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...
From Mallorn to Pipeweed: Learn all about Tolkien’s plants in “Flora of Middle Earth”
As frequent readers know, The Beat is something of an amateur Tolkienologist, having memorized The Lord of the Rings at an early age, and...
Dare2Draw, Art Students League, and Kyle Baker celebrate Kirby & Eisner with live drawing...
Looking for something fun, free, and nerdy to do with your Saturday? Dust off your sketchbook & register for free tickets to Dare2Draw's celebration of Kirby and Eisner at the Art Students League.
Robert Kirkman moving over to Amazon with 2-year production deal
Well well. it seem the Mark Millar to Netflix deal wasn't the only comics content creator who was pacting big time in recent months. Robert...
To do this weekend in London: small press comics shine at the Safari Festival
If you're lucky enough to be in the UK this weekend you can attend
The Safari Festival, a comics arts festival sponsored by Breakdown Press and...
I Hate Fairyland’s FCBD Issue Returns as “I Hate Fairyland Image Special Edition”
If you missed out on the Free Comic Book Day edition of Skottie Young's I Hate Fairyland, fear not -- Image is re-issuing it with...
Rednecks Gets a Collected Edition in October
Image would like to remind you that the tpb of Redneck, the Texas vampire comic from Donny Cates and Lisandro Estherren, will be coming out...
MUST READ: Digital is overtaking print in Japanese manga publishing
Here's what can only be described as a bombshell article from The Japan Times which distills a report that shows that digital publishing is catching up...
Interview – Xia Gordon’s Upcoming Abstract Comics with 2Dcloud
Minnesota-based publisher 2dcloud has launched it’s quarterly crowdfunding campaign for its 2017 summer collection. 2dcloud has been using crowdfunding as a mechanism for pre-orders...
Reflections on Rob Paulsen’s Cancer Diagnosis & Introspective Nostalgia
As I mentioned in my piece about the Cards Against Humanity exclusive San Diego Comic Con one-shot, one of the elements that was most...
DC’s Writers Workshop Class of 2017 announces six winners from 1000 entries
The winners of this year's DC Writers Workshop Class of 2017 have been announced and they are Sanya Anwar (1001), Ryan Cady (BIG MOOSE), Joey Esposito (PAWN SHOP,...
Disney is setting up its own streaming service and new content wars
Streaming giant Netflix got a little less giant with Disney's announcement that starting in 2019 they'll launch their own streaming service, using the BAMtech...
