The Beat’s Annual Creator Survey Part 5: From Emma Rios’ new book to “Blood & Drugs”

01/09/2019 1:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald 1 Comment

Lots of art and opinions – just what the internet is good at.

The Beat’s Annual Creator Survey Part 4: New projects from Amy Chu, Janet Lee, Roman Muradov, Otto Soglow, Ben Towle and more

01/08/2019 11:00 am by Heidi MacDonald Leave a Comment

This one has a ton of preview art!

The Beat’s Annual Creator Survey Part 3: Predictions and a Stephen Hawking preview

01/04/2019 3:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald 1 Comment

More looks back, predictions…and a preiew of a new graphic biogrpahy of Stephen Hawking.

The Beat’s Annual Creator Survey Part 2: What will be the biggest story of 2019?

01/03/2019 1:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald Leave a Comment

From Raina Telegemeier to Todd Allen…

The Beat’s Annual Creator Survey Part 1: What will be the biggest story of 2019?

01/02/2019 6:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald 2 Comments

Yes, it’s that time of year again.

Happy 2019!

01/01/2019 9:00 am by Heidi MacDonald Leave a Comment

Hello to all and congrats on making another trip around the sun – and now we get to do it all again. In the past I’ve posted one of J.C. Leyerdecker’s famed “New Years Babies” from 100 years past for the New Year’s image, but artist Steve Leialoha has gone and done the photoshopping for […]

Merry Christmas To All

12/25/2018 8:08 am by Heidi MacDonald 1 Comment

The Beat is on a holiday break but we’ll be back tomorrow. In the mean time from all of us, we wish all of you a wonderful holiday. And if you’re in need of some reading here’s the best stories from the Beat in 2018 as picked by the Beat Staff. Art by Suzu […]

The Beat’s Holiday Gift Guide: For the Indie and Small Press Comics Admirer

12/04/2018 12:00 pm by Philippe Leblanc

A selection of gift ideas for small press and indie comics enthusiasts!

Review: A very scary Halloween with The Haunting of Hill House, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina and a new modem

11/01/2018 9:30 am by Heidi MacDonald

For weeks I’ve been trying to watch The Haunting of Hill House, the newish Netflix series based on the classic Shirley Jackson novel – but only under optimal conditions. Namely, during the day and with a lot of people around. The first movie version of Jackson’s novel, called simply The Haunting, is by far the […]

REVIEW: Junji Ito’s FRANKENSTEIN stands as one of the best adaptations of the horror classic

10/31/2018 3:30 pm by Ricardo Serrano Denis

Frankenstein: Junji Ito Story Collection Cartoonist: Junji Ito Translator: Jocelyne Allen English Adaptation: Nick Mamatas Touch-up Artist and Letterer: James Dashiell Junji Ito’s original body of work often turns its human characters inside out to show how monstrous we truly are. In Uzumaki, he turns an obsession to spiral shapes into a metaphor on how […]