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An actual scientific study in Japan has shown that kawaii ("Cute") is good for you brain! just looking at cute animals helps you focus,...

BY JEN VAUGHN - These photos are photos that SHOULD be out on the internet somewhere instead of sitting on my phone. Chris Ware,...

Since 2002, Matt Smith has been the editor for 2000AD, the mostly-crazed British sci-fi anthology magazine which first appeared on shelves over 35 years...

By Steve Morris Currently under way despite Nevada's attempt to suck the entirety of comics inside Las Vegas, The Morley Literature Festival is yet another...

It's day one of Morrison Con and I'm already having a blast. While I was in line to register I started chatting with...

It's the spooky, chilling time of year, when pumpkin muffins are consumed and woolen scarves are brought from the closet. As in years past...

It's always hard to know what graphic novelist Bryan Talbot is going to be up to — will it be a crazy imaginative story...

Comicsalliance just unveiled what could possibly be the best App EVER (or maybe just for you die hard otakus). With the commonality of Instagram's "vintage"...

As a daily reporter on the nerd media for over a decade, sometimes The Beat likes to sit back and take it all in. And of late there have been some telling moves that show how the nerd media/new media is putting the boots to the old media that STILL just Doesn't Get It. First there's l'afffair Geoff Boucher. Boucher, one of the LA Times top entertainment reporters launched his Hero Complex blog in 2008, at the tale end of the Golden Age of Blogging.

So Amethyst is finally back! I admit this fantasy saga of a 13-year-old girl who finds she actually a princess of Gemworld was one...

NOBODIES vol. 2 is the most auspicious comic book project to grace Kickstarter. By: Henry Barajas Project: NOBODIES, Volume 2 Talent/Project Manager: Victor Ochoa Days to Go: 13 Goal: $3,000 The spiel:...

By Steve Morris We've only one more week until Avengers Vs X-Men concludes with issue #12 of the mega-event. Have you been following along? Don't...