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You could settle for petty tyrants who steal a vote here and there or block uncontroversial legislation out of mere partisan spite, but why...

As we wait for the returns to trickle in, and for the long national indigestion to finally end, we here at Stately Beat Manor provide you...

Comic book writer Alan Moore has dropped a new single today, available through Occupation Records. His first new recording in a while, it shows...

One of the events we missed last week was Steve DIitko's 85th birthday, so a belated birthday greeting, and a link to Michel Fiffe's...

Last Monday night, as Hurricane Sandy raged outside, we had just finished watching last night's episode of The Walking Dead when there was a flash in the sky and the power went out. The vicarious glee of the Zombie Apocalypse—with its owl eating, gas hunting and lack of hot showers—was quickly replaced by living an actual lite version of it.

While ensconced at The Beat Annex located in mainland New York City for what will be a nine-day weekend, I had to use my...

In the wake of Hurricane Sandy, which hit America over the past week and caused blackouts, severe damage, and claimed several lives in the...

Nothing is safe anymore, is it? The world was rocked once more this week by a series of pop-culture calamities, proving without a shadow...

Here's a quick evening sampling of #DisneyStarWars mashups from around the worldwide web-0-sphere... There's a new Disney Princess in town...   Oh, R2...   A gentleman named Matthew Main...

As a kid, it's easy to disconnect from reality.  Your database of experience is low, so you don't have the visceral experience or memory...

Comics artist Cameron Stewart isn't just an Eisner-winning artist, he's also the master of the sinister Halloween costume. Past summonings have included Patrick Bateman...

Yes we're all attempting to adjust to life in this new, crazy, Disney-owning-Lucasfilm landscape, but let's return to comics for just a little bit,...