World Comics

What better way to celebrate the Beat's 11th anniversary than with a preview of one of our all time favorite comics, Corto Maltese by...

Woot, now this is cool. The amazing artists Bengal and Tony Sandoval will be appearing at the Magnetic Press Booth (#5534) and many cool books will be on display. In case you've missed it, Magnetic has turned out some of the best looking books over the last year—Love The Tiger to name just one—and this booth is well worth checking out. Deets:  

Beat correspondent Serhend Sirkecioglu travels from Turkey to Kazakhstan in search of the Turkic world's comics culture— and he finds it in this groundbreaking report!

In a shocking court reveal over the fate of one of the world's most beloved and influential comics characters, a Dutch court has ruled...

You all loved it when I tweeted stats, and now you can watch the ENTIRE panel section of last week's French Comics Conference, held...

The gorgeous Albertine bookstore at the French Embassy. ---- I'm in the middle of Book Expo/Book Con hubbub but I wanted to draw beat readers...

Storied French publisher Humanoids—publisher of many classics by Moebus, Jodorowsky and Bilal—has gotten into the graphic novel to movie race with a three picture...

Although I live tweeted the ceremony with its grandeur and tradition, I neglected to list the WINNERS of the 2015 Doug Wright Awards which...

Planning to visit a con, or set up? You can map your world tour with this resource. Biserka Stringer-Horne has just created a...

Last event, but the one that I am moderating! BK: European (Comics) Invasion with Darryl Cunningham, Penelope Bagieu, Sergio Garcia Sanchez & Nadja Spiegelman...

When I was a younger sprout in comics I often wondered if there had been any more women cartoonists than Marie Severin and Ramonda Fradon? What about in France where they loved cartoonistss? The ver very great Claire Bretecher was often mentioned but was that it? Well, it turns out that all along there were other great French woman cartoonists, including Annie Goetzinger, whose amazing Girl in Dior is out now. Tonight she signs at the Kinokuniya Bookstore before apeparing MoCCA all weekend and going on tour on the below dates:

And another event, this one a screening of a documentary about one of Charlie Hebdo's earlier controversies followed by a talk with Art Spigelman...