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Happy New Year, faithful Beat readers. Hoping it's a happy and healthy one for all. 2015 was a challenging year for many of us...

For the past few days there has been a kerfuffle in the extremely high profile, glamourous and profitable world of comics journalism. Rather than comment on this hot mess, I'm going to talk about why it happened. And what we an do to improve things.

In re the last piece, here's a direct link to my first piece for Slate in which I investigate the comics/cartoon connection with quotes...

Guys, if you want to get with a woman, do not make her watch Buffalo 66. I repeat, do not watch Buffalo 66 with your woman. I know you think Vincent Gallo is really cool and edgy and it's a romantic film about vengeance and attraction, but it's really about a dangerous psychopath made by a serial abuser who imagines a toxic fantasy of a willing female victim. It is total creepsville plus everyone misses a field goal now and then, just like Jeurys Familia gives up a home run once a year and it happens to be in the World Series.

FACT: I don’t make much money in comics. I only make enough to survive. However… I still love making comics. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not crying...

UPDATED WITH CAVEAT: Alex De Campi has pointed out that show ever has put this together used her slide on page rates without crediting...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8P80A8vy9I Time to get meta again! The article The Awl by Noah Davis about rising pay rates for online writing gave hope to millions: Many newer...

As we all know, paying jobs for artists can be in short supply. One of the more obscure but potentially full-time gigs is courtroom...

Legendary artist Steve Rude has an open submission form on his website for a colorist to color new Nexus and Moth stories.

Over the last year or so, there’s been an increasing amount of talk in creator circles about the low page rates being given out...

We've quoted Blerdgurl (formerly Derpygurl) before on promoting at cons, and she has a new post out called 10 Ways to Promote Your Project...

Short answer: no. Faith Erin Hicks has a far more informative and entertaining longer version, which includes anecdotes and concrete evidence of how she...