Comic book store provides safe space for DC inauguration protesters
Fantom Comics in Washington, DC announced via Facebook that they would open their doors as a safe space and rest area for those protesting the Inauguration of President-Elect Trump on Friday, or marching in the Women's March the following day.
March Trilogy is the best selling book in America following disparaging Trump tweets about...
It's Martin Luther King Day, and the March Trilogy by Rep John Lewis, the last surviving leader of the civil rights movement of the 60s, is the #1 best selling book on Amazon. Isn't...
Free Comics Bonus: PEN’s State of Emergency looks at the matetr of the day
PEN America has a section of comics called State of Emergency, and I'm sure you can guess what that refers to. Meg Lemke, Rob Kirby, and MariNaomi curated the section and it includes
Whitney Taylor:
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Confirmed: In first press conference, Trump says “Great man of business” Ike Perlmutter will...
In not only his first press conference as PEOTUS, but the first presidential press conference that refuted rumors of urine play, president-elect Donald Trump confirmed that he is considering Marvel CEO Isaac "Ike" Perlmutter...
Ms Marvel says VOTE!
Have you been paying attention to the upcoming election? Crazy huh? Can we possibly survive the next four days without blowing our brains out? It's going to be a close call. IN the meantime,...
The mixed messages of Wonder Woman as she’s named Honorary Ambassador for the Empowerment...
In a sometimes emotional presentation, Gal Gadot, Lynda Carter, Patty Jenkins and DC president Diane Nelson joined UN Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, Cristina Gallach at the UN today to name Wonder...
Nib News: a new strip by Ruben Bolling and an animated series in the...
Regular Beat readers know we're huge fans of The Nib, the non-fiction comics site run by political cartoonist Matt Bors. You can imagine they've had no dearth of fodder in this election campaign. And...
Joyce Brabner is putting on a Comixcast from the Republican National Convention – and...
This year's Republican National Convention (held July 18-21 in Cleveland) promises to be a spectacle of unsurpassed Marvels. Either it will be the greatest reality show episode of all time, as a TV...
Bruce Campbell, political fact checker
Folks, we're in for a bumpy ride this year as increasingly partisan politics take over the news cycle. There is only one man who can save us from ignorance to set things straight, and...
Comic books show up at the White House with Marvel’s Sana Amanat and more
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Since it's been a shitty week for representation in comics and in American society, this photo of Marvel's Sana Amanat, Director of Content & Character Development, giving a copy of Ms Marvel to President Barack Obama...
Mitch O’Connell’s Donald Trump/They Live t-shirt may be more popular today
Artist Mitch O'Connell originally put the above t-shirt design on sale back in September when it seemed more like a funny, funny joke. But now that Donald Trump is poised to become an actual...
Report: Marvel CEO Isaac Perlmutter once fished a paper clip out of a trash...
There was some drama and soul searching last week when it was revealed that Isaac and Laura Perlmutter had donated a cool $1 million dollars to Donald Trump's mysterious veterans fundraiser. This was problematic...
