Nice Art: Henry & Glenn celebrate today’s Supreme Court DOMA decision
Ed Luce has illustrated the Ghost Wedding of popular couple Henry and Glenn—which would be one step closer to reality today thanks to the...
Play Kyle Baker’s Mass Murderer of Steel game
Inspired by the backlash against MAN OF STEEL's property destruction, Kyle Baker has ceated a flash game called MASS MURDERER OF STEEL that allows...
Fight! Jim Carrey vs Mark Millar over Kick-Ass 2 gun violence
The fight will be gentlemanly fisticuffs only. Carrey—who has been coming out pretty strongly for gun control in recent months—portrays Colonel Stars and Stripes...
Review: Trader Joe’s Instant Coffee Packets
Veteran readers of this site know that if three's one thing The Beat is obsessed with it's Vietnamese Instant Coffee. This amazing product as...
Thinking about Kim Thompson, life and death
(Photo from and © American Virus)
When I moved to Los Angeles in the 80s, I lived in West Hollywood at the height of the...
Stop wondering where all the female creators are, and go find them!
Following on from Heidi’s post about gender issues in the comics industry, the best response seemed clear: I should probably write a post about...
The latest craze is: Sterankoing
At a convention once something happened which haunted all who witnessed it. It was so powerful that a Tumblr had to be launched. It...
Alan Moore talks Superman in Occupy Comics: “The seamy and disreputable practices of comics...
The second issue of Occupy Comics is coming, they've sent out an lengthy excerpt of a lengthier essay by Moore on Superman, comics Original Sin and...
It’s time for a Peter Bagge retrospective
A two part conversation between Peter Bagge (Hate, Reset) and Zak Sally at TCJ.com plants the flag on the idea that Bagge's achievements need...
The week in women: do we write about gender issues too much?
I had about 20 posts in various stages on gender issues this week...let's put them all into one big roil, complete with shocking personal...
The Hulk statue, the library and the miracle
Okay, so there was this library in Illinois that got the idea to build a 9-foot tall statue of The Hulk out front. As...
Katsuhiro Otomo, Nobrow, and Japanese fashion house Comme des Garcons collaborate
As a comics fan, it's always nice to see the medium get wider recognition from other fields, although perhaps not as surprising in the...
