SDCC ’13: get ready to wander through the Ender’s Game mini-theme park
Each year at Comic-Con we wonder what will be the big display outside the Hilton Gaslamp? There's a little grassy patch there and it's...
This Weekend New York Gets the Wizard World Comic Con New York Experience
Comics events in the Big Apple have been gangbusters for the last few years, but that doesn't mean it's easy to put on a...
SDCC ’13: The Map is here!
The floor map of this year's Comic-Con has just been released.
It's all here, the toys, the zombies, the heartaches. You can read the complete...
ComiXology announces summer Meet Your Makers program with Comic-Con sponsorships
ComiXology is getting more into the mix.
Already the #1 digital distributor for comics, with more than 100 million comics downloaded, the company is...
SDCC ’13: Dave McKean is covering the Souvenir Book
Toucan, the San Diego Comic-Con's official blog, unveiled Dave McKean's Sandman cover for the souvenir books, aka that nice looking thing you get in...
SDCC ’13 shocker! Actual comics publisher SLG will set up
Bucking trends, fans and How I Met Your Mother, one plucky comics publisher is going ahead with plans to actually set up at Comic-Con...
SDCC ’13: Gam3rCon is back
As Comic-Con continues to morph into a loose confederation of events all centered around the Old Spaghetti Factory on 5th and K, Gam3rCon will...
San Diego Comic-Con 31 years ago
Prepare to feel old, beatniks. While scrolling through my Facebook feed I stumbled upon Alan Light's Flickr gallery. Light gave me permission to share...
Podcast Alert: How much Beat blabbin’ can you take?
People often ask me "Why don't you do a podcast?"
I answer, "I do."
• In this week's More To Come podcast, Calvin Reid, Kate Fitzsimons...
SPX announces Kupperman and Modan as guests
While many of us are beginning to be terrified of the imminent San Diego Comic-Con, the Small Press Expo is ramping up for September's...
SDCC 13: Zachary Levi’s Nerd HQ is back at PetCo Park
It seems that Comic-Con is getting its Slamdance, but it's a nerdlebrity Slamdance. Zachary Levi, best known as the star of Chuck but a...
2013 CAKE Programming: Shiga, Renier and more on graphic narrative
Alongside TCAF and SPX, CAKE has aptly been described as one of the best indie comic events around today. This year's expo swept by...














