Comics fans still viewed with suspicion?
If you do go to the link we just listed for the Metropolitan Museum of Art's day of superhero fashion, you will see a...
This Sunday: Fashion and Fantasy panels at the Met
Are you ready for one more symposium? This one is open to the public and free with museum admission. It's at the Metropolitan Museum...
Method Man, Dash Shaw sound off on comics
EW spotlights the new Method Man graphic novel and finds out what the rapper thinks of comics:
All the miniseries and things of that nature,...
Come back to the five and dime, Michael Dean, Michael Dean
If you've been reading this blog or other lately you may have noticed that there's quite a bit of news going on on the...
Schaefer now at Marvel
Well, after all that chatter about who was editing what at DC, we've just learned that Jeanine Schaefer, who had worked with Mike Marts,...
On the Scene: Big Apple Con June 2008
By Steve Bunche
I don't know about you, but even though I'm a dyed-in-the-wool geek there are times when I dread the siren call of...
Revamping characters fraught with peril
§ The NYT looks at new spins on old characters in the 21st Century including some we may not necessarily find palatable:
“You want a...
Mystery of the day
We're not exactly sure what this is, but during World War II it would have been treason.
The future is now
If you're like The Beat -- and we're certain that you are -- you were sent into major drool-bucket mode at the announcement...
Quote of the Day #2
"Again, it's not the kind of thing worth apportioning blame over, because 1) who cares and 2) these things happen."
-- Tom Spurgeon on Comics...
Quote of the Day
"if someone you've never met doesn't recognize you at a con, consider methods other than a low-self esteem blog post to get in touch."
---R...
