Ezra Claytan Daniels is the 3rd Annual Dwayne McDuffie Awards for Diversity in Comics...
The Dwayne McDuffie Awards for Diversity in Comics continued to increase in scope this year at the Long Beach Comic Expo. The annual showcase...
Five Finalists for Dwayne McDuffie Award For Diversity In Comics Announced
After a vigorous round of judging, the five finalists for the Dwayne McDuffie Award For Diversity In Comics have been revealed (I was one of...
Friday’s the deadline for Random House’s High School Creative Writing Contest – including graphic...
Every year, Random house holds a Creative Writing Contest for NYC High School Seniors. Among the categories, graphic novels. Rules for entry in the...
“Paysage après la bataille” wins top prize at Angoulême
The Fauves, the official awards of the Angoulême Comics Festival were handed out over the weekend and there was no mockery or satire, only...
Cosey wins the Grand Prix at Angoulême
The annual Angouleme comics festival is taking place RIGHT NOW, and sadly for comics news website traffic, unlike last year's disaster, things are progressing...
YALSA Announces the 2017 Great Graphic Novels for Teens!
"The Golden Age of Science Fiction is 12." —Peter Graham
The Young Adult Library Services Association, a division of the American Library Association, has announced the...
March, Book Three is the Big Winner With Librarians! (But That’s Not All!)
Just a quick report, with a longer piece to follow:
This morning, the American Library Association announced the 2016 winners of various book awards, for...
Gross, Peter, Prohias and Seda selected for the Eisner Hall of Fame
As is tradition, this year's Eisner Award judges have selected four cartoonists for entry into the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. They are: Milt...
Gene Yang and the March Trilogy team are voted the 2016 Comics Industry People...
For the sixth year in a row, The Beat is proud to present the Comics Industry Person of the Year, as chosen by voters in our annual creator survey: Gene Luen Yang. The the Team of the year: Rep. John Lewis, Andrew Aydin and Nate Powell.
Are you sitting down? Deadpool gets a WGA Award nomination for best script
If 2016 was the year of the dumpster fire, clearly 2017 is the year that great cracks open in the crust of the earth...
The Beat’s Best Comics of 2016
Featuring Beat staff members and special contributions from some of the best cartoonists of the year. It was a wild year but there were some good comics to keep us entertained and thinking.
March Book Three tops the annual PW Graphic Novel Critics Poll
Continuing its "march" to end of year accolades, (sorry) March Book Three topped the annual PW Graphic Novel Critics Poll.
Rosalie Lightning came in...
