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...
2017 Eisner Judges Announced: Campbell, Clough, Newbold, Peaslee, Rutherford and Thomases
The slate of judges for the 2017 Eisner Awards have been announced and it's a strong slate with a wide range of knowledge. These...
Sarah Anderson’s Adulthood is a Myth wins Goodreads Readers Choice Award for Graphic Novel
The Goodreads Readers Choice Awards have been running for a while and the winners have been chosen. The Amazon-owned social network for readers annually...
Saga, Bitch Planet, Patience among the 2017 Official Selections for Angoulême prizes
The Official Selections 2017 for the FauvesOfficial Selections 2017 for the Fauves, the comics awards presented every year at the Angoulême comics festival, have been announced, with a generous...
Best Of 2016: Washington Post weighs in with their best graphic novels
The always impeccable Michael Cavna has announced his Best Graphic Novels of 2016. It's a solid list; we'll be seeing every one of these titles on a LOT of lists. Check out the link for erudite commentary.
