INTERVIEW: Magnetic Press founder Mike Kennedy unpacks the last 10 years
Magnetic Press founder and publisher Mike Kennedy speaks to the company's origins, growth, and future plans.
Interview: Fieldmouse Press talks tariffs and how to support small press operations
In this economy? Fieldmouse Press talks tariffs and how to help small press publishers right now.
CoryxKenshin’s MONSTERS WE MAKE becomes fastest selling indie manga in the U.S
It's been a while since I last covered the indie manga, Monsters We Make. A passion project created by popular YouTuber CoryxKenshin, it was...
Interview: COME OUT AND PLAY editors on why ‘queerness and athletics are not at...
Previously in The Beat's Comics Crowdfunding Round-Up column, we announced that Stacked Deck Press's latest project, Come Out and Play: The Queer Sports Project,...
MOCCA 2025 passed the busy table test
MOCCA Fest 2025 was mostly awesome, as usual, but there were a few questions about economics
Graphic Novel Review: BRING ME THE HEAD OF SUSAN LOMOND dead funny
Bring Me the Head of Susan Lomond
Cartoonist: Connor B
Publisher: Silver Sprocket / $11.99
February 2025
Macabre is putting it lightly with Monroe Poole. When she says...
Small Press Spotlight: Check out a preview of MADAME CHOI AND THE MONSTERS
The Small Press Spotlight is back with a preview of MADAME CHOI AND THE MONSTERS, hitting stores on November 26
Interview: Cullen Bunn on TRIPLE THREAT OF TERROR
Horror writer Cullen Bunn chatted with The Beat about TRIPLE THREAT OF TERROR, his latest Kickstarter project with Outland Entertainment
NYCC ’24: Filip Sablik finally unveils Ignition Press
At New York Comic Con, former Boom! Studios president Filip Sablik revealed the name of his next venture: Ignition Press.
Halloween Beat: System Of A Down’s John Dolmayan releases DEAD SAMURAI
Horror Beat: System Of A Down's John Dolmayan releases his next horror comic DEAD SAMURAI, available today for fans
Graphic Novel Review: WHEN TO PICK A POMEGRANATE is raw, robust
When to Pick a Pomegranate
Cartoonist: Yasmeen Abedifard
Publisher: Silver Sprocket / $14.99
September 2024
The deeper in you go, the darker and stranger When to Pick a...
Interview: Saurabh Bhatia delivering the case why COMIX.ONE could be a new hope for...
Can digital comics better serve the indie and small press community? Can they put the creators and readers first? Saurabh Bhatia hopes so - and would like Comix.One to be a potential answer
