Cartoonists

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 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

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...

Last year an anonymously sourced webpage called Fair Page Rates made some waves by assembling a survey of 60 professionals on who paid what...

Exploding appliances are definitely having a moment, and on FB legendary creator Jim Starlin warned of a dangerous run in with his soda maker...

Appearing at a spotlight panel at the Paris Comic Con, Terry Moore revealed that after he finishes his series Motor Girl (which debuts next...

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...

Netflix has a lot of original series, and not all of them get as much attention as Luke Cage. Easy is a new anthology...

Diarist cartoonist Dustin Harbin is a Charlotte local and his diary for the day is about the unrest in Charlotte that started over a...

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...

At the end of the month, the thriving scene of artists studios centered in the Gowanus part of Brooklyn will be no more. As reported last year (but not imediately connected to the comics world) a massive collection of old warehouses that have been turned into artists studios, in the classic NYC sense, are now being turned into...well condos, probably. The area is located near the toxic Gowanus Canal and not considered safe for habitation but that won't stop anyone. Maybe a bank or a organic dog treat store or a prozen yogurt shop will open up.

Dean Haspiel gave the keynote speech at the Harveys and although there were a lot of joking catcalls from the audience, his speech had most people stunned by the end. It was a heartfelt tribute to the power of the comics community, while also refelcting the uncertain times that artists have in New York and, really, any community where real estate has soared beyond their reach. With eprmission, here's the entrie text of the speech.