Interviews

Nicola Scott is probably best known currently for her time drawing for DC Comics. Her smooth, sleek linework on titles such as Secret Six and Earth 2 was distinct but still fit in tonally with the rest of the...

Duane Swierczynski put Greg Hettinger, the star of his series from Archie's Dark Circle imprint, through the ringer in the first arc of The Black Hood. Throughout "The Bullet's Kiss" arc, Swierczynski's background as a crime...

After making his presence in the comic book industry felt in a big way on a run with Warren Ellis on Moon Knight, Declan Shaley moved over to creator-owned with the writer. They set...

We sit down with Tom Taylor, the master of vestigial limb slicing and universe spanning conflict.

The Comics Beat recently sat down with DC Comics' biggest stars to talk about their epic run on BATMAN and the future of the series as Greg goes on hiatus to work with Mark Millar.

For the past few days there has been a kerfuffle in the extremely high profile, glamourous and profitable world of comics journalism. Rather than comment on this hot mess, I'm going to talk about why it happened. And what we an do to improve things.

In re the last piece, here's a direct link to my first piece for Slate in which I investigate the comics/cartoon connection with quotes from Rebeca Sugar, Kevin Lee, Annie Koyama, Sam Alden and...

"I hope that...when people read PREZ, they'll have a laugh. Then, the next week, when someone has sex with a pig...they say 'wait a second, that sounds familiar.'"

Guys, if you want to get with a woman, do not make her watch Buffalo 66. I repeat, do not watch Buffalo 66 with your woman. I know you think Vincent Gallo is really cool and edgy and it's a romantic film about vengeance and attraction, but it's really about a dangerous psychopath made by a serial abuser who imagines a toxic fantasy of a willing female victim. It is total creepsville plus everyone misses a field goal now and then, just like Jeurys Familia gives up a home run once a year and it happens to be in the World Series.

A talk about drawing as exploration and play.

In the quiet early hours of Saturday in New York Comic-Con's press lounge, Marjorie Liu chatted with The Beat about her new Image title "Monstress" with artist Sana Takeda, systemic racism, the expectations places on creators of color, and the intergenerational trauma of war.

FACT: I don’t make much money in comics. I only make enough to survive. However… I still love making comics. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not crying in my beer or anything, this is not a cautionary...