Help Wanted: Humanoids Inc. Is Hiring!
Well, here's an interesting industry position that just came across the wire. The folks over at Humanoids, Inc. are looking for a Sales and...
No Fairytale Ending for San Diego’s Villainous Lair
Another closing of a comic shop; another end to a piece of one’s comic community.
For the last six and a half years, Villainous Lair...
Cartoonist John Callahan gets a biopic starring Joaquin Phoenix
To the slim canon of movies about cartoonists (Crumb, Zodiac, Monkeybone) we can now add He Won't Get Far on Foot, starring Joaquin Phoenix,...
NO SPANDEX SATURDAY: Kicking off 2018 with a thought on fandom, tied to my...
You can easily recognize me at anything that ends in con, experience, or even mania by my black zip-up hooded sweater with an unmistakable...
BREAKING NEWS: [TRAILER] Final Space to launch on February 26th
After months of teasers, an explosive NYCC 2017 preview panel, and the creator himself bursting at the seams with excitement on Twitter, Final Space now...
Eleanor Davis, Julia Gfrörer and more in this years New York Comics Symposium killer...
MacArthur Genius Grant recipient, renaissance man and all time great cartoonist Ben Katchor is not busy enough being a certified G(enius). He also organized...
And the 2017 Comics Industry Person of the Year is: Emil Ferris
It’s time to announce the annual Comics Industry Person of the Year, as voted on by industry peers. This is the person who moved...
The Beat’s Annual Creator Survey, 2018 Edition, Part Five: chock full of preview art
And let's wrap things up! This may not have been the biggest survey ever, but it had perhaps the widest participation ever, and I'm...
You’ll never guess the most popular romantic pairing in the Star Wars Universe
Well, you would if you were on Tumblr or stayed up on your cosplay or on Ao3 I guess, so this post is STRICTLY...
The Beat’s Annual Creator Survey, 2018 Edition, Part Four: Including some incredible preview art...
We're into our fourth day of creator thoughts, inspirations and projects. As always, thanks to everyone who took the time to participate. As you...
Free Comics: Noelle Stevenson’s advice to her younger self
Noelle Stevenson posts a "year in review" comic every December. The creator of Nimona and now showrunner on She-Ra doesn't do many comics these...
Vice’s Nick Gazin has done the impossible: unite the comics industry
As we enter a whole new year, it's safe to say that terrorialism and tribalism have made a big comeback; in a time of...






















