STAR TREK: the next abomination — UPDATE

09/01/2006 10:10 am by The Beat

This is dumb: The United Federation of Planets has never looked so crisp and full of dimension. CBS Paramount gave Trekkers reason to throw their pointy ears in the air Thursday with the announcement that all 79 episodes of the original Star Trek are getting digitally remastered and will be heading into syndication next month […]

McClouds are out there

09/01/2006 8:02 am by The Beat

The Making Comics Fifty State Tour Hit the road the other day I will tell you that we are in Beaver, Utah again (stopped here on the way to Minneapolis two months back) and the water is still really good. We did not get out of the apartment until 4:30am this morning, that made us […]

Saddam forced to watch SOUTH PARK?

08/30/2006 11:53 am by The Beat

Believe it or not, we’re loathe to pass along unsourced rumors and unverified fact, but this is just too funny. As we said, we failed to find a quote to back this up, so please treat this as pure imagination unless we get some outside verification. But it is funny. While being held prisoner during […]

Verheiden on MY NAME IS BRUCE

08/30/2006 11:48 am by The Beat

Writer Mark Verheidens reveals some of the inspiration behind the new Bruce Campbell film: I’ve also been a fan of Bruce Campbell’s since EVIL DEAD 2, which I (honestly) consider one of the great movies of the 1980’s. I’ve been lucky enough to actually work with Bruce on a project (an episode of the late, […]

Spread You Evil Wings Video

08/30/2006 11:24 am by The Beat

James Kochalka’s video for the first hit single off his new album is up on YouTube. The Beat

Todd McFarlane, video director

08/29/2006 8:18 am by The Beat

Speaking of Todd McFarlane, in addition to his other feats, he’s also a Grammy-winning video director, and he has a new animated video out for Disturbed’s cover of Genesis’ “Land of Confusion”. Watch here. Windows: Small Medium Large QT: Small Medium Large The Beat

Greatest Nancy Panel Ever becomes

08/28/2006 12:18 pm by The Beat

Best Nancy Cartoon Ever. “The Tao is that from which nothing can depart.” [Link via Boing Boing] The Beat

Kavalier and Clay movie on hold

08/28/2006 8:08 am by The Beat

Cinematical tracks down the latest on the proposed CAVALIER AND KLAY movie after author Michael Chabon posted some rather discouraging sounding things on his blog. I was unable to find any further info in culling the usual sites for Chabon updates, so I went straight to the source — or the next best thing — […]

Plastic Man Cartoon

08/27/2006 8:06 am by The Beat

Hopefully this will stay up for a while — a pilot for a Plastic Man cartoon prepared for the Cartoon Network. The work of Ren & Stimpy vet Stephen DeStefano and Clone Wars vet Andy Suriano is clearly seen, while Sponge Bob Tom Kenney does the voice. The Beat

Free Kyle Baker cartoons!

08/25/2006 12:28 pm by The Beat

According to his email newsletter, there are now SEVEN free Kyle Baker cartoons on the web. They would be a bargain at any price: 1. THE BAKERS IN: NOSE 2. THE BAKERS IN: HEROINE 3. THE BAKERS IN: TASTE 4. THE BAKERS IN: THE SOFATEERS 5. THE BAKERS IN: GIANT STEP 6. THE BAKERS IN: […]