Conventions

Classy lady! Helen also commented on the late Harvey Pekar by wearing a shirt with his name. “It was a great graphic artist and I...

While the ever-fashionable, erudite, and hobnobbing Beatrix navigates the nerd herd of Comic-Con, I continue Watchtower duty her at stately Beat Manor, munching on...

Marvel announced a second series of STRANGE TALES, indies-do-superheroes, at their Mondo Marvel panel this afternoon. It will be a three-issue miniseries with...

Well, it's been nuts, to say the least. We're about to dash into our ONLY APPEARANCE OF THE CON: 1:30 Room 3, we'll be...

As we wander the halls of Valhalla here at Movie-Con, there's lot of those upstart comic book people clogging the aisles. Can't they get...

The Beat endorses this soiree!

This is not comics, but it sounds too cool not to post.

By Torsten Adair While the Beatrix goes forth among the ravenous hordes of Comic-Con International, I remain at stately Beat Manor, stuck on monitor duty. So,...

There are lots and lots of events at Comic-Con, but The Beat also endorses the Pop Candy Meetup, hosted by our pal, Whitney Matheson!

Before things get rolling too much, we would like to state that the Beat endorses the Odysea bar at the Hilton Bayfront as...

Okay, we're on the ground and ready to get Preview Night and there are some press events already going on, notably this: We had flight delays and other unpleasant stuff like a server meltdown that near about gave us a heart attack yesterday but it's all over now and the real suffering can begin. Oh, we kid. There was a South Park marathon on Comedy Central that made the flight very bearable, including the classic World of Warcraft episode, the Logan's Run episode and one about sex education where Kyle...oh we can't say but we know you remember. We haven't had time to take the temperature of the town, but let's just say San Diego couldn't be more eager to welcome Comic-Con! There were e-signs up at BAGGAGE CLAIM for crying out loud. The signs at the trolley stop have been made over in Klingon. Signs, banners, parties, breakfast specials...the red carpet hasn't been rolled out, it's been shot out of a t-shirt cannon over the whole city.

Although they are out of business, Alvin Buenaventura is using his previously reserved booth to run a "going out of business" sale, sad as...