Valiant adds Charlotte Greenbaum as associate editor
Valiant has hired Charlotte Greenbaum, formerly of Double Take, as an associate editor where she'll help EIC Warren Simons herd along a passel of projects, including ICONS, NINJA-K #1, X-O MANOWAR (2017), and SECRET WEAPONS. She joins an...
Melody Reed joins CXC as operations manager
After a world-scouring search, Melody Reed has been named the operations manager of Cartoon Crossroads Columbus (CXC) and will be responsible for business operations of the event, whiel taking on the role of show runner....
Two senior Marvel execs depart in one of those periodic purges
At San Diego the hottest barroom chatter was when and who there would be top exec removed at Marvel. And today we have reports that EVP and GN Peter Phillips and VP Digital media Kristen Vincent...
SDCC ’17: Getting Pretty and Becoming a Unicorn at Hasbro’s Brand Preview Breakfast
Hasbro is without a doubt one of the toy juggernauts at San Diego Comic-Con, having a fairly-large slice of the collectible’s market. Just look at their line that wraps around their own booth like...
Who’s the new Batman Group Editor? It could be YOU!
When DC Group. Editor Mark Doyle was bumped upstairs to run Young Animal and the remnants of Vertigo, the big question bussing through the halls of comicdom was WHO would take over running the...
MAD Events add Cohen, Boucher and Zandonella
MAD EVents is one of the smaller con companies but they put on a line-up of quality shows, including Long Beach Comic Con, Long Beach Comic Expo, New Jersey Comic Expo and C3: Comic Creator...
SDCC ’17: What’s in Our Bags? A Look into a Veteran’s Walkaround Gear
We at The Beat are no strangers to conventions. Years of experience have taught us what is and is not necessary to take on our “nerd-orientated” excursions into extreme fandom. More importantly, trial and...
SDCC ’17: No Parking? Try These Alternate Modes of Transportations for the Convention and...
If you have a vehicle, my first suggestion would be to either: A) Make sure your hotel comes with complementary parking, or B) Don’t bring your vehicle at all. Not to say that there...
Andrea Colvin upped to VP-executive editor at Lion Forge
Some personnel moves at Lion forge as Andrea Colvin, has ben promoted to Vice President – Executive Editor from Senior Editor of Roar Comics and CubHouse Comics. Mark Smylie, who formerly held the title of...
David Scroggy is leaving Dark Horse
Another industry legend is leaving a company to work on more personal projects: David Scroggy the 23-year veteran who was most recently Dark Horse's vice president of product development, is. stepping down effective July 1,...
Butcher ankles the Beguiling to become Viz Editor-at-Large
If you follow TCAF showrunner and comics industry savant Chris Butcher on twitter yuo know he's always in Japan. Always! IS it just to bring back green tea Kit Kats? Well now all of...
Dept. of Funny Business: Bill Morrison is named new Executive Editor of Mad Magazine
Ending a suspenseful watch that lasted a few months, the white smoke has finally risen from DC Entertainment, signaling the election of a new pope of humor: Bill Morrison will be the new executive editor of Mad Magazine when it moves westward later this year.
