Conventions

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...

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...

Gunfire at the Ft. Myers charitable event created a real-life running zombie herd, but the organizers' security safeguards may have helped prevent further harm. Shootings...

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Last Thursday, early afternoon, I perused the lower level halls of New York Comic Con. Autographings and photo ops were running nicely, and the...

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.

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...

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...

When the lights in New York Comic Con 2015's Artist Alley dimmed low on Sunday, everyone thought that party was over.  As it turns...

After that, it was down to the DC exhibition! First stop, Graphitti's booth, to check out the new special editions! Then I walked over to...

NYCC '15 has come and gone, but the photos The Stately Beat Manor took are here to stay.  We had a number of fantastic...

https://twitter.com/PRMartinez19XX/status/653780658330800128 Well that's the charge by artist Paul Roman Martinez, anyway. https://twitter.com/PRMartinez19XX/status/651782830700163072 Paul Roman Martinez @PRMartinez19XX @steamcrow Have you seen the prices for Silicon Valley Comic Con?...