Bond mania hits Big Apple
By Steve Bunche, entertainment ronin
Keeping the vibe of old school fandom alive, Michael Carbonaro’s always-welcome Big Apple Convention once more sets up shop this...
Tom Fagan’s 1972 convention report
Join Scott Edelman for a fascinating trip down memory lane to the 1972 Comic Art Convention in New York City, via a fanzine report...
He’s a doodler!
The nerd percentage of President-elect Barack Obama continues to fire the imaginations of comics enthusiasts everywhere, even though, as pointed out in the Beat...
More technical problems
If you're reading this with your morning coffee, it's because our Internet has been off all night. Thanks, Time-Warner Cable! Posted via iPhone
Does he read them under the covers?
This 50 facts about Obama article has spurred considerable hopes that the incoming US president might, at last, be the one to truly...
Powerhouse Pepper
Oy...Big f'ed up mess on The Beat server today. Much missing in action. To make up for it, here's some Powerhouse Pepper by Basil...
Michelle Obama gets comic book, too!
In their most lucid press release yet, Bluewater announced that First Lady-elect Michelle Obama would be joining Sen. Hillary Clinton and Gov. Sarah Palin...
Kuwata controversy roundup
It all started when Laura Hudson rounded up comments by Top Shelf's Leigh Walton, Andrew Wheeler and Joe McCulloch about the fact that mangaka...
S. Clay Wilson in intensive care with “severe brain injury”
Steve Duin has sad news:S. Clay Wilson, one of the seminal figures in the underground comix movement, suffered a "severe brain injury" last weekend,...
Heaven found? Superheroes and CHOCOLATE?
Abby Denson reports from a fashion show that kicked off the Chocolate Show, a convention for the chocolate trade. Mmmmmmmm. The theme was superheroes,...
Has Gordon Ramsay gone soft in the US?
Last night, we managed to catch two episodes of the US version of Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, which is titled just Kitchen Nightmares. The star's...
08: A Graphic Diary of the Campaign Trail
Dan Goldman unveils the cover of this comics version of the making of the president.
