To Do BKNY 3/31: Tomine at Rocketship!
It's the kind of thing that only happens a few times in every generation...the release of a new issue of OPTIC NERVE, and EVERYONE, and we mean EVERYONE will be celebrating at Rocketship (after...
To Do NYC 3/31: Punk Indy Showcase
Oh my there is a lot going on this week! Tomorrow at Jim Hanley's there's the GINDHOUSE signing, and later that very same day the Punk Indy Creator Showcase:
SATURDAY, MARCH 31 6:00 to 8:00...
Emerald CIty Con this weekend!
The Emerald City Con kicks off this weekend in Seattle, and by all accounts, the show is growing into a very pleasant, comics centric weekend. The Seattle Times has a brief preview with attendance...
To Do: Grindhouse at Hanleys
We mentioned this the other day, now we hear that Quentin Tarantino, Robert Rodriguez, Rosario Dawson and Freddie Rodriguez will all be signing at Jim Hanley's Universe this Saturday from 12-1. Tickets for...
TONIGHT! Crabapple at Meltdown
Molly Crabapple hosts a night of burlesque and book signing more popularly known as DR. SKETCHY’S ANTI-ART SCHOOL! Indulge in the intelligent pleasures of cabaret life drawing with fetish goddess Zoetica Ebb. ...
Fight! Mark Millar vs. Graeme McMillan!
It started on Millarworld where Mark Millar declared Graeme McMillan a stalker of the most obsessive type.
Unfortunately, all creators with any profile attract obsessives. All the other name writers have one too, but I've...
STAGGER LEE tour
Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix are hitting the road in support of their Glyph Award-nominated STAGGER LEE, and The Beat is even joining in at one of the stops!
Derek McCulloch and Shepherd Hendrix, creators...
To Do 3/22: Gigantic at McNally Robinson
The Gigantic Comics crew are making a special appearance tonight at 7:00 at the McNally Robinson comics shop in Manhattan. Tell 'em The Beat sent ya.
What:
Gigantic Graphic Novels/ Teenagers From Mars, Dead West,...
Linkage: Oh…SO MANY THINGS
§ Top Shelf employee and THE SURROGATES writer Robert Venditti talks about getting an indie comic optioned at CBR:
"The first issue of the series debuted in July 2005, only a couple of weeks before...
Kirkman goes on whirlwind WOLF-MAN tour!
72 hour, five cities, one comic book and one comic book writer: Robert Kirkman rides the whirlwind to promote THE ASTOUNDING WOLF-MAN, kicking off with a midnight signing (is this the new fad?):
Comics industry...
TO DO Tonite: Shanower talks Troy
While everyone is abuzz about the hard fighting Spartans, Eric Shanower is still digging in to the Trojan War in his epic and gorgeous (and meticulously researched) AGE OF BRONZE. This afternoon he even...
WWLA: Top Cow
Marc Silvestri, Eric Basaldua, Tyler Kirkham and many more -- and more of those exlcusives, lead the charge at the Top Cow booth:
Top Cow will offer three exclusive variants at the Wizard World Los...
