World Comics

A wee bit of highly sourced speculation on the earth shattering Spielberg/Jackson announcement: No Love Interest for Tintin: This according to an anonymous Moulinsart estate company source quoted in London’s The Times newspaper. Says he...

This story from Reuters is a bit brief but it seems a government crackdown on crime comics has swept up such things as DEATH NOTE in China: China's capital is seizing ghost and horror...

Duo pact for adventure trilogy: Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson are teaming to direct and produce three back-to-back features based on Georges Remi's beloved Belgian comic-strip hero Tintin for DreamWorks. Pics will be produced in...

Via his Bad Signal mailing list: The thing that bothered me about that Roll Of Honour award was that it should have been a reason to honour the memory of Tom Frame. Only met him...

§ Matt Madden reports on the recent Napoli Comicon, which is held in a castle. § The North Jersey Media Group report on this weekend's Nawthorne comicon, held in a high school...

Hasn't anyone posted these online? Shamelessly stolen from Rich Johnston: Favourite Comics WriterWarren EllisFavourite Comics Writer/ArtistMike MignolaFavourite Comics Artist: PencilsJohn CassadayFavourite Comics Artist: InksPaul NearyFavourite Artist: Fully-Painted ArtworkAlex RossFavourite ColouristLaura MartinFavourite LettererChris EliopoulosFavourite EditorMatt SmithFavourite PublisherMarvelFavourite...

The reports coming in from the Bristol Comics Expo this weekend are surprisingly lucid thus far -- pretty shocking, but guess the big drinkers are still in detox. The Forbidden Planet Blog has a...

We returned to the show on Friday late after a day of hardcore sightseeing, but in time for the Awards. As I wrote in an earlier post, these were more like a...

Our arrival in Barcelona coincided with the morning, a time period The Beat is all too unfamiliar with, but it gave our arrival a suitably surreal context. We were greeted at the airport by...

Did we get your attention? They all did animated shorts for the upcoming French film Fear(s) of the dark and now you can see the trailer at the above link. Overseen by Etienne Robial,...

We can't believe we missed the bulging crotch scandal!: My pal Jake said to me, “I think there are two equally creepy options - 1. Ross intentionally, on his own accord, drew a big bulge...

After a dismal journey to the beach, we finally got to see the rest of the show today. We spotted a lone quartet of Stromtroopers, but only at a Spanish convention would one see...