anthology from Marvel, featuring more indie cartoonists presenting their takes on classic Marvel characters. The latest cartoonist to let the cat out of the bag is Farel Dalrymple who posted this excellent panel from a Spider-Man story.

Last night's season-ending episode of Fringe included a sideways universe, and that universe included an alternate version of DC, that had its own versions...

Some pissing and moaning this week about the fact that Marvel/Deisney will be shooting the Captain America movie in the UK instead of the US. The reason? Oh, budget and so on.

GIRL COMICS #2 is out this week (a little late) and Faith Erin Hicks' Wolverine comic provides a pleasing preview.

Yes, what would a Beat giveaway be without LITTLE LULU. This time we're giving away Dark Horse's GIANT-SIZE LITTLE LULU #1 by John Stanley...

The news that DC was shutting down its CMX manga line drew a surprisingly caustic reaction across the web, as summed up by Johanna Draper Carlson. Now, we're well aware that there is a very vocal bunch of online fans who love to bash DC no matter what they do -- if someone at DC used a firehose to put out a fire, these fans would complain DC was wasting precious water. However these complaints were from manga commenters and librarians, a usually less volcanic crowd. But they were near-universal in their disappointment that DC had shut down a line that seemed to be hanging in there despite rarely getting any attention or promotion

Dear lord, what is coming out of this woman's vajayjay? People, dogs, monster claws, golden light, frayed denim. This one has it all. The...