Roddy Piper is alive and not dying yet
Wrestling legend and very early Beat crush Roddy Piper is not dead -- although it was erroneously reported by some news sources this morning...
Hours of fun: The comics that seduced the innocent
To commemorate last week's Banned Books Week, Stephen St Walley tracks down all the comics mentioned in Wertham's Seduction of the Innocent and...
A question for the publicists out there
When you are preparing your books to go out to reviewers, do you say "The review copies are going out today" or "The...
Blogosphere vs the FTC
This being the blogosphere and all, there was lots o' reax yesterday to the announcement that the FTC will fine bloggers $11,000 if they...
Craig McDean’s superhero fashion photos
Let's just jumpstart the day with some lively fashion photography by Craig Dean, spotlighted at Kanye West's blog. (Team Kanye is definitely a better...
Journey through time with the Hernandez Brothers
Speaking of Los Bros, their Facebook Fan Page has an incredible pageant of photos through the ages. Here, an early publicity shot.
Happy Birthday, Twilight Zone
According to an article in the Sunday New York Times, The Twilight Zone turned 50 years old last Friday.It's easy to mention "To Serve...
To boldly go where no toaster oven has gone before….
It might not be new (since the Star Trek movie reboot has been out for a few months now) but there was no way...
SPX: Women with beards
R U sick of SPX reports? How can you be when they are so full of "laughing and loving" (as Dustin Harbin put it)...
Keith Knight is controversial yet again
WYTV in Youngstown, Ohio, reportsthat students at Slippery Rock University, located in western Pennsylvania, are upset about a recent "K Chronicles" cartoon written and...
The only thing that matters…now with Halloween
Okay, this time we mean it.
As October dawns, we're looking to start another "21 Days of Halloween" art festival here, so if you...
Thursday to do: Comics Press at MoCCA
DON'T MISSThis once in a lifetime opportunityto seeThe BeatDouglas WolkAaron McQuade & Evie NagyIn cage fighting action as you have never seen it before!...











