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As if everything crazy going on in the last hell week wasn't enough, life keeps kicking the ass of good people. All time nice guy, Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai writes that his wife...

I'm just getting recovered from my appearance at Industry Day at the Center for Cartoon Studies; a report is coming anon, but it was a great experience and I came away mightily impressed with what James Sturm and Michelle Ollie have created on the banks of the White River.

The Beat is going to be hung up for the next day or so with Industry Day here at the CEnter for Cartoon Studies in White River Junction, VT. We arrived late last night, missing...

• I regret to inform the dozens of people who were looking forward to my being there, that I won't be at WonderCon after all. Some travel stuff and other factors made it unfeasible. I'm sad I won't be seeing everyone, but not as sad that I won't be complaining about the line at Starbucks every morning.

This is an announcement of vital import and historic significance!

If you've been following me on the internet for any length of time, you know I have always been obsessed with finding the perfect refreshing drink, whether it's long gone Pepsi Blue, Code Red, Ca Phe Sua instant coffee, Starbuck's much missed Tazo Berry Chai, Dunkin Donuts' Mango Fruit Blast and so on. Well, here is a new one, the Bai5 line of antioxidant waters. I was describing my favorite flavor, Congo Pear, the other day and said "It's got real pear juice and coffee fruit and white tea extract! It's a water-based drink!" to which someone replied "So it's pear-flavored coffee tea water?"

Although everything seems to be forever on the internet, it really isn't. It's oh so fragile, and the prime time of your life can be crossed out by one CEO's pen swipe.

Despite the malware warnings, The Beat has not been compromised. Thanks to everyone for all the emails and tweets! It's all part of a false positive Google levied on adserver iSocket this morning. While...

In an earlier post, I alluded to the trials of 2012, and the sorrow of losing my dear cat Inky at age (almost) 20. That was very difficult, and I will always miss her,...

Okay let's get down and dirty! As they used to say in AOL chat rooms, a/s check! Who are you???? We need to know.

Over the last day or so, I posted two polls on what you do and do not want to see, content-wise, here at The Beat. Many many thanks to the hundreds of you who...

I don't intend to give daily update updates on Peter David's condition following his stroke, but his wife Kathleen has a blog post yesterday called simply How do you tell a 10 year old that her father might never be the same? and its a powerful, affecting piece of writing. Those who know Kathleen know she's a talented writer and creator herself and following her blog will undoubtedly be the best way to follow Peter's progress and to send along continued best wishes. The good news is that Peter is showing signs of recovering, and things are not as bad as they might have been. But it's still a long hard road for them.