To do tonight: Barbara Stok at The Metropolitan Museum of Art
There are a lot of comics events going on around town tonight but here's a pretty cool one, especially if you'd also like...
24 Hours of International Comics in Review: From Boulet to Sandman
In case you missed it, we had a celebration of comics around the world on Friday with Beat staffers posting their thoughts on all...
2015 Doug Wright Award finalists led by Bunjevac, Tamakis, DeForge, Jacobs
It's time for the annual nominations in Doug Wright Awards for Canadian Cartooning. The finalists, representing the best in Canadian cartooning, are chosen by a judging...
24 Hours of International Comics: The Bangalore Comic Con is underway
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24 Hours of International Comics: Britain and Sandman Overture
"Sandman Overture"
By Nick Eskey
Okay, perhaps not a British comic, but seeing as “Sandman” was written by a British man, and is in English, its...
24 Hours of International Comics: Fabien Vehlmann, the Alan Moore of France
Best known in the US for writing Beautiful Darkness, Fabien Vehlmann is a superstar writer in France, working on some of the best known characters while winning numerous awards, and even writing the occasional movie. Here's a brief look at some of his work available in English.
UN announces “Gender Equality: Picture It!” comics competition for Europe
Diversity is taking over the world! The UN Women, a department aimed at gender quality around the world, the European Commission, the Belgian Development...
ReedPOP launches in China with Shanghai Comic Con
Yesterday we learned that New Jersey is getting a comic-con...and so is China! ReedPOP is launching the Shanghai Comic Convention which will be held in just two months, May 16 and 17th at the Shanghai Convention & Exhibition Center of International Sourcing.
Area man selling old comics to finance wife’s breast augmentation surgery
Makes sense, right? Ebay user hugelyimpressive is auctioning off some rare Golden Age comics he came across is order to fund his wife's boob...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/9/15: Secrets of the Manga Industry Revealed
§ Deb Aoki is the Charles Dickens of Storify, You may know her from that other one we mentioned recently, but she also put...
Mahou Shounen Breakfast Club and “the toxic ever present white gaze.”
There's no question but that in American culture the predominant view is one that is rich, white, male, straight and Christian. And while "The male gaze" is pretty well known, we're getting to learn about the "white gaze" as well. Have you ever wondered what it looks like? Now we know. Except it’s from peace loving New Zealand AND America.
Interview: JP Ahonen on drawing bears, Sing no Evil and the Finnish comics scene
Finnish cartoonist JP Ahonen made a splash last year with his energetic graphic novel Sing No Evil (co-written by KP Alare), about a rock band that has to struggle not only with rival musicians but a supernatural invasion of their home town. Originally published in Finland, Abrams brought out the English edition. Here he talks about making the book, sequel plans and what comics are like in his native land.
















