OPOLIS: While you were in Rosemont…
We were in Queens at the Flux Factory for the closing night of "Opolis". Curated by cartooner Jason Little, with Jean Barberis, and Morgan...
WW Chicago ’06, impressions
We've had a few reports from the show, most saying Friday seemed to be a manageable day, although Artist Alley was quite busy. If...
Hope Larson in the New York Times
The comics loving New York Times has a lovely full-page comic by Hope Larson on the Op-Ed page today. Click on the image for...
Graphic novels serving as inspiration for movies
Have you heard???Graphic novels serving as inspiration for movies? It's true!
Graphic novels serve as rich source material for film producers looking for ready-to-visualize stories,...
They don’t like us! They really don’t like us!
It seems that these days comics -- excuse us, GRAPHIC NOVELS -- are being showered with more love than Lindsay Lohan at a nightclub...
Mark Alessi update
You remember Mark Alessi, the founder of CrossGen, who is reported to have squandered a small fortune in his quest to get to the...
This used to be my slabbed playground
Neilalien rounds up a bunch of recent links that paint a sad picture of the decline of the sports card industry.
Slate: Requiem for...
Ryan & Cooper
Johnny Ryan and Dave Cooper team as Hector Mumbly for Nick Magazine, as spotted at Dave Roman's new nickmag_comics blog. Damn, if only we...
SSC: Ape Entertainment
More folks who sent out PR!
Ape Entertainment will be pulling out al the stops this weekend at the Wizard World Chicago convention August 3rd...
WWC: ACTOR schedule
Here's the folks who will be signing at the ACTOR booth at Wizard World Chicago:
Booth #247 is A.C.T.O.R. Comic Fund’s location for super hot...
Jonathan Levine interview
Regular Beat readers know that we're big fans of Jonathan Levine's art gallery here in NYC, which specializes in "lowbrow" or "pop surrealism"...
Great moments in comics part XLVII
We always love Kean Soo's photo-journalism con reports and here he captures a magic moment we like to call Understanding Tetris, as Kazu Kibuishi...
