Japan news and notes
NPR's On The Media looks at the cultural impact of manga:
Manga is Japan’s ubiquitous art form; a kind of comic book equivalent that illustrates...
To do 9/29 LA: LA Lirary event
Lots of literate stuff going on in LA, this weekend, including the West Hollywood Book Fair on Sunday, but on Saturday, there's another worthy...
LIbrary event recounted
ForeWord Magazine writes up a recent graphic novel event for librarians.
It may have been the first all-day event for librarians devoted exclusively to the...
Nate Fisher/Eightball case mop-up
Pretty much everything of interest in the Nate Fisher/Eightball case has been said, until Fisher himself speaks, perhaps, but a few late comments are...
Tomine mini-site launches
Adrian Tomine's SHORTCOMINGS is sure to be one of the hottest graphic novelsof the fall, and to help speed it along D&W has just...
SWORD OF THE ATOM analyzed
Beat pal Pepo has one of the finest Spanish-language comics blogs out there, CON C DE ARTE, and today he has a long analysis...
Clean Cartoonists’ Dirty Drawings
Craig Yoe announces a new website to promote his upcoming book Clean Cartoonists' Dirty Drawings:
By day their cartoon creations included Mickey Mouse, Superman, Beetle...
Mighty Marvel Marching Society Remastered
We could just listen to this all day: Doug Pratt writes to say that he has remastered what seems to be the only extant...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits
§ James Thurber's home profiled
It was in that attic in the 1970s that a former owner discovered several of Thurber's drawings on the wall...
Meet Christopher Moonlight!
He's one of the Beat's most consistent commenters, and today you can meet the one and only Christopher Moonlight at the LA Shrine show:
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