Season’s Greetings: Free comics from Comxiology starting with Secret Wars
Comixology's annual tradition of 12 Days of Free Comicsis underway again, kicking off with free downloads of Marvel’s Secret Wars #1
Every day until Sunday...
Nerdlebrity Babylon: Extreme fan bites Norman Reedus at Walker Stalker Con
Fan favorite nerdlebrity Norman Reedus has become an icon as the zombie-stompin' Daryl Dixon on The Walking Dead. But despite his amazing survival skills he was not able to repel a real bite attack by one of his greatest fans.
The McDuffie Award for Diversity In Comics submissions are open until Dec. 31
The McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics was established last year to recognize comics work that promotes the spirit of diversity. (I was honored...
Speaking of Dave Sim; The remastered Church and State Pt. 1 is available
While poking around on the A Moment of Cerebus site following my previous post on Glamourpuss, I noticed that the remastered editions of Church...
Why are there no women “Modern Masters” of comics?
When I saw an item about a new book in TwoMorrows Modern Masters from Paolo Rivera in my feed I thought "Oh cool! Rivera...
Happy Thanksgiving from The Beat to you!
Art by Walt Kelly.
Happy Turkey Day to all the Beatniks around the world! We're very thankful for all our readers and your continued support...
Guardians of the Galaxy, Starlord’s father and the horrible joy of the spoiler
What secrets are left to us in an age of internet crowd-sourced sleuthing? We'll find out where Luke Skywalker is in a few weeks,...
Gender and Feminism in the Jem and th Holograms comic
We've been writing quite a bit in the last year about the slow death of comics media, and one of the reasons is that...
Gilbert Hernandez to present erotic biblical tales in Garden Of Flesh graphic novel
In a world where the word unfettered is used quite a bit, Gilbert Hernandez can truly be said to be unfettered. The Love and Rockets grandmaster is a prolific graphic novelist (in the last couple of years alone, Speak of the Devil, Loverboys, Bumperhead, and Marble Season) and no subject matter is too raw or shocking. His The Twilight Children (drawn by Darwyn Cooke) is currently coming out from Vertigo, and here's a brand new project, Garden Of Flesh
which promises Gilbert's own take on Biblical tales:
which promises Gilbert's own take on Biblical tales: More Nerd News Site Attrition: io9 folds into Gizmodo
Will any geeks news sites be left standing as 2015 draws to a close? I would have thought io9, the nerd part of the...
A quick round up of comics-related news about the Paris attacks
Just a few of the news notes regarding Friday's tragedies as they relate to our corner of the world, if you can stomach it....
Katsuhiro Otomo’s poster for 2016 Angoulême festival revealed
When Japanese cartoonist/animator Katsuhiro Otomo won the Grand Prix at this year's Angoulême comics fest, he became the first manga artist to win the...
