Foes find Marvel-b0y very stoppable
Over the weekend the Marvel-b0Y Live Journal was taken down, meaning you can't read the very mild spoilers he posted about Secret Invasion which...
Paul Pope for DKNY
Nylon Magazine previews the new line of DKNY men's wear which sports art by Paul Pope.
2008 Eisner Award Hall of Fame Nominees
PR with emphasis added. Of some interest is the fact that now what we'd call "modern" or contemporary Marvel and DC creators are beginning...
Play along with marvel_b0y
Disgruntled Marvel assistant or viral plant? U decide:
Oh, and as usual, Bendis continues to write bad fiction. Last night he claimed 10 people knew...
Jill Thompson update
A reader writes to inform us that Jill Thompson now has her own forum on the Lurid Forum. That in turn reminded us...
But some must be persuaded
This post by Molly Flatt in the Guardian has been linked to by several bloggers, starting with Tom. Flatt is definitely of the...
Snake Eyes
The first picture of Snake Eyes, played by Ray Park, from the GI JOE movie has been released. We give this its own spot...
‘Tooners now “brashly confident avatars of cool.”
Dear friends, The Beat has been blogging for nigh on four years now, and when we began, our goal was to put comics culture...
Bin Laden doesn’t like cartoons
On the fifth anniversary of the start of America's dumbest war ever, Public Enemy #1 Osama bin Laden reportedly dissed the Mohammed cartoons in...
We made it again
How is it possible? The heroine emerges from the underworld every time, no matter what the odds. Hail, Persephone.
Note: Persephone not actually shown...
BEA spotlights Graphic Novels with day of panels
Back in the neolithic times when The Beat first started working at Publishers Weekly, there was usually one graphic novel panel at the yearly...
