Frustrating
Sadly, we're under the weather and can't summon the energy to cover the huge Superman/Siegel estate copyright decision. It's very frustrating because we have...
Things you must read
This has nothing directly to do with comics but this brilliant piece by Eric Alterman in The New Yorker is one of the best...
New tools, new fools
We've been tinkering with our blogging set-up a bit. Ecto 3 still doesn't cut it for features, so we're still using the now unsupported...
Beware the Double Post, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
In case no one has noticed, The Beat is having some server hiccups. We moved servers last week and the process has been...
You spoke, we ate a gyro!
Thanks to every who voted in our little poll yesterday. The results were pretty much what we expected, although everyone who wants gossip, please...
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Because we get bored, and because The Beat can never be good enough, don't say we never turn...
Butler ‘gutted’; Owen reported ‘distraught’
The comics industry was first shocked, then stunned and then just gobsmacked as news leaked out this week of the engagement of The...
RBI for sale
As you may have heard, yesterday Reed Elsevier announced they were selling off RBI, the b2b publishing end of their operation, including Variety, Broadcasting...
The strange world of morning
Running very late as you all can see. Ironically,this is due to our revamped body clock which entails getting up at 9ish and...






