The Ormes Society is back spotlighting black women in comics
Nearly a decade ago, Cheryl Eaton created a site called The Ormes Society. It was named after Jackie Ormes, the first African American woman cartoonist and creator of Torchy Brown. The site was devoted to recording the work of African American women in comics and when the site started, Eaton came up with 13 names.
Widespread industry outrage over Marvel leak…in 2015
A big Marvel reboot, a midnight release of a previews magazine that reveals the state of Marvel after a big event called "Wars"...and a...
If you have a spare $10,000 you can get a cool old superhero costume
Profiles in History is a huge movie memorabilia house and they're having a HUGE three day auction that includes some amazing old movie costumes...
Louise Simonson’s total awesomeness is noted everywhere — except the end credits of X-Men...
This New York magazine profile of the great Louise Simonson found universal acclaim when it appeared yesterday. Not only is Weezie one of the...
When Jack Kirby drew Captain America saluting Adolf Hitler
Hate and outrage have defeated love and optimism yet again.
On Monday it was suggested that Marvel had a story trick up their sleeve that would steal the spotlight from DC's ramming-speed publicity blitz for its revamped universe and Rebirth #1.
A shocking!!! plot twist in Captain America Steve Rogers #1 that revealed Steve was really a Hydra agent all along seemed unlikely to unseat a wholesale rewriting of ten years of DC history, along with a shocking Alan Moore related plot twist.
But, today we have a genuine tweet storm and think piece blitz, all wrapped in a bow
Are you ready for a 600 page oral history of Fantagraphics?
That was rhetorical -- of COURSE you are. At long last, after over a decade in the works, We Told You So: Comics As Art...
Chester Brown vs the Bible: The final chapter
Regular Beat readers know I'm OBSESSED with Chester Brown's Mary Wept Over The Feet of Jesus. For many years, I've generally admired Brown's work,...
Comics toxic heritage strikes again as DC editor named as sexual harasser
The firing of Shelly Bond after more than 20 years of loyal service to DC has had an unintended consequence. Although referencing incidents utterly...
She Makes Comics to be distributed by XLrator
Hey mom, that movie I was in may be getting much wider distribution! She Makes Comics, Marisa Stotter's documentary about the history of women making comics is being picked up Lifeframe a new documentary division of indie distributor XLrator Media.
Unbalanced Production: The Comics Business in the 1940s
by Carol Tilley
The business of early comic book publishing in the US is something of a black box: too little data about actual practices,...
Must read: Stan Lee, Hero, villain or a bit of both?
Abraham Riesman. New York magazines resident comics expert, has a long and long brewing profile of Stan Lee called Why Is Stan Lee’s Legacy...
Anti-Wertham comic from the 40s found in library collection
Prof. Carol Tilley, who previously revealed that anti-comics crusaderDr. Fredric Wertham's research wasn't all that is at it again. While rummaging through the archives...
