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Should comics panels be written about or recorded for all to hear? This panel report from APE of Dan Nadel interviewing Daniel Clowes has been linked everywhere, probably because it's such a thorough write-up. There's lots of dish on other cartoonists, and anecdotes from the history of alt.comix:

Podcasters Jimmy Aquino and Joe Gonzalez and their long running Comic News Insider podcast are big supporters of The Beat, and the feeling is mutual, so we were happy to go down and put in an appearance on their Gala 300th Episode But we were in fantastic company: Kevin Maguire (JLA), Kate Beaton (HARK! A VAGRANT), Veronica Taylor (voice of Ash from Pokemon), Michael Emerson (Ben Linus from Lost), Molly Crabapple (Dr. Sketchy's), and Ben McCool aka FMB (CHOKER) were also on the show. Beaton did a long interview that revealed her construction site past, and everyone else was equally informative. Good times!

Another jam packed and fascinating discussion among people who have a lot to say. NYC participants: Print vs. Digital--War, Co-existence, or Collaboration Publishers, retailers, and others...

Jeremy Bastian's CURSED PIRATE GIRL is one of those comics in periodical format that in an earlier era probably would have gotten a...

Last night on Jimmy Kimmel Live, while plugging his new movie, THE INVENTION OF LYING, Ricky Gervais showed a drawing of the character designs...

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Via PR: VringoTM, the next-generation ringtone pioneer, and Marvel Entertainment have announced a collaboration to create and distribute mobile videos and video ringtones based on...

Jamie Coville has now uploaded a ton of panels from Comic-Con, including many of our must-sees which we didn't: Secret Origins of Comic-Con. (61.8mb, 67:32)...

The other morning, we linked to a Variety report on the option of a yet-unpublished graphic novel called 7th SON. Writer J.C. Hutchins...

If you have been missing Lost this last couple weeks, well, no new episodes, but this might tide you over for a day or...

Yet more podcasting from The Beat! Along with Jimmy and Joe of Comic News Insider, Ben McCool and Lenae McKee, we dissect the various...

The Beat and Future Mr. Beat were guests on "Comic News Insider: Episode 194". The Beat's own Heidi MacDonald joins us in studio along...