RIP Peter O’Toole
The late actor was the subject of a pretty good graphic novel called, Hellraisers by Robert Sellers and JAKe (SIC), and adapted from Sellers'...
We’re going to Angoulême!
At long last, I'm going to the Angoulême Comics Festival! Or to give it its proper name, the FESTIVAL INTERNATIONAL DE LA BANDE DESSINÉE....
Joost Swarte, Marion Fayolle and Brecht Vandenbroucke join 2014 MoCCA Fest
Next year's MoCCA Fest is shaping up to be a very interesting show as admission has been lowered to $5, and Bill Kartalopoulos has...
INCOMPLETE WORKS to collect long unseen comics by Dylan Horrocks
New Zealand cartoonist Dylan Horrocks is a favorite around Stately Beat Manor, and a master of short comics stories. While his website has...
Advance Review: Snowpiercer – The Escape
The film is already a smash hit in Korea and France, the uncut dystopian thriller earning rave reviews, and in January the award-winning French...
Peter Pan, a Prequel by Régis Loisel: Dark, Discomforting, and Delightful
Earlier this year, Soaring Penguin Press published the first complete English translation of Régis Loisel’s classic French series of bande dessinée, Peter Pan, a...
Titan Unveils Snowpiercer in English
With the upcoming film starring Chris Evans, Tilda Swinton, Jamie Bell, Ed Harris, Alison Pill and John Hurt due for a US/UK release in...
24 Hours of Halloween: Amanda Vähämäki
Besides having maybe the best name for a cartoonist ever, Finnish artist Amanda Vähämäki is one of those creators whose work alays has an...
Best Relaunched Blog: Zainab Akhtar’s Comics & Cola
If, like The Beat, you have been mourning the absence of Zainab Akhtar's byline around here, it's because she's relaunched her own blog, Comics&Cola,...
The rest of the weekend in comics conventions: Cola-Con, Alamo City Comic Con, Dhaka...
Even if you're not at the Detroit Fanfare there is plenty to do around the world in comics this weekend!
Kryptonite, Cairo’s comics shop
As we've been noting more and more, comics are a global culture, and there's even a comic shop in Cairo, Kryptonite located in Heliopolis, Cairo, Egypt. Here's the description from the English language "Yelp" of the region.
Irish Comic News Awards nominees announced
Irish artist Will Sliney may be sad today about Fearless Defenders being cancelled, but on the plus side he's a Hall of Fame nominee...















