Neill Blomkamp was secretly working on Alien sequel ideas
Here's a fun little "what if..?" to start off your new year. The mastermind behind the Academy Award nominated District 9 and the less...
Webcomic Alert: End 2014 with a little “Optimisim” by Anders Nilsen
Anders Nilsen sees the year out at Medium with a beautiful full color comic called On Optimisim: Why 2015 Won't Suck. It's a very...
The Beat’s Annual Comics Industry Survey, Part One: The Return of Siegel & Shuster...
Yep, it's our annual survey of the comics landscape, from the mainstream to the indies and everything in between. Each year we send out surveys to as wide a swath of comics pros around the world as we can muster...among the answers you'll find lots of news of 2015 projects, predictions of the year ahead...and right off the bat some startling news from Jeff Trexler about a possible legal bombshell in 2015...and the return of Casey from James Sturm's epochal comic strip "The Sponsor." Hold on to your hats and let's get going.
NBC announces Constantine return date and time-slot
When NBC's take on DC/Vertigo's chain-smoking anti-hero struggled in the ratings, the network halted production on Constantine after 13 episodes. Middling critical response and a...
Michael Keaton reminisces about his time in the Batsuit
Michael Keaton finally had his big comeback year in 2014. With Birdman, and his very meta portrayal of a washed-up superhero actor, Keaton now...
Hickman Relaunches The Manhattan Projects and Takes a Marvel Break
By: Alexander Jones
Jonathan Hickman is going through a pretty massive career change. First up, he’s relaunching The Manhattan Projects with a new number one and...
Marvel and Netflix’s ‘Daredevil’ leaning towards ‘The Wire’ in its tone
By Kyle Pinion
With 2015 just a few days away, we're on the verge of another big deluge of superhero cinema and television; from Agent...
Broken Frontier Awards 2014 winners: women, Image dominate
The comics news website Broken Frontier has announced the winners of its annual awards, as chosen by readers and industry professionals. Image Comics was a winner, as you might expect, but female creators won in 5 of the 13 categories, suggesting that the arrival of talented and noteworthy women in comics is a thing that is here and now and not some hoped for future event. The winners are as follows:
The IDW Discovery Sale is a Hidden Gem Amongst a Slew of Discounts
By: Alexander Jones
We just reported on a huge Boxing Day sale across Comixology, but there is one $9.99 collection to rule them all (aside...
Last Call For Dynamite’s Humble Bundle
As you might have read here earlier in the week, Humble Bundle's well into 7 figures worth of revenue for 2014. Right now we're...
You Will Believe a Divinity can Bend Matter, Space, and Time (Divinity #1 Preview)
By: Alexander Jones
Valiant comics are continuing to mix up their line with a couple of brave new experimental decisions, but this one might be...
Fundraiser held for artist Norm Breyfogle following devastating stroke
It's an all too familiar story: an artist without a lot of funds, and no insurance, all of it wiped out following a sudden...
