LEGO Voltron Set Available Early at SDCC ’18

06/28/2018 2:27 pm by Taimur Dar

LEGO Joins the Voltron Coalition!

NYCC ’15: Marjorie Liu on “Monstress”, Rebuilding Life After Trauma, and The State of Being an Asian American Creator

10/26/2015 2:28 pm by Zachary Clemente

In the quiet early hours of Saturday in New York Comic-Con’s press lounge, Marjorie Liu chatted with The Beat about her new Image title “Monstress” with artist Sana Takeda, systemic racism, the expectations places on creators of color, and the intergenerational trauma of war.

NYCC’15: Another Attendance Record Smashed! (But how do you fit more people inside Javits?)

10/23/2015 2:45 pm by Torsten Adair

Forbes reports on New York Comic Con’s record attendance: If you spent any time at all at New York Comic Con last weekend, you know there were lots and lots and LOTS of people crowding the Javits Center on the west edge of Manhattan. Official attendance numbers now confirm that observation. ReedPop just confirmed to […]

NYCC ’15: Biggest ever with 167,000 tickets sold

10/22/2015 3:47 pm by Heidi MacDonald

I haven’t seen the numbers floated around much, but this year’s NYCC was clearly the biggest ever as show runner Lance Fensterman told me for PW: The 2015 edition of the New York Comic Con was the biggest yet, with 169,000 tickets sold–up from 151,000 in 2014. Along with even more people, the event—held October […]

NYCC and SDCC ’15: Portraying Mental Health in Comics

10/21/2015 10:00 pm by Jeff Trexler

Mental illness has been a trope in comics-related properties ranging from Peanuts to Gotham, but do new sensitivities to mental health issues mean that it’s time for this to change? Jeff Trexler

The Beat Podcasts! New York Comic Con coverage from More To Come

10/16/2015 3:32 pm by Kate Fitzsimons

Brought to you by Publishers Weekly, it’s More To Come, the weekly podcast of comics news, interviews and discussion with Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons and The Beat’s own Heidi MacDonald. This week, we have a wide array of interviews from and about 2015’s New York Comic Con! More To Come 174: An Interview with NYCC […]

NYCC’15: WBTV Preview Night Screenings

10/15/2015 6:15 pm by Torsten Adair

Last Thursday, early afternoon, I perused the lower level halls of New York Comic Con. Autographings and photo ops were running nicely, and the Queue Hall (aka “the stockyards”) was mostly empty, as the morning crush had long subsided, and most of the Main Stage events in Hall 1-D had already occurred. Out of curiosity, […]

NYCC ’15: Wes Craig on “Deadly Class” – The Process and Perils of a Career with Assassins

10/15/2015 3:32 pm by Lindsey Morris

At New York Comic Con last week, The Beat’s Lindsey Morris chatted with Wes Craig about his current comics life – what it’s like to spend your days elbow-deep in teenage assassins, angst, and violence.

NYCC’15: Saturday Photos!

10/14/2015 8:45 pm by Torsten Adair

Saturday, I spent time on the show floor, visiting the sides (3-A, 3-D, 3-E) which aren’t as crowded as the middle mega booths (which I perused Thursday). Torsten AdairI’ve been writing for The Beat since July of 2010. I’ve been reading comics since 1974, collecting since 1984, and spreading the graphic novel gospel since 1994. […]

Harassment and what you can do about it, NYCC edition

10/14/2015 1:15 pm by Heidi MacDonald

Last week, the cartoonist Julia Wertz wrote about the street and online harassment she’s received in recent years, and the disparate response to it: A lot of men responded by asking me if I was okay, which, don’t get me wrong, was sweet and very much appreciated, and I know they were just looking out […]