San Diego Comic Fest’s Matt Dunford on the Convention, Jack Kirby’s 100th Birthday, and...
2017 will bring us yet another new year of comic conventions. When one thinks of San Diego and comics, it’s not difficult to summon...
Gross, Peter, Prohias and Seda selected for the Eisner Hall of Fame
As is tradition, this year's Eisner Award judges have selected four cartoonists for entry into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. They are: Milt...
Renae DeLiz, Ray Dillon and the eternal war of creators and publishers
A person will always get work if they are two of the following:
a) always good
b) always on time
c) a heckuvva person
Dave Sim’s wrist injury may prevent him from ever drawing again
Dave Sim's injured wrist means he may not be able to draw again, so he's enlisted two cartoonists to help him with The Strange Death of Alex Raymond
When Labels Don’t Mater: George Herriman and Krazy Kat
We've been writing a bit about Michael Tisserand's comprehensive new biography of George Herriman, Krazy: A Life in Black and White, but last night...
The Fair Page Rates survey for 2016 is live
Last year an anonymously sourced webpage called Fair Page Rates made some waves by assembling a survey of 60 professionals on who paid what...
Fight! Jim Starlin vs his Sodastream soda maker
Exploding appliances are definitely having a moment, and on FB legendary creator Jim Starlin warned of a dangerous run in with his soda maker...
Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise returns in 2018
Appearing at a spotlight panel at the Paris Comic Con, Terry Moore revealed that after he finishes his series Motor Girl (which debuts next...
RIP Preacher co-creator Steve Dillon
https://twitter.com/glyn_dillon/status/789834909376479232
I've never been so devastated to write a post here at The Beat.
Confirmed by his brother, artist Steve Dillon has passed away at...
Bob FIngerman, Jeffrey Brown and Chris Ware team to help Marc Maron play a...
Netflix has a lot of original series, and not all of them get as much attention as Luke Cage. Easy is a new anthology...
Webcomic Alert: Dustin Harbin on the unrest in Charlotte
Diarist cartoonist Dustin Harbin is a Charlotte local and his diary for the day is about the unrest in Charlotte that started over a...
Money Matters Must Read: The Salary of Charlie Chan Hock Chye
Sonny Liew's The Art of Charlie Chan Hock Chye is already a classic in his native Singapore, as the first graphic novel to win a...
