Celebrate the season: Friday the 13th
What would Friday the 13th be without gore, chills, and teenagers who are brutally slain for being sexually active? Get in the mood with...
Looking at Diamond’s backlist charts
Oh no, not more charts? Yes! This time it's something we haven't seen much talked about before: Diamond's BACKlist charts. As all publishing watchers...
Nation’s headline writers ga-ga for Batwoman!
What is it about DC's Batwoman character that headline writers just seem to adore? Take a single bare AP story about Kathy Kane taking...
Back to the road
You'll all be glad to hear that our NYCC-induced state of optimism has been washed away by life back in the real world, and...
World’s great cartoonists enjoy standing on rocks, talking in diners
Alvin Buenaventura has posted his Angouleme '09 photos and they are quite protean. In case you can't see it clearly, that's Crumb, Ware,...
Pull Quotes: The power of fan fiction?
This is the third time we've linked to Kiel Phegley's coverage of the ICv2 conference, but it's hard to resist when it's chock full...
Forewarned is forearmed
If you're one of the folks traipsing out to your local comics store to get the first part of the Neil Gaiman-written, Andy Kubert-drawn...
Pete Von Sholly’s Vonshollywood
Old Beat pal Pete Von Sholly is an artist and storyboarder for such films as Mars Attacks!, Disney's James and the Giant Peach, The...
Book news: BEA changes; Harper reorg
With the New York Comic-Con seemingly successfully behind them, Reed Exhibitions has announced major changes to the BEA, the annual book trade fair....
