Telnaes, Barry and Ukazu among the winners at the Reuben Awards
The National Cartoonist Society gave out its big awards, known as the Reubens, over the weekend and editorial cartoonist Ann Telnaes won THE Reuben award, the...
Know How: Four tips for designing a comics costume
By David Seidman
(Mildly NSFW images below.)
A good costume can help to make a comics character a star. In a visual medium like comics, a...
Heavily armed man arrested at Phoenix Comicon; other con bans prop weapons
Something that comics insiders have been worrying about for a long time finally happened yesrterday on the opening day of Phoenix Comicon: An armed man...
A Year of Free Comics: Saint for Rent by Ru Xu
First off, I am totally stealing this list of up and coming cartoonists at TCAF by Ardo Omer.
The first name on her list is Ru Xu, definitely an up...
WB Consumer Products’ president Pam Lifford is selling a lot more superhero toys
Has the current Great Licensing Era crested or is it still growing? As The Beat's Taimur Dar wrote the other day, toys and other...
Happy Geek Pride Day!
So, it's Geek Pride Day, which has been a thing since... 2006?
Why today, May 25th? Well, there are many events which have coalesced on...
Anders Nilsen new book Tongues looks spectacular
Anders Nilsen has been a mainstay of the indie comics world for a while, gaining huge acclaim with Big Questions, a massive rumination on the meaning...
A year of Free Comics: Read Catalyst Prime: The Event in full
One of the year's biggest events is the launch of Catalyst Prime, Lion Forge's new superhero line. The arrival of a new line of comics created by a diverse line-up of talent behind the page - led by editor Joe Illidge - and with a diverse cast of characters on the page, couldn't be better timed for today's comics readers.
Aspen Comics and Humble Bundle Team Up Again to Fight Cancer
Humble Bundle, the pay what you want charity fundraising website, is partnering with Aspen Comics to offer fans a special curated assortment of the...
Koyama Press’s Fall line-up includes Willumsen, Kyle, Lee, Freibert, GG and Foster-Dimino
Catching up a bit here on the news, and Koyama Press announced their fall line-up filled with work by some of today's most exciting...
On the Scene: The Five Points Festival welcomed “tastemakers, misfits and rebels”
by Zena Tsarfin
“Welcome home, tastemakers, misfits and rebels,” was the message flashing across the digital billboard at NYC’s inaugural Five Points Festival, held at...
CXC 2017 in Columbus announces 24 guests including Pilkey, Walden and DeConnick
CXC, the ambitious third year comics festival located in Columbus, OH, just announced its 2017 guest list, 24 creators from an eclectic swath of the comics world;...
