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....
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"...
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...
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...
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....
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....
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...
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...
Nimona did not win a National Book Award
Last night the National Book Awards (the Oscars for books) were presented, and Noelle Stevenson's Nimona, only the fourth graphic novel to get an NBA nomination, lost out to Neal Shusterman's Challenger Deep. Comic enthusiast Ta-Nehisi Coates did win in non fiction for Between the World and Me, however.
The Eternaut may just be the most interesting graphic novel of the season
Here's a book that has received little attention but SHOULD, especially in a world where cartoonists are still being imprisoned and worse for their...
Exclusive Cover Reveal to HEAVY METAL’s NARCOPOLIS: CONTINUUM #4
Heavy Metal makes headway into the floppy market with sci-fi mini-series NARCOPOLIS: CONTINUUM. We've got the mind-bending cover reveal to the final issue!
Wizard World Financials: ConTV not so great but ConBox is ok
Ash is here!! #WizardWorld #ComicCon #Louisville #BruceCampbell #ashvsevildead #armyofdarkness #burnnotice A photo posted by Wizard World (@wizardworld) on Nov 7,...
