Halloween: cosplay for normal people?
Reuters reports on the increased popularity of Halloween in Japan:
GHOSTIES and ghoulies, princesses and pumpkins took to the streets of Tokyo this weekend as...
Linksies: Gaiman, Disney, Schulz
§ Neil Gaiman posts a cute picture of his daughter Maddie dressed as him for Halloween, but even more importantly posts a boilerplate will...
Today in PW Comics Week
I'm bringing out the hype machine because it's a pretty darned good issue of PW Comics Week today, and if you aren't already subscribing...what...
The Beat Salutes HORROR!
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Charles Addams
Charles Addams is the king of the creepy cartoons, and Linda Davis has just written a new biography of the artist calledCharles Addams: A...
Peter Kuper in Oaxaca — UPDATED
UPDATE, Monday 10/30: Peter Kuper sent out the following update today:
Sad to say it seems to be getting worse as of this morning but...
Comics defenders assemble
There is he. Tony Long. The enemy. The Wired staffer's modest proposal that AMERICAN BORN CHINESE wasn't good enough for a National Book Award...
Old timer returns to comics
As an 18-year-old in 1942, Allen Bellman joined Timely studio as an artist. Now, 64 years later, he'll be a guest at the...
Halloween update
It's the time of year to dress up and show your inner self, and we saw plenty of inner selves this weekend, including a...
Margaret Atwood, cartoonist
Margaret Atwood is one of Canada's greatest living writers. The multiple-award winning novelist, essayist and poet is the author of such books as THE...
