Conventions

Apparently there's a weak spot in the fortress that is the line for Hall H tickets at SDCC.  Twitter user @Dre222 snapped a pic...

Today, DC is handing out some pretty fancy looking capes to coincide with the launch of DC Superhero Girls, a new line of stories...

Today, Conan O'Brien & crew hosted a panel centered around Mockingjay Part 2, the conclusion to the Hunger Games film series.  In attendance were a...

Grant Morrison just announced that he will be publishing Avatarex, a superhero comic set in modern day India.  He will be publishing the story through Graphic India,...

The inaugural day of  San Diego Comic-Con will be hard to beat because Conan O’Brien set the bar freakishly high. O’Brien has brought his...

Down and dirty today... too tired, and I'm not even there!  Click the headlines for the links! SDSU starts a comics collection  The collection was donated...

The first day of SDCC hasn't even begun yet and there's already a line for Friday's Hall H panels.  According to SDCC's policies, wristbands for...

Over the past few weeks, BOOM Studios has made a bevy of announcements to drum up excitement for their San Diego showings.  It's their...

Last year it was Gotham, which was mad cool, but this year you can get free Uber rides via Colony, the new TV show starring Lost's Josh Hollway and The Waling Dead's Sarah Wayna Callies about the struggle of one family in an occupied future LA. You'll be able to hitch a ride in various vehicles including "military vehicles." Free rides and atmosphere PLUS Josh Holloway? You know what, maybe Comic-Con is cool.

Comic-Con is said to be the biggest pop culture event in North America, and if you’re one of the more than 130,000 attendees, you’re likely to purchase and wear some of one-of-a-kind comics, art and action figures from the many vendors at the show. Whether it’s a Optimus Prime collectible or a Boba Fett action figure or even your vintage Star Wars costume, keeping your Comic-Con treasures safe and sound doesn’t have to be difficult or expensive. And tese FedEx coupons just for Beat readers will help!

We sat down at Flame Con with Cecil Baldwin, star of the podcast Welcome to Night Vale, and talked WTNV's origins, it's explosive popularity and how serialized storytelling expands representation of LGBTQ characters

Artist and writerPhil Jimenez talks gay comic fandom, the many faces of Wonder Woman and why Midnighter leaves him cold.