Stripped: Grant Morrison – Dope, Chips, and Skewed Moralities
Grant Morrison returned to the Edinburgh Book Festival, this time as one of the star attractions of the Stripped programme, and still with those...
Highlights from Canada’s Biggest Show Fan Expo
Canada's largest comic-con Fan Expo broke some records this year, with well over 100,000 attendees and 900 retailers, artists and exhibitors descending upon Toronto's...
SDCC: Rep. John Lewis’s MARCH: Book One
by Pam Auditore
Among the faux Heroes in spandex came a true, real life one, in suit and tie, to San Diego's Comic-Con one Saturday...
Stripped: Joe Sacco – Conflict Comes in a Lot of Guises
Following Chris Ware in the Stripped programme at the Edinburgh International Book Festival came the very entertaining and engaging Joe Sacco, creator of numerous...
2013 Ignatz Award Nominees led by DeForge, Carré and Alden
The indie-focused Ignatz Award nominees have just been announced. Chosen by a panel consisting of Lisa Hanawalt, Jason Shiga, Dustin Harbin, Damien Jay and...
Stripped: Chris Ware – Comics, A Working Class Art Form
Introduced as the laureate of graphic literature, the much celebrated Chris Ware booked a sell out event at a major literary festival, speaking about...
Con Wars in Minneapolis as Wizard World schedules show two weeks before Spring Con
A few years ago, comics water cooler gossip (and message boards) were enlivened by Con Wars, a series of conventions—mostly run by Wizard World—that...
#Tweetfolio: San Diego Comic-Con Needs To Get Bigger
By Bon Alimagno
I hadn’t been to San Diego Comic-Con in five or six years. I swore it off when I was walking through one...
On the Scene: Boston Comic Con Exceeds Expectations
By Carolina Cooney
After having to cancel their original mid-April date due to the Boston Marathon bombing, Boston Comic Con was back this past weekend...
Faith Erin Hicks’ Fantastic Journal Comics from San Diego
Oh yes, more from SDCC, you're all going to be thrilled. But wait! This time round the reporting doesn't come from anyone at The...
Fort Wayne’s CAF Appleseed launches Kickstarter
As the comics live event business diverges into Cons and CAFs (comic arts festivals), both seem to be thriving. In 2013 Fort Wayne got...
Beat Contest: Win a piece of original art by Neal Adams at Wizard World...
Okay we don't run too many contests here at The Beat, but when the prize is as awesome as this—a piece of original art created for you by Neal Adams—it is something we can't pass up offering Beat readers a shot at.
