After briefly adding six women, Angoulême fest throws open Grand Prix voting
I'd been waiting to write this up as things have been changing so fast but after a very brief period this morning where the...
Cybils Awards announce 2015 graphic novel finalists
The Cybils, a literary award presented by children's and young adult book cloggers have announced their 2015 finalists, and the graphic novel picks. And...
Alors! Florence Cestac says Franck Bondoux is “un crétin total.”
Whooooo-ah! This whole Angoulême-gate thing got out of hand FAST. In just 24 hours it went from an angry petition to the world's best cartoonists rejecting their nominations to front page news to the festival sulkily added Marjane Satrapi and Posy Simmonds to their list, even though no one would vote for them, and a whirlwind of hot takes.
The Beat Annual Creator Survey Part 2: Previews and News galore
Here's the second part of our annual creator survey, and this time out we have some exclusive peeks at some new projects for 2016, as well as what might be hit of something cool to happen...but you'll have to read everything figure out what that is.
Thanks to all for taking the time to participate in this survey especially during the busy holiday time. You can find Part 1 here.
FiBD grudgingly to add names to Grand Prix nominee list
It seems that the Festival of Comics of Angoulême is grudgingly going to add more names to it's Grand Prix list after a growing...
Sattouf, Clowes, Burns, Davodeau and Sfar and even MIlo Manara withdraw from Grand Prix...
As reported yesterday, there has been international consternation over the 016 list of nominees for the Grand Prix, the lifetime achievement awards for cartoonists...
The Beat Annual Creator Survey Part 1: What will be the biggest story of...
It's time for our annual look at what's happening in comics and where creators see things going and what impacted them in the past...
Call for boycott of Angoulême’s Grand Prix nominees after list includes only men
The long list for the 2016 Grand Prix at Angoulême was announced today—this is a kind of lifetime achivemenet award, and arguably the greatest honor...
Horvath and Turner join Superfan Promotions
Over the years I have been asked any a time, "is there a good indie publicist for comics?" and I always racked my brain. There have been a few good people, but they usually get hired by companies. Indie PR is a tough business and comics are a niche. But now, Superfan Promotions has become to go-to company. It's run by David Hyde, formerly of DC, and it's the best in the biz. And they are so good, they are pending, hiring Pamela Horvath (above left) Ilana Turner as director of publicity and publicity coordinator respectively.
Gene Yang named Library of Congress’s Ambassador for Young People’s Literature
Gene Luen Yang has racked up a lot of honors for his work—first graphic novel to be shortlisted for a National Book Award (for...
The All-New, All-Different Marvel Rundown Week Thirteen: Rocketing into The New Year
It's time for an early/late addition of the All-New, All-New Different Marvel Rundown. Marvel shipped a select few comics early including Rocket Raccoon and Groot #1,...
