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...
Can’t we all just get along?
What have things come to, when even the precocious and eternally cute Hello Kitty is willing to settle a grudge by stepping into the...
The damage is irreversible
The Baltimore City Paper reviews Scrooged a show of Carl Barks art at the Geppi Entertainment museum. And you will cry:
And "Yukon" is not...
If Obama goes to Comic-Con will he look like this?
Many rumors abound that democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama might show up at this summer's San Diego Comic-con. Obama, an avowed comics reader at...
Humor 101: Frau Blücher (wree-hee-hee)
In an interview with the San Jose Merucry News, Gene Wilder has solved one of the great mysteries of comedy: the origin of Frau...
Michael George found guilty
A jury has found Michael George guilty in the slaying of his wife 17 years ago.
George was accused of shooting his wife, Barbara,...
P. Craig Russell discusses SANDMAN: THE DREAM HUNTERS
http://www.youtube.com/v/zzFv_AMWJDo&hl=en
Via YouTube Craig is profiled by the local paper . . . and we get a sneak peek at his adaptation of Neil Gaiman's...
Blog roll: Canadians, blaxploitation
Don MacPherson talks about DC's decision to print only one price on its comics for the US and Canada. The move has made Canadian...
