Hello, people….are you saving ALL your SDCC PR for NEXT WEEK?????
San Diego Preview Night kicks off in exactly two weeks.
A fortnight.
And as of today we have exactly ONE PRESS RELEASE FROM A COMIC BOOK...
Where we’ve been, where we’ll be
A preview Heroes Con preview; a smashing comic book wedding; is a comic book really worth $3.99? Not when you have to get rid of hundreds of them; and my final thoughts on BEA.
Welcome Tallulah Louise Fraction
Following hours of Twitter-recorded labor, Matt Fraction and Kelly Sue DeConnick welcomed Tallulah Louise to the world this week, an event so momentous it...
Casting Call: Comic Book Fans REPRESENT on morning TV
Comic book fans, have you always wanted to represent our clan in the best possible light? Well here is your chance. A Major National...
Nepotism corner: The CHOKER Tour
We interrupt this blog for some hype, which we hope we will be forgiven for, just this once.
For those of you who read...
Need more stuff: TASCHEN warehouse sale
This is not comics, but it's so close. Taschen Books, publisher of many fine art books--some comics related--and many art reference basics, is having...
Shamus expands to Atlanta
After a few false starts, Gareb Shamus/Wizard World's slate of media conventions has announced an expansion to Atlanta, date and venue TBA. The new...
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer to wed
When the above photo of singer Amanda Palmer, taken at a NYC breakfast spot, was posted on Neil Gaiman's Twitter feed, it did not...
Archie signs deal with Random House, other updates
Since it's Archie Comics day here at the Beat, here's some later news and notes.
* The artist on the Elizabethan Archie painting is...
Fire at Ross Cochran’s house
Publisher Russ Cochran is best known for putting out various EC and Disney archives projects long before it became fashionable and most recently was...
The Beat’s Annual Year-End Survey, 2010 edition — Part Five
If you've stuck with us this far, you've got to go all the way, as the last batch of comics writers, artists, editors, marketers...
