To Do: BOOM! Holiday Party Dec. 17
Chip Mosher of BOOM! Studios informs us that Left Coasters will be able to celebrate with comrades before the darkness comes, and gaze upon...
I guess this was a long time ago
This would, I guess, be the latest in an irregular series of posts called "Discovering amazing quotes while reading old magazines." I was digging...
Bettie Page ailing
As you've probably heard by now, famed fetish model Bettie Page is in a coma after suffering a heart attack. Page, 85, gained fame...
Please help the NANCY Quest!
Mark Newgarden and Paul Karasik send out a heartfelt plea!
Perhaps you can help us!
Paul Karasik & I are currently expanding our 1988 essay HOW...
Gallery of A Charlie Brown Christmas books
About Comics publisher and Charles Schulz oddity publisher Nat Gertler has an unusual holiday project: a guide to the 20+ adaptations of A...
To do today: Meet Gene Colan at Lee’s Comics
It's been a while since Gene has been well enough to travel, so don't miss your chance to meet this all-time great comics artist....
When will the axe fall on comics?
So, just how shitty are things? Really, quite shitty.
Wednesday was a black letter day for the book publishing industry, as it seemed to...
PUNISHER opens
Opening this weekend is that other comic book-themed movie, PUNISHER: WAR ZONE. The movie stars Ray Stevenson as violent, vengeful Frank Castle. We...
Hurricane Helms back in the ring
The Beat wanted to send a shout out to longtime Beat pal Gregory Shane "Hurricane" Helms who returns to action in the WWE ring...
Another print mag ends run: Write Now!
Via PR, another print magazine about comics is going to the great newsstand in the sky, as Write Now!, edited by Danny Fingeroth and...
Old photos updates
Our post on this photo of a comics shop in 1965 has drawn a few responses. Mark Evanier has a detailed memory of the...
