SDCC13: Longbox Tales from Old Con
By Carolina Cooney
While the masses of attendees poured in the doors and made their way toward their exclusive of choice (many to be disappointed), I opted to head the opposite direction and work my...
How to Keep Up with The Beat at SDCC ’13
SDCC opens doors today, and The Beat will be covering it a variety of different ways. Here's where you can find us, what we're up to, and who we'll be snogging.
James Nesbitt better watch...
SDCC’13: Wonder Women: On Paper and Off
From 1983 until 1997, Mary Mashcal assembled an extensive collection of memorabilia and aritifacts, filling virtually every room of her Golden Hill home with historic documents, banners, posters, and books.
Her collection eventually became the...
SDCC ’13: Watchtower Wednesday
It's early. The three-ring circus and sideshow doesn't begin until later this evening, but there is already stuff happening on the web. Here are a few choice tidbits from yesterday and today, scoured by...
Comic-Con: A Sneak Peak
By Carolina Cooney
Arriving Tuesday as an exhibitor gives one a special portal into the magical world known as Comic-Con. Having been a show exhibitor for more than ten years now, Tuesday is my favorite...
Gaiman’s Alice Cooper: The Last Temptation Returning to Print
You may have read that Alice Cooper had a new comic series coming out. Come to find out, there's a 20th Anniversary edition of his most famous comic coming out: Neil Gaiman's and Michael...
Alice Cooper Launches New Comic Series
Alice Cooper's been around comics quite awhile, going all the way back to 1979's Marvel Premiere #50 and notably including Alice Cooper: The Last Temptation by Neil Gaiman and Michael Zulli. He was also fronting a horror...
SDCC ’13: Comic-Con Day -1 in Photos from DC to Pacific Rim
ONe of our most trusted spies "Connie Snowden" managed to snap some surreptitious photos during set-up last night. The Lego booth looks amazing, you can look up He-Man's skirt, Weta has yet another incredible...
HYPE ALERT: Free Honest Tea at Crown Publishing for Mission in a Bottle
Disclosure: from time to time I take on outside consulting projects, and I'm currently working with the creators of the new graphic novel Mission in a Bottle to do some marketing for them...
Dark Horse Bring Victor Santos’ POLAR to Print – with Dialogue
Dark Horse have thrown their saddle into the announcement arena, with the news that this December they'll be publishing a print version of Victor Santos' silent webcomic Polar. An interesting wrinkle, though, is that...
Bob’s Burgers Comes To Comics
Fox's Sunday animation lineup has spawned a few comics over the years. Bongo has a whole line of Simpsons comics. Devil's Due and Titan have both done Family Guy comics. Now Bob's Burgers steps...
JMS Writing New Twilight Zone Series for Dynamite
J. Michael Straczynski's been lining up a lot of comics projects lately, resurrecting his "Joe's Comics" imprint at Image and launching with the well-received Ten Grand. Add another project to the list, Straczynski's going...
