Speaking of Bruce
It seems MY NAME IS BRUCE is getting a special screening for the locals.
Friday, April 13, the Ashland Independent Film Festival will present...
It’s Karl Urban Friday!
Faithful Beat fans know there are only a few thespians who have ascended to our Very Special Beat Pantheon. The first and greatest...
Link: The Charlton Comics Story
Nowadays when people think of Charlton Comics, if they do at all, it's only because WATCHMEN started as a reinvention of Charlton's superhero line,...
When the Ramones Met Spidey
Comics Allianceis yet another general interest comics blog that launched recently. We meant to link to it a while ago, but what with one...
News ‘n’ Notes
§ Local paper profiles cartooner:
Brian Ralph sits at a table in the sun outside Donna's in Baltimore's Charles Village and fidgets with his paper...
Quitely and WE3 questions: ANSWERED
While we were researching our Easter post, we came across several bits of art from WE3 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely, probably the...
When they were Kings
Mark Evanier posts one of the photos from his upcoming Jack Kirby biography. For a bigger persion go to Mark's blog. The picture is...
Rabbi examines Jewish themes in comics
Rabbi and scholar Harry Manhoff examines the Jewish heritage in comics:
"I knew there were Jewish authors and artists (in comic books)," recalls Manhoff,...
Take that!
Limited posting today because, well...because.
In the meantime, Hollywood analyses GRINDHOUSE's box office failure -- a mere $11 mil at the box office. It's...
Comics now for lesbians, too
AfterEllen has a well-researched piece on lesbian comics, with extensive comments from Ariel Schrag, Alison Bechdel and manga artist June Kim. A sample of...
Quotables: Sanderson, Gaiman
We know we just plugged Peter Sanderson, but his column this week has an interesting discussion of Dave Cockrum's memorial panel and how the...
