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News of two new comics-related web-sites, one featuring two veteran bloggers; the other a weekly newsmagazine.

A single gag is recycled in various settings. "What is it about Garfield that makes it so infinitely mutable? Seriously. You can't do this so...

Speaking of Stumptown, we were recently alerted to a local brouhaha, namely, last week's preview of Stumptown in The Portland Mercury. Shockingly, despite the...

Jim Rugg writes to tell us he'll be debuting a new mini comic at SPACE tomorrow, and -- as befits one of our most POPULAR categories here on The Beat -- gave us an exclusive peek:

While we were writing up our Stumptown news, we noted the Stumptown Trophy Awards nominees, and since we never ran 'em here, thought we...

Since my Spring convention schedule wrapped up on Monday, I've been trying to just sit quietly on the porch with my eyes closed, but...

Can a gay teen comically get in trouble with Mr. Weatherbee, humorously strive to win a burger eating contest, make horrible puns and have trouble deciding who to date? At Archie Comics, the answer is yes, as they have introduced their first openly gay character, Kevin Keller. In the words of Archie Co-CEO Jon Goldwater, “The introduction of Kevin is just about keeping the world of Archie Comics current and inclusive. Archie’s hometown of Riverdale has always been a safe world for everyone. It just makes sense to have an openly gay character in Archie comic books.”

Although political cartoonists are an endangered species -- as are the newspapers that once carried them -- two have won a bit of...

As imagined by Ward Sutton: The Band Genesis Illustrated by R. Crumb Sutton has mastered the "visible" touch, for sure.

http://www.youtube.com/v/uJL6gZ3qjF0&hl=en_US&fs=1& This fan-made video for Free Comic Book Day is entitled "Forever Wednesday" -- apparently the emerging filmmakers were unaware that nothing lasts forever. Technorati Tags:...

§ Gene Colan has been hospitalized with a broken shoulder and will not be able to work for a while, so friends are raising...

I have been writing these in chronological order, but from now on I’m going to channel Lost by doing a flash forward, a flash...