Hometown convention survival – a guide for the unwary
It's that time again, New York Comic Con is back. And as a New Yorker, it's much more accessible than, say, San Diego Comic-Con....
Con Diary, NYCC/Wednesday: Shakira and Dan Slott
The terrible news is that I've arrived in New York, and have been stumbling around your lovely American sidewalks for just over a day...
NYCC ’13: Day 0…a full slate of demographics
The first day of full-on New York Comic-Con activities began bright and early with a media presentation at the offices of comiXology. I'll have...
Your New York Comic-Con Event Calendar; or Party Poop Goes 2013
Look, I made a calendar. And Embedded it. This is not ALL the events surrounding New York Comic-Con, but it's the ones I was...
Bill Willingham brings steampunk pulp hero team up to Dynamite
He's got us hooked with his fantasy work, what will he do with steampunk? Bill Willingham and artist Sergio Fernandez Davila are creating Legenderry:...
NYCC 13: Kirkman & Azaceta Launch Outcast at Image
Well here's what Image was teasing all week: a new horror series by Robert Kirkman and Paul Azaceta called Outcast. The Beat was not...
NYCC13: How To Survive The Con
Whether it's your first time, or your eighth, here are some suggestions on how to survive what is a mixture of Times Square on...
NYCC is coming right for us
It's New York Comic Con Week, as exemplified by this photo of the NYCC Camaro parked in front of NYC's Forbidden Planet shop....
NYCC ’13: Artist Julian Lytle offers prints of JLA members eating yummy foods
I'm not all that familiar with the work of artist Julian Lytle Is, but by chance I've seen the prints he'll be selling at...
NYCC ’13: Comixology offers signings and giveaways
Free stuff and signings with Doug Braithwaite, Larry Hama and more!
Take comics further this New York Comic Con 2013 at the comiXology booth (#1928)...
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come – Comics on TV
Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it's More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat's own Heidi...
Reminder: Not all Comic Cons are standing room only
An unnamed but trustworthy informant we'll call "Longbox" sent this picture from a recent comic con that showed a pretty dead Sunday, if you...
