SDCC 2014: The Eisners are getting a little more showbizzy
I'm sort of a little mixed on this. On the one hand we keep saying that the Eisner Awards should be funner and shorter...
Report: Digital comics sales at $90 million in 2013
Milton Griepp has run his annual analysis of digital comics sales and the numbers are up again. He reports that digital was at...
DC Entertainment is alright! Toronto statue of abused child will get Superman’s S after...
Looks like more compassionate—not to mention media-savvy—heads have prevails at DC Entertainment, as they have reversed a lawyer's decision to disallow a memorial to a boy who died of abuse to have the iconic Kryptonian S on it after all:
Heeeeee’s Baaaaack! Convicted child molester Ed Kramer is now a Twitter guru “living in...
If @edwardekramer is following you on twitter, get to a safe place immediately.
DC won’t permit Superman logo on statue of murdered boy
This may make you cry.
Jeffrey Baldwin is a Toronto child who died of starvation in 2002 after severe abuse at the hands of...
Dungeon Fun sweeps Scottish Independent Comic Book Alliance Awards — and read the winner...
The 2014 SICBA Awards were handed out on Saturday at the Glasgow Comic Con. The awards honor the best in Scottish comics, and Dungeon...
DC’s New Royalty Program – Let’s Do The Math On Single Issue Sales
You probably heard that DC has revamped their royalties program, adding colorists to the payout mix and lumping digital in with print. We should...
‘Clarence’ creator Skylar Page removed over sexual assault and mental issues
The close-knit LA animation community has been rocked this week by trouble at Cartoon Network's show Clarence, where creator and show runner Skyler Page has been removed from his duties following an assault on an Adventure Time staffer and what friends are calling a mental breakdown.
The Beat’s 10th Anniversary special: The top 15 posts of the decade
As we continue our 10th anniversary SPECTACULAR here at the Beat, I thought it would be fun to look back at the top posts...
The Beat is 10 today!!!
I actually don't remember the day I started this blog—it was June or July somethingth 2004- so I've arbitrarily decided today will henceforth be The Beat's anniversary. Ten long years of late nights, sleeping five hours, web crashes, Vietnamese Instant Coffee, Amon Tobin, Luke Vibert, Vitalic, Tipsy, Mahler, Stravinsky and Amy Winehouse. Ten years of stopping whatever else I was doing at some point to say "I gotta do The Beat now." Ten years of watching the graphic novel industry grow, 10 years of a new golden age of comics, the rise and fall of manga, the rise and rise of comic book movies and TV shows, firings, hirings, 10 days that shook the world. Ten years of the internet changing every week or minute. When I began there was no Tumblr, no Twitter, no Facebook, no Youtube, no smart phones. People were so starved for entertainment that they actually read websites run by one person in their pajamas.
Allison Baker is new Director of Operations at IDW
Monkeybrian co-publisher Alison Baker has been one of the smart people in and around comics for a while, and now IDW has done something...
DC resets royalty system; colorists and digital now eligible
I've been hearing a lot of conspiracy theories of late about DC, and some of them involve their participation/royalties system. In addition for quite a while, people have been complaining about the fact that colorists aren't eligible for royalties—and neither are digital-first comics.
But that is changing. I understand a letter has just gone out to DC creative folks announcing a complete overhaul of the DC royalty system. For the first time colorists will be eligible for royalties and will get cover credit. And digital first will also be eligible for royalties. Little things like direct deposit and electronic vouchering will also be available.
