NYCC’16 LIVEBLOG: Celebrate 50 Years of Marvel’s BLACK PANTHER with Ta-Nehisi Coates!
Hey all, we're live at New York Comic Con at the Black Panther 50th Anniversary panel with panelists Ta-Nehisi Coates, Brian Stelfreeze, Christopher Priest,...
NYCC ’16: The Surprising Business of Con Afterparties
Recently The Hollywood Reporter posted an article about how stars can make a lot of money at conventions from bookings and signings. This is a part of the changing economy of conventions and the growth of the profits and business opportunities surrounding it. Another large growth market is the afterparty market.
Madefire Gets Another $6.5M in Funding and Launches Virtual Reality Comics App
You remember Madefire? They do the "Motion Book" not-quite-animated comics (I highly recommend Milk for the Ugly) and power the in-house digital comics sites...
NYCC 2016 Day One Round-Up
Wondering what was going on yesterday as New York Comicon launched its 2016 edition? Here are all The Beat's links for yesterday in one...
:01 Collecting Cucumber Quest Webcomic for Print
Earlier today, we mentioned that :01 (First Second Books) started serializing the Spillzone graphic novel as a webcomic. :01 likes to do that as...
NYCC’16 LIVEBLOG: The Insider Scoop on ICv2’s Super Secret Industry White Paper!
Phew! Busy Thursday afternoon. We're here live at the ICv2 White Cup bringing you the latest from the annual industry event that features in...
NYCC 2016: Dark Horse Has Two Aliens Titles in April
Dark Horse has a looooooong history with the Aliens franchise. How long is looooooong? April's Aliens: The Original Comics Series Volume 2 is giving the deluxe...
DC Rebirth Wave 2: Only Three Titles?
Multiple sources are reporting that DC was touting three books as their second wave of Rebirth titles at today's retailer breakfast: the Bennett/Epting Batwoman...
:01 is Serializing Spillzone Online
:01 (First Second, if you prefer letters to numbers) likes to serialize their graphic novels online before the print edition is available and their...
NYCC’16 Liveblog: We’re Giving You an All Access Look at DC Comics’ Rebirth!
Hey again everyone, we're here live at the DC All-Access Panel to give you the inside scoop at what's latest and greatest in the...
NYCC ’16: Breaking News! Whoooooo! Ric Flair is here!
YOU GUYS, while I was getting that fateful coffee this morning I saw a man walk by who looked a lot like...Ric Flair. But...
NYCC ’16: ComiXology and their new banners are “Always with you”
Comixology launches their "Always With You" campaign at San Diego but we didn't have time to roperly absorb it, but it's a comfort. And...


















