Platinum Studios targets sex offenders
Well here is the headline we never thought we'd see, but it's all for a very good cause. Family Watchdog, a registry of information...
Jeff Smith’s cover desigm
Chris Butcher takes time out from his usual delightfully savage commentary to examine the evolution of the cover designs of various editions of BONE...
American lesbian manga = ALM
AfterEllen.com profiles an American yuri artist, Megan Gedris and her comic YU+ME. The article doesn't actually use the term yuri, so instead of being...
Seven Seas sails to prose
PW Daily reports on Seven Seas branching into kids prose:
Continuing to expand its prose publishing list beyond comics, manga publisher Seven Seas Entertainment will...
Rege and Huizenga news
Via the D&Q blog:
D+Q wants to say congratulations to Ron Rege Jr, as his band-Lavender Diamond-signed with Matador Records. You can hear their...
BLACK GHOST APPLE by Jeremy Tinder
Jeremy Tinder has a collection coming out next year from Top Shelf and here's the cover, as shown at the Top Shelf Blog.
Nexus Clarification
The other day when I posted the news about Steve Rude and Mike Baron bringing back NEXUS, it was mentioned that I will be...
Fantagraphics moves to dismiss Ellison suit
Dirk has the .pdfs etc of Fantagraphics/Gary Groth/Kim Thompson's epic 41-page motion to dismiss the Harlan Ellison suit. Apparently The Beat has been...
Does Mick Anglo own Miracleman?
We had a chance to listen to the Alan Moore interview on Fanboy Radio, and in it he dropped a bit of a bombshell...
NEXUS returns by Baron and Rude
Well here's a nice birthday present for The Beat! It seems Mike Baron and Steve Rude have ironed out their differences and are working...
Even more comings and goings: McLauchlin/Platinum
BUT WAIT THERE'S MORE! Platinum Studios announces bigger offices and a bigger staff by hiring former TopCow EIC Jim McLauchlin to run their...
MORE comics film updates: Cage and Virgin
Well, it seems Nicolas Cage is a convert to comic book movies! When it was announced Cage and his 15-year-old son would be WRITING...
