McClouds announce first tour leg
The first few months of the The Making Comics 50 State Tour have been announced, with much more to come. The tour kicks off...
CHIP ZDARSKY’S ENGINE
Warren has taken to his bed, so Chip Zdarsky has taken over THE ENGINE. Much mirth and monitor spewing follows:
What does this have to...
Video: Dave Johnson at Isotope!
http://www.youtube.com/v/dMpmZ0dyp1s
SEE Dave Johnson drink a giant glass boot full of beer!
WW Chi: Loeb Auction huge success
Just to end this on an up note, Newsarama has a really nice story about an auction to benefit a scholarship founded in honor...
Rivkah: Paneling, Pacing, and Layout in Comics and Manga
While we're waiting for MAKING COMICS, Rivkah (STEADY BEAT) has a couple of pieces (one more is planned) looking at timing, pacing, balloon placement,...
Two from Seattle: Forney and Fantagraphics
The Seattle Post-Intelligencer looks at the locasl 'tooner scene with a description of how Ellen Forney lets her freak flag fly, and...
Comics Multi Media frenzy!
Leah Moore and John Reppon interviewed by Paul Holden at On The Drawing Board.
Joe Kubert profile:
"Jew Gangster" is one of these. There's also "Yossel,...
OPOLIS: While you were in Rosemont…
We were in Queens at the Flux Factory for the closing night of "Opolis". Curated by cartooner Jason Little, with Jean Barberis, and Morgan...
Hope Larson in the New York Times
The comics loving New York Times has a lovely full-page comic by Hope Larson on the Op-Ed page today. Click on the image for...
Ryan & Cooper
Johnny Ryan and Dave Cooper team as Hector Mumbly for Nick Magazine, as spotted at Dave Roman's new nickmag_comics blog. Damn, if only we...
Jonathan Levine interview
Regular Beat readers know that we're big fans of Jonathan Levine's art gallery here in NYC, which specializes in "lowbrow" or "pop surrealism"...
Great moments in comics part XLVII
We always love Kean Soo's photo-journalism con reports and here he captures a magic moment we like to call Understanding Tetris, as Kazu Kibuishi...












