Another Rockwell masterpiece drives family apart
Regular readers will recall the tale of "Breaking Home Ties," the Norman Rockwell painting that turned out to have been a forgery after...
The NRA Graphic Novel
We don't have a lot of time to round up the reactions to this stunning piece of work here, but you can read the...
ComicSpace is okay, really!
We got some heat in the comments for our post yesterday on ComicSpace and their unscientific demographics. Now before you get all riled, that...
Friendly giant towers over superhero
We know all Beat readers were gladdened by the heart warming story of the world's tallest man, 7 foot 8 inch Bao Xishun,...
Chanukah: A Time For Superheroes
What the--
Doctor Leonard Samson, better known as âDoc Samson,â? strides down the corridor and into the classroom, massive muscles rippling beneath his skin-tight red...
Comics’ alarming demographics
ComicSpace the new social networking site for comics folks, has added user defined tags. The result is a quick demographic snapshot of who is...
Alan Moore in Arthur Magazine
Jay Babcock writes to remind us that this month's ARTHUR magazine has a long essay by Alan Moore in its pages:
"Bog Venus vs. Nazi...
Breaking news: young American boy draws manga
American manga-ka are being crown in Fremont, CA:
Chris Cogdill took coloring very seriously.
But by age 3, he lost interest in cute coloring books and...
Alex Ross on gay characters
Thanks to the blogosphere, it's getting so you can't get away with ANYTHING. In a recent interview at Wizard, Alex Ross had some comments...
Picadilly Lounge R.I.P.
At the drawn and quarterly blog, Peggy Burns takes time out to remember the Picadilly, where all the indie cartoonists like to hang out...
Target: Tony Lee
Although the general reaction to BrumCon was positive (Rich Johnston has a good summation in this week's crackerjack edition of Lying in the Gutters,...
“Anti-gay” writer takes on gay superhero
The blogosphere has a new talking point as the news that Chuck Dixon is writing a comic starring Midnighter, the gay character from THE...
