2010: Living In the Future
Is there anything more charming than the past's bright-eyed view of the future? Daniel Sinker has been blogging the book 2010: Living In...
Tote with Sikoryak
Speaking of the Strand, New York's immense used book store, they've just launched a new tote bag with artwork fromR. Sikoryak's Masterpiece Comics. We...
Jack Kirby’s Julius Caesar the Celestial
Via the Jack Kirby Museum, the tale of Jack Kirby's foray at costume design for the stage:
In 1969, Sheldon Feldner contacted Marvel Comics, asking...
ALA awards include graphic novel nods
The American Library Association Youth Media Awards were handed out this morning, including the Newbery (won by Rebecca Stead for When You Reach Me)...
A very brief MLK day post
Martha Cornog rounds up From Aya to Zapt!: 24 Graphic Novels for African American History Month:
The past year has left tweens and teens with...
Let’s go, Jets!
With a pain-wracked history emblazoned with love-hate names like Richard Todd, Vinny Testaverde, Boomer Esiason, Rick Mirer, Chad Pennington, Brooks Bollinger, Brett Favre, Browning...
Siege-for-Lanterns: So just why is Marvel all up in DC’s grill, anyway?
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From the moment Marvel sent out its DC-tweaking press release late on Wednesday afternoon, Siege-for-Lanterns is Topic A at BarCon and in private chatter....
The march of time in photos
1981, Creation Con, New York:
Mort Todd, Dan Clowes and Rick Altergott. Via Comics Comics
c 1991-2, San Diego Comic-Con
Jack Kirby meets his namesake, Kirby Veitch....
2009 rearview mirror: Best Online Criticism
Critic Ng Suat Tong has assembled a steely-eyed line-up of critics—himself, Noah Berlatsky, Frank Santoro, Tucker Stone, and Matthias Wivel -- to assemble a...
READERS’ POLL: What shall we do with Bluewater news?
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Should The Beat continue to run Bluewater celebrity covers?(answers)
Vote now! The fate of the world hangs in the balance!
New Ikea textile designs puts manga on your bolster
IKEA, the unavoidable home decor trendsetter for the budget conscious and/or Swedo-philes, has announced a few new textile lines for spring. The Charlotta line,...
The Beat’s Annual Year-End Survey, 2010 edition — Part Five
If you've stuck with us this far, you've got to go all the way, as the last batch of comics writers, artists, editors, marketers...
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