Iran now peeved over PERSEPOLIS
It seems Iran's professional political complainers are not just annoyed at hyper-stylized fictional remembrances of 2000-year-old wars, they also dislike cartoon films made from...
France: Tintin doomed to lonely life of celibacy
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...
DEATH NOTE banned in Beijing
This story from Reuters is a bit brief but it seems a government crackdown on crime comics has swept up such things as DEATH...
“Spielberg, Jackson team for Tintin”
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...
Warren Ellis makes the case for Tom Frame
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...
Con reports from Jersey and Napoli
§ Matt Madden reports on the recent Napoli Comicon, which is held in a castle.
§ The North Jersey Media Group report...
Eagle Awards Winners — UPDATE
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:...
Bristol reporting
The reports coming in from the Bristol Comics Expo this weekend are surprisingly lucid thus far -- pretty shocking, but guess the big drinkers...
Barcelona Part II: The Quest for “Mount Jew”
We returned to the show on Friday late after a day of hardcore sightseeing, but in time for the Awards. As I...
What I did on my Spanish Vacation Part I
Our arrival in Barcelona coincided with the morning, a time period The Beat is all too unfamiliar with, but it gave our arrival a...
Animated Burns, McGuire, Mattotti
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...
Exciting stuff we missed
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....
