When Jack Kirby drew Captain America saluting Adolf Hitler
Hate and outrage have defeated love and optimism yet again.
On Monday it was suggested that Marvel had a story trick up their sleeve that would steal the spotlight from DC's ramming-speed publicity blitz for its revamped universe and Rebirth #1.
A shocking!!! plot twist in Captain America Steve Rogers #1 that revealed Steve was really a Hydra agent all along seemed unlikely to unseat a wholesale rewriting of ten years of DC history, along with a shocking Alan Moore related plot twist.
But, today we have a genuine tweet storm and think piece blitz, all wrapped in a bow
Are you ready for a 600 page oral history of Fantagraphics?
That was rhetorical -- of COURSE you are. At long last, after over a decade in the works, We Told You So: Comics As Art...
Chester Brown vs the Bible: The final chapter
Regular Beat readers know I'm OBSESSED with Chester Brown's Mary Wept Over The Feet of Jesus. For many years, I've generally admired Brown's work,...
Comics toxic heritage strikes again as DC editor named as sexual harasser
The firing of Shelly Bond after more than 20 years of loyal service to DC has had an unintended consequence. Although referencing incidents utterly...
She Makes Comics to be distributed by XLrator
Hey mom, that movie I was in may be getting much wider distribution! She Makes Comics, Marisa Stotter's documentary about the history of women making comics is being picked up Lifeframe a new documentary division of indie distributor XLrator Media.
Unbalanced Production: The Comics Business in the 1940s
by Carol Tilley
The business of early comic book publishing in the US is something of a black box: too little data about actual practices,...
Must read: Stan Lee, Hero, villain or a bit of both?
Abraham Riesman. New York magazines resident comics expert, has a long and long brewing profile of Stan Lee called Why Is Stan Lee’s Legacy...
Anti-Wertham comic from the 40s found in library collection
Prof. Carol Tilley, who previously revealed that anti-comics crusaderDr. Fredric Wertham's research wasn't all that is at it again. While rummaging through the archives...
Comix Creatrix: the blockbuster art show is now a free 200 page book about...
The timing was fortuitous with Angoulême-gate, but Comix Creatrix: 100 Women Making Comics an art show co-curated by Olivia Ahmad and Paul Gravett ...
Very cool Infographic: Deadpool’s cast compared to their comics origins
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The Beat's own Kate Willaert, infographic queen, has been at it again with a comparison of the characters in the...
Comics sales increase by 2.1 million units in five years
The top 300 comics charts are out for January, and John Jackson Miller has his monthly analysis which reveals that graphic novels were heavily...
Marvel’s terrifying mullets
In 1992, the MTV News crew visited the Marvel Bullpen and talked to then Editor in Chief Bob Harras, the late Mark Gruenwald and...
