Paul Dini gets Personal in Dark Night: A True Batman Story
The best works of fiction usually have some basis in reality. Paul Dini is teaming up with Eduardo Risso to tell a Batman story inspired by a mugging in 1993. Dark Night: A True...
Panel Syndicate Quietly Releases New Series “Barrier” from Vaughan, Martin, Vicente
Panel Syndicate quietly releases new series 'Barrier" from Vaughan, Martin, and Vicente and you should pick it up!
Layoffs and changes at Wizard World
Just a few days ago I was predicting some consolidation in the crowded convention business in 2016, and like clockwork I learned that there have been layoffs at the convention company Wizard World, following the most recent financial statements that revealed a slowdown in convention revenue. I reached out to a WW spokesman for confirmation and was told "We are working to run the shows as efficiently as possible."
Best of 2015: ‘Here’ is a New York Times notable book; Horn Book choices
And Who's on first. Never realized there were so many jokes to be made with Richard McGuire's masterful graphic novel Here. It's the only gn to make the New York Times list of 100...
Surprising No One, the End of Marvel’s SECRET WARS is Delayed into 2016
The first issue of Marvel's brand new Secret Wars shipped in May of this year and was originally scheduled to conclude in eight issues. However, it now looks like Jonathan Hickman and Esad Ribic's epic...
RIP Shigeru Mizuki
Shigeru Mizuki, one of the all time great cartoonists of Japan (and the world) has passed away at age 93. Mizuki-sensei popularized the "yokai" monster genre with GeGeGe No Kitaro (to be reprinted early...
The All-New, All-Different Marvel Rundown Week Eight: A Tale of Dinosaurs, Spaceknights and Bank...
Not to sound like a broken record or anything, but the Marvel Universe is undergoing a change. We’re evaluating the brand new titles birthed by the fallout of Secret Wars -- taking a look at...
Happy Thanksgiving from The Beat to you!
Art by Walt Kelly.
Happy Turkey Day to all the Beatniks around the world! We're very thankful for all our readers and your continued support and hoping you have a safe and happy holiday.
As...
More Best Graphic Novel lists for 2015: do we know the book of the...
And the year end parade continues, and I'm sensing something of a move for Noelle Stevenson's Nimona to be the book of the year. At any rate, it's on a lot of lists. But...
The Battle for Los Angeles begins in Bloodshot Reborn’s The Analogue Man (Preview)
When a comics publisher talks about a miniseries launching in a prestige format, we often think about some of the best material in comics. Landmark stories crafted by DC in the ‘80s including Batman:...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits: What they found in this cartoonist’s apartment will blow your mind
§ Dave Itzkoff elides the Dark Knight III experience for the NY Times. It was pointed out a few times that this piece only interviews men and while I'm fully aware that many woman...
AfterShock hires Nilson and Wu
AfterShock Comics, the line of periodical comics that launches next month, has made a couple of new hires. Stephan Nilson has been hired as Publishing Operations Manager, and Lisa Y. Wu has...
