BookCon 2015: The Con Expert Gets Conned and Learns a Lesson in Management
Last Saturday, I headed to the NYC Javits Center to spend a day at BookCon 2015, part of a five day publishing industry extravaganza....
Marvel reveals first look at “Eight Months Later” reboot—here’s what we know
Marvel
unleashed the first teaser image for the new rebooted/relaunched Marvel U this morning, and it contains SHOCKS—Agent Coulson? Red Wolf?—SURPRISES—No X-men or FF...
Traumatic Thursdays: Reactions to The Wicked + The Divine #11’s Shocking End
Dear Kieron, Jamie, Matt, and Clayton:
I hate you.
I woke up this morning, put on my Wic+Div shirt, ran to the comics shop, and strapped...
Fraction and Zdarsky draw Naughty Bits on Sex Criminals Blank Covers
Matt Fraction and Chip Zdarsky are at it again with Sex Criminals, this time they are offering a random sketch incentive for picking up...
Color King Visits the Stately Beat Manor Comics Pull for 6/3/15
This week at The Beat our staff members were particularly swamped with new books -- between Archie comics ending their titular title and DC...
You Won’t Believe What’s Happening in Munich This Week!
Every other year, Munich hosts the Munich Comic Festival (Comicfestival München), which, like other continental comics festivals, offers a diverse international guest list while...
Listen to all the panels, facts and figures from last week’s conference on French...
You all loved it when I tweeted stats, and now you can watch the ENTIRE panel section of last week's French Comics Conference, held...
Nine editors promoted at Dark Horse
Dark Horse's book trade sales are up 30% in three years and to celebrate, they're promoting nine editorsCalvin Reid reports.
The moves include the...
What is Happening with the X-Men and Fantastic Four properties at Marvel Licensing and...
‘What’s going on with the X-Men and the Fantastic Four comics’ is the question ringing in the ears of astute comic book fans. Since...
Interview: Ed Luce Tackles Wrestling, Music, and Sex in Wuvable Oaf
By Melanie Burke
Images courtesy of Ed Luce
In anticipation of the launch of his first project in comics, Wuvable Oaf, The Beat took a minute to...
Ed Luce’s Wuvable Oaf to Launch Thursday at Portland’s Floating World
It's Monday. The work week has just begun. That means it's time to start making weekend plans. If you're in Portland, OR, you can...
Andy Oliver replaces Frederik Hautain as Broken Frontier EiC
The Great 2015 Comics Site Editor-in-Chief Mass Step Down continues as Broken Frontier, a long running comics news and culture site, has announced that Andy Oliver will takes over the site from Frederik Hautain, who held the position since the site's launch in 2002. Oliver was previously Managing Editor, and they are seeking candidates for that position now. Check out the details here or send an application to joinus@brokenfrontier.com. Like every job in comics journalism, it is an unpaid position.
