News rumbles: Keenspot, Blackest Night, Haven
While we're gearing up for a few end of year posts here, pointers to news items that are making a few ripples in the...
Gaiman to edit next year’s BEST AMERICAN COMICS
Nestled in this account of author Neil Gaiman's entry into the world of reading glasses is the news that he's guest editing next year's...
Buffy + Twilight = Obama
Wow, if you wanted to come up with a formula for getting traffic, that would do it, right? Yesterday, CBR previewed issue #40...
Comics news; WWE, Lady Gaga
A tradition long lacking from the comics shelves -- wrestling comics! -- is being remedied by Titan publishing. The increasingly comics active UK-based publisher...
Announcing…December!
The 12th month is upon us, and all our usual end-of-year tasks are coming due -- the Beat's annual year-end survey. the PWCW's critics...
Happy Birthday to THE BEAT
(pretend for the time being there are shirtless pictures of Gerard Butler and Clive Owen here)
We're sure that FMB will give the Beat...
The Hero Initiative seeks Ed Hannigan art
The Hero Initiative wants your Ed Hannigan art! Hannigan is a prolific artist from the late '70s on, with work on such titles as...
Baby news, comings and goings
§ Congrats to Ron Perazza, VP of Creative Services at DC, and Linda Lee, Director, Book Publishing at Nickelodeon, on the birth of Hudson...
Cartoonists continue to breed new super race
Babies everywhere!
§ Adrian Tomine and Sarah Brennan welcomedNora Emiko Tomine on Halloween.
¶ And Juni, born to Kazu Kibuishi and Amy Kim Ganter,...
San Diego 2010: Don’t mean ta scare you, but…
Looks like four-day passes for NEXT YEAR's San Diego Comic-Con are selling out pretty quickly.Honestly, this is just...INSANE. At this rate, the show is...
Newsarama sold to TopTenReviews
Newsarama, the long-running comics news site, has been purchased by TopTenReviews, a content aggregation site out of Ogden. UT, it was announced today. The...
More to do today: Greensboro, Chicago, and Philly
There are some good parties being thrown down East of the Mississippi today ...
Acme Comics in Greensboro, NC is hosting an all-day signing party...
