NYCC: Secret Identities
GIvane all the talk over stereotyped casting and racial images going on here at The Beat of late, we wanted to draw attention...
NYCC: Abrams offers Yoe and Lee autographs
If you'd like to get a book by one of comics' founding fathers featuring naughty fetish art, AND get an autograph by Stan Lee...
Pull Quotes: In the bedroom
A couple of cartoonists who've drawn stories revolving around S-E-X were interviewed this week, and their approaches to the material couldn't be more different.
There's...
Peter Kuper on MAD
Sometime MAD artist Peter Kuper sent us this sketch commemorating MAD's move to quarterly as it approaches its 500th issue.
NYCC: Rich Faber – #1930
Rich Faber writes that he'll be at the show and selling many items (like the print above) to raise money to pay continued...
Pull Quotes: Diamonds in the rough
We've heard how Diamond's new policy changes are likely to affect independent publishers like SLG and Oni, as well as acclaimed cartoonists like Sammy...
Go see Evan Dorkin at Maxwell’s tomorrow
If you live in Hoboken and want to be in the live audience for a radio taping, Evan Dorkin writes to tell us:
I am...
David Brothers’ Black History Month
Over at 4th Letter, David Brothers is posting daily articles on Black History Month:
While there are often interconnecting themes, I try to keep each...
Kyle Baker is drawing HAWKMAN
Does Baker draw like this just to make other people feel bad?
Random thoughts
• All the party invite info for New York Comic-Con has been flooding into our inbox over the last few days -- thank goodness,...
EXCLUSIVE: Comic Foundry #5 cover
Tim Leong has provided The Beat with the debut of the cover to Comic Foundry #5, featuring Bryan Lee O'Malley.
This fifth issue will...
The curious case of Wonder Woman
Dr K looks at the quirks of early Wonder Woman comics history.
