Holidays

Things are winding down for the holidays. The Beat is no exception. We'll be on holiday starting next week, and this time we really mean it. Almost no internet. We'll have a few elves looking in, but posting will be pretty perfunctory through Christmas. We will be posting some holiday art for the next few days so send us links or JPGs...but only through Friday. After that we're gone, baby, gone. Looking forward, we'd like to note that we're already booking advertisements into 2011. The top banner is sold out until April, and there are only scattered openings after that.

Every year the producers of the best cartoon of the 21st century, The Venture Brothers, unleash a new Christmas single -- here's a handy link to all of them to date Including Venture-Aid 2006 and The Monarch singing The Christmas Song. There are rumors of a new song for 2010, but until then, enjoy the mellow sounds of Venture-mas past.

http://www.youtube.com/v/4FXSnoy71Q4?version=3 We've got much to be thankful for this day -- good family, friends and health -- and even with all the tech problems at...

Moore is 57 years old today, and it gives us a great excuse to post this illo by Dylan Horrocks of Moore as...

The annual Halloween party thrown at the home of Anina Bennett and Paul Guinan of Boilerplate fame, seems to have been a real humdinger.

On the occasion of Veterans day, what better book to preview than the extraordinary LUCKY IN LOVE by George L. Chieffet and Stephen DeStefano. The story follows Lucky Testatuda, a young man from New Jersey who discovers a lot about life and love in World War II. Stationed in the Air Force in the Pacific Theater, life for Lucky is a mix of worrying about death, inflicting fiery death upon others, and confronting the differences between fantasy and reality.

There are many many excellent comics that salute the men and women who fight our wars for us. Never forget.

Or, how some of us will be feeling tomorrow morning after the election. Thus ends our Halloween celebration. Until next year, my lovelies.

And also a reminder....no one does horror like the Japanese!

Based on our trip to the Village Halloween Parade, there were a lot of pirates and superheroes -- many Kick-Ass and Hit-Girl costumes, so good on that, John Romita, Jr. ... We did not personally witness any Scott Pilgrim costumes that were not worn by comics folks, but Edgar Wright has a Posterous gallery, above.

Via Golden Age Comic Book Stories The greatest Halloween movie of all time.

Via awesome Adam Koford Heck another!!!