So what kind of person buys a “Torture variant” cover anyway? (NSFW, trigger images)
I know everyone tsk tsk's Avatar's habit of putting out gory, exploitive covers, but seriously, after looking at some of their "torture variant" covers, I find myself asking "WHAT KIND OF SICK FUCK BUYS THIS SHIT????" I get the appeal of a little transgressive gore now and then, but these are basically images of sawed off limbs, flaying and twisted sexual situations that make Mark Millar look like Hannah Montana.
Interview: John Romita Jr. on career planning, Kick-Ass and rape scenes
John Romita Jr. talks about facing a world of options for his career and addresses concerns over Kick-Ass 2.
SDCC: Rep. John Lewis’s MARCH: Book One
by Pam Auditore
Among the faux Heroes in spandex came a true, real life one, in suit and tie, to San Diego's Comic-Con one Saturday...
Adorable new raccoon-based mammal called the Olinguito found living in a zoo!
Talk about right under your nose. The National Zoo in Washington has long had specimens of an adorable creature which they thought was an Olingo. But more detailed biological investigation has revealed it is a brand new species: The Olinguito
Molly Crabapple signs to HarperCollins for a memoir
Molly Crabapple is known for her comics, her drawing, her drawing salons—Dr. Sketchy's—and her political activities, and now she's signed with Harper Collins to...
Latino Comics Expo highlights past and present Hispanic creators
While artists from Spain and South America have become superstars at the big two, this weekend's Latino Comics Expo in LA shines a spotlight...
Spokesman who led the Danish Muhammad cartoons protests: “Oops, my bad”
One of the leaders of the protest movement against a Dutch newspaper publishing cartoons of the prophet Muhammad—protests which killed scores f people and engulfed the entire Islamic world in violence and protest—now says he was wrong. Ahmad Akkari, now 35, says he was way offbase when he led the protests.
Rep. John Lewis promotes March on The Colbert Report
March: Volume 1 has already had pretty huge success since its release at Comic-Con—and last night it got one of the ultimate media accolades—a...
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come – DC’s 3D Cover Woes
Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it's More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat's own Heidi...
Podcast Alert: Word Balloon surpasses 4 million downloads
The Word Balloon podcast is one of the most important thing to happen to comics in the last eight years. It was announced on that...
Just add cigar and brandy: Girls banned from child’s superhero party
This Sunday's New York Times features yet another controversy over women's place in comics--the exclusion of girls from a superhero-themed birthday party.The teaser for...
Peter Bagge tour dates announced for Woman Rebel
The fall comics landscape is shaping up with the books we'll be talking about and one will definitely be Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger...
