Catch up on your comics history with The Superhero Reader
The University Press of Mississippi has published many excellent scholarly works on comics and here's a new one: The Superhero Reader, a volume of...
And finally….from Tumblr to the New Yorker
Jack Hunter's sure-to-be-iconic cover for next week's New Yorker hits so many notes...it's what makes The New Yorker the New Yorker. But it was...
Diamond announces their Common Core list
While many of you many be wondering "What's a common core?" if you're in the publishing business it's been the buzzword of the year....
Editorial: do comics need more competitions?
By Serhend Sirkecioglu
For the past seven years, The Intellectual Property Creators Challenge has been held to bolster Malaysian creators of Interactive Comics, Games, and...
Frank Cho banned from Facebook AGAIN
We reported recently on how posting some of his cheesecake art got artist Frank Cho locked out of his Facebook account. Well it seems...
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...
