Review: Living the dream in ‘Stardust Nation’
This mysterious work adapted by Booker-nominated author Deborah Levy from her own story captures the dynamic between two advertising men, Tom and Nikos, who have...
Review: Ulli Lust’s ‘Voices In The Dark’ is a walk on the worst side
The offerings from New York Review Comics have revealed one challenging work after another with curation of truly elevated works, but as impressive as...
Brooklyn Book Festival announces their graphic novel schedule
The Brooklyn Book Festival is not only New York's premiere book event, it's a great showcase for graphic novels. And this year's event is...
Controversial ‘Handbook for Mortals’ author to tell you to how to “Stand Out and...
The drama that's rocking the YA and publishing world today is the YA novel Handbook for Mortals, an out of nowhere book that suddenly...
Review: Looking for truth in ‘Crawl Space’
I have a feeling that quite a lot of us would rather be somewhere else these days. It wouldn’t be so bad to be...
From Mallorn to Pipeweed: Learn all about Tolkien’s plants in “Flora of Middle Earth”
As frequent readers know, The Beat is something of an amateur Tolkienologist, having memorized The Lord of the Rings at an early age, and...
Review: Yeon-Sik Hong understands that happiness isn’t supposed to be comfortable
There are going to be a number of American readers who see themselves in Korean cartoonist Yeon-Sik Hong’s Uncomfortably Happy, especially creative people and...
Review: A Kafkaesque coming-of-age-tale by Pieter Coudyzer
Walking a line between a depressing coming of age tale and a Kafkaesque expression of emotional hurt manifesting itself physically, Outburst ends up twisting...
The Final Fate of Heidi MacDonald
Comics have a long history of killing off it's darlings: Superman, Ferro Lad, Gwen Stacy, Invisible Kid, Professor X and Captain Marvel. Marvel, in particular,...
Review: ‘The Wendy Project’ gives Peter Pan a new context
Fiction is an integral part of reality. It’s how human beings take the circumstances of their lives and their world and frame it all...
SDCC ’17: Box Brown Discusses His Eisner Award Nominated “Tetris”
We all know the game “Tetris.” It’s addictive and embedded in the halls of video game history. Did you know though that it originated...
Review: Eleanor Davis’ expansive bike path
You & a Bike & a Road is an amiable documentation of the kindness of strangers and the general amiability of most people you encounter...
