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At the behest of retailer Brian Hibbs, here is a chance to sound off on what you LEAST WANT TO SEE here at The Beat, your daily news source for Instant Vietnamese Coffee. Vote for as many as you like! As always if there is something you detest that isn't listed here, use the comments to warn the world.

Hey....polls! As we're an ever evolving construct here, Team Beat is standing by to give you more of what YOU want to see. Is it pictures of hunky Brit stars? Scathing industry analysis? Panels from Mort Meskin comics? YOU hold the key! You can vote in as many or as few (gulp) categories as you want. Don't see what you're looking for? Sound your horn in the comments!

2012 was a wacky year here at Stately Beat Manor and we look back at the good and the bad.

  All the best to all Beat readers and their loved ones—let's hope it's a safe and peaceful one. Did you get some good toys for Christmas? Let us know in the comments!

Last night a bunch of folks gathered together to remember editor and comics community member Marc Wilkofsky, who died last month. There was a dinner at a diner and then a bunch of folks...

The Beat's Year-End Survey questions are out and Person of the Year polling has begun, but just to warm you up, we'd like to salute our PERSON OF THE DAY, Comic News Insider's Jimmy...

They're really not kittens any more—more young cats. But as you can see, Charlie and Lucy have settled in pretty well.

If you're a digital hoarder like The Beat you may wake up one day and realize you have some bookmark files that go back 10 years or more. And then you may poke around and you may find something like. Bradley's Almanac - comic book links which was last updated more than nine years ago.

Last Monday night, as Hurricane Sandy raged outside, we had just finished watching last night's episode of The Walking Dead when there was a flash in the sky and the power went out. The vicarious glee of the Zombie Apocalypse—with its owl eating, gas hunting and lack of hot showers—was quickly replaced by living an actual lite version of it.

It isn't hard to get into the Halloween spirit when you're wandering through a post-apocalyptic world without power or Wi-Fi and running low on food. I'm torn between laughing at the tiny indignities of...

Lucy Mona Tinúviel and Charlie Victor Finrod have been doing their part for storm prep, building up morale among workers and rationing their kibble. With most of the East Coast shut down, all of the...

I know I tweeted this yesterday, but for those who missed it, the newly revamped Time.com website ran a list of the Top 25 Blogs of 2012. and The Beat was on the list!