24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Danielle Corsetto
The creator of Girls With Slingshots, Danielle Corsetto has proven to be a survivor of this whole 'internet web comics" business thingy. Having now...
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Michelle Czajkowski
Michelle Czajkowski is sort of a big deal on deviantart. Michelle started her weekly webcomic "Ava's Demon" in 2012, and is currently at page...
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Lala Albert
I've mentioned Lala Albert here before but she continues to fascinate with her disturbing but compelling mythology of three eyed women. Much concerned with...
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Colleen Coover
Currently working on Monkeybrain's Bandette series with Paul Tobin, Colleen Coover possesses the cleanest linework of any artist possibly ever seen. Well known for...
24 Hours of Women Cartoonists: Helen Hokinson
Women's History month is wrapping up, but we at The Beat don't feel we celebrated it properly, so for the next 24 hours most of the Beat staff is collaborating on "24 Hours of Women Cartoonists" to spotlight some of our favorite creators.
Jason Lutes’ new project: games influencing comics
BY JEN VAUGHN - For anyone who has ever performed any improv, there is a simple rule: 'Say Yes.' Say yes to a situation...
Uncanny Avengers Introduces ‘The M-Word’
Even allowing for the fact that we're not supposed to like any of the characters in Uncanny Avengers (only this week, Wolverine calls Japanese...
On the Scene: Sparks Fly at ‘Surely You’re Joking, Dr. Wertham’ Event
As the first of several “Comic Book Roundtable” events to be held at the Soho Gallery of Digital Art under the auspices of gallery...
DC to publish digital comics based on 1966 Batman
Holy licensing deal, Batman!
It seems that the campy, kitschy 1966 version of Batman—which was long verboten to be mentioned at DC and WB in general due to it's campy, kitschy nature. But as many noted, a line of toys based on the show was introduced at Toy Fair, and now we see that a whole line of merchandise, including a digital-first comic -- is coming.
Siegel Superman case ends (almost)
As expected, the district court has ruled that the 2001 settlement agreement between DC and the Siegels is binding and did indeed transfer the...
The Legal View: Wertham was right
Tonight in SoHo, a panel of comics all-stars will discuss the Carol Tilley's Seducing the Innocent, which purports to expose industry bete noire Fredric...
Behold: Bartkira! An intriguing comics jam proposal
Ryan Humphrey posted this fantastic Simpson/Akira mash up comic on his tumblr last night and it's been picking up a healthy number of notes since....
