Steve Dillon on tour
As they did with Kevin O'Neill last year, ComicsPRO, the retailer organization is hosting another tour this year, this time for the legendary PREACHER...
Meltzer’s bid to save Siegel’s house
Novelist Brad Meltzer has a new book out -- Book of Lies -- which uses the murder of Jerry Siegel's father when...
Shop at Ralphs for the Hero Initiative
As The Beat wanders each week through a cramped Gristedes, pushing a tiny, child- or midget-sized cart through narrow, stacked-up aisles, hoping against hope...
To Do 8/21: Doctorow/Spooky
Cory Doctorow Meets DJ Spooky: A CBLDF Benefit Mashup!
Sadly, we'll be out of town, or we'd be there in a flash.
Bell to produce Everett book
Via PR, Blake Bell is following up his Steve Ditko book with one on Bill Everett, creator of the Sub-Mariner, and donating 10 percent...
Stan Lee’s “Soapboxes” collected!
ITEM! You won't believe your eyes, True Believer! Hero Initiative is collecting Stan Lee's "Soapboxes" from classic Marvel comics! In this one scintillating volume,...
SD08: Hero Initiative — #907
As usual, The Hero Initiative will have a spectacular lineup of events and guests at the big show, inlcuding the Marvel vs DC softball...
SD08 : Cartoon Art Museum — #MZ11
Andrew Farago writes:
Here's the lineup for The Second Annual Cartoon Art Museum Sketch-A-Thon at San Diego Comic-Con! Professional cartoonists and up-and-coming illustrators...
SD08: CBLDF — #1831/1833
The CBLDF is pulling out all the stops with an exclusive new Neil Gaiman book from Black Phoenix Alchemy Lab (above) and Neil's signed...
Gene Colan news
Clifford Meth updates Gene Colan's health (not great but hanging in there) and reveals that Marvel is doing the right thing:
Not only has Marvel...
HereosCon: Hero Initiative and Wieringo Tribute
The Hero Initiative will have a full slate of signings, an appearance by Ron Wilson and debut the Mike Wieringo Tribute Book at HeroesCon....
Mike Wieringo scholarship announced
The brother of the late Mike Wieringo has started a scholarship to SCAD in Mike's name -- we can't imagine a better way to...
