Reviewed! Every Issue of Villains Month, Week One
DC sent along a lovely pack of review copies for Villains Week, and I feel like it's only fair that I read through all...
What Should You Buy in September? Gareth Brookes, Gene Luen Yang, Ed Piskor, Villains...
September! New month, new comics, new things to look out for. We had a wander round the solicitations and picked out the comics we're...
Steve Orlando discusses his gay-action Kickstarter graphic novel
"Imagine DIE HARD if John McClane was killing terrorists to save his partner."
Steve Orlando is trying to raise $15,000 to crowdfund his latest graphic...
iFanboy joins the 2013 comics media disruption
As you probably heard over the holiday, iFanboy is packing in its "day to day" operations, which seemed like a euphemistic way of saying...
Saga and The Avengers Pick Up Hugo Awards
The Hugo Awards were hosted last night - and hosted by no less than comics and TV writer Paul Cornell. An awards ceremony focusing...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 8/30/2013: Fall Con Schedule
The other day, my mother posted this watercolor she dashed off on Facebook, along with this line from Thomas Keneally:
"Summer now seemed to have...
Stripped: Grant Morrison – Dope, Chips, and Skewed Moralities
Grant Morrison returned to the Edinburgh Book Festival, this time as one of the star attractions of the Stripped programme, and still with those...
IDW nabs three for marketing: Morehead, Henning, and Schweitzer
IDW has had some comings and going in the marketing department over the last year or so, but they look to have filled the open position, and raised it two, by hiring THREE seemingly bright eyed and bushy tailed new folks. Rosalind Morehead , formerly of Mad Catz, will be Marketing & PR Manager. Diamond's Kate Henning has been hired as Manager of Sales Operations.
Highlights from Canada’s Biggest Show Fan Expo
Canada's largest comic-con Fan Expo broke some records this year, with well over 100,000 attendees and 900 retailers, artists and exhibitors descending upon Toronto's...
EXCLUSIVE: Don’t believe everything you read on the internet
I got an email yesterday urging me to link to this piece from Unleash The Fanboy that reasons that Jarvis, Tony Stark's robotic AI...
Comings and Goings: Todd Allen joins Aerbook
If you've been wondering why Todd Allen hasn't been posting too much at the Beat any more, it's for a good reason. He's been...
The 2013 Joe Shuster Awards in audio
Jamie Coville was at it again and has provided us with audio and photos of this year's ceremony, which was held at the Fan...
