Packrat leaves a fortune in comics
A 75-year-old New York man who never threw anything out left an unexpected windfall for his grieving kin: a collection of vintage...
Cartoonist defends downgraded planet
The proposed reclassification of our solar system, with Pluto, the dogged ninth planet about to be reduced to a "pluton", captured the attention of...
2006 Quill Awards nominees up – UPDATED
The nominees for the 2006 Quills Awards are up, and the nominees in the graphic novel category are:
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Alison Bechdel/Houghton Mifflin...
Butter Superman in all its glory!
Iowa blogger/journo Joe Lawler recently informed us of the all-butter statue of Brandon Routh as Superman that was one of the highlights of this...
Turner censors smoking toons
In today's depressing news, Turner Broadcasting is tinkering with its old toons again, after a complaint about an appearance of smoking in a Tom...
9/11 in the news!
Slate Magazine is excerpting Sid Jacobsen and Ernie Colón's The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation. Meanwhile, USATODAY.com profiles the creators:
Last week, its writer, Sid...
Space Otaku shame: fails physical
A first, pioneering effort at cosplay in space has been halted by a shocking development: Space tourist Daisuke Enomoto has failed his...
Finally, the Rick has returned
We make no bones here at Stately Beat Manor about our admiration for the work of Rick Veitch. We said that before he was...
Queenie Chan on THE DREAMING 2
Queenie Chan has finished THE DREAMING 2 and posts cool header art at her LJ:
The Dreaming (Book 2): Is finished. YAY!!! All 181...
Wally Wood’s 22 Panels That Always Work: Unlimited Edition
Reader Joel Johnson has done a huge service to comics by purchasing and making high res scans of Wally Wood's 22 Panels...
LInks: Millar Podcast, Brubaker parody
Fanboy Radio is streaming a bunch of podcasts, including yesterday's live Mark Millar broadcast:
The most successful comic book writer today, Mark Millar returns to...
