German comics exhibition
Do you know anything about the history of comics in Germany? Us neither. Some light is shed in this Forbidden Planet International...
Comics trivialize Holocaust?
CNN international presents a video report the the holocaust comic book we've mentioned here previously. Produced by the Anne Frank Center and drawn by...
Ivan and Kristyn and the Crystal Skull
We don't know how many of your have been following the adventures of Ivan Brandon and Kristyn Ferretti. The NYC MECH duo has been...
Cartoonist target of “terror plot”
Danish authorities have arrested three people who were allegedly planning to assassinate one of the Mohammed cartoonists. A 40-year-old Dane of Moroccan origin...
The return of Corto Maltese
Luigi Siviero of the Italian Fumetti di Carta blog writes to inform us an interesting piece of news:
Matteo Casali and Giuseppe Camuncoli are going...
Our coolest trackback ever
The Beat was linked on Morfablog which looks very much to us like its written in Welsh.
The cross-cultural appeal of Frank Miller
Spanish indie cartooner Pepo (El Vecino)is a regular Beat tipster, and also one of Spain's indispensable bloggers with his Con C de Arte blog....
Worthy Project #2: Words Without Borders
Words Without Borders bills itself as "The Online Magazine for INternational LIterature" and naturally, the latest issue turns to international comics.
Philippe Dupuy and Charles...
Worthy Project #1: Comics Influx
Comix Influx treads the line between Wiki and scanslation without being either. Basically, it's a cooperative website that offers English translations of foreign comics...
Hewlett’s PHOO ACTION on BBC3
Jamie (Gorillaz) Hewlett's strip Get The Freebles which ran in The Face, has been turned into a British TV show called PHOO ACTION. It...
Things people did this weekend in Scotland and Canada
There were a couple of local comics show this weekend. Joe Gordon at the Forbidden Planet blog went to Hi-Ex, which was seemingly...
Third ASTERIX film a Euro hit
Variety reports that Asterix at the Olympic Games has opened on a record 1,078 screens in France and grossed $4.1 million, which is...
