Barcon, that starts with ‘B’ and that rhymes with ‘T’ and that stands for...

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We're off to HeroesCon in Charlotte later today and one of the many pleasures of that show is its relaxing and expansive Barcon; as opposed to other conventions where people scatter to their various drinking holes, pretty much everyone at HeroesCon stays in the same bar, and it's a great place to catch up with folks and maybe lay the foundation for future work. OR IS IT???

CrowdWatch: The Economics of Digital Comics by Todd Allen

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Frequent Beat contributor Todd Allen has just launched a Kickstarter for a new edition of his book The Economics of Digital Comics —the goal...

Theft follows Denver Comic Con

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Just one more little bad news for Denver Comic Con -- it seems two of the dealers, Mindy and Zac Skellington Conley of Hall...

Is the Clickhole Calvin and Hobbes Cartoon Illegal Child Porn?

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Clickhole, the Onion's answer to Buzzfeed and Clickhole, has posted an audacious NSFW video parody, "If You Grew Up With 'Calvin and Hobbes,' You...

RIP: Charles Barsotti

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Famed New Yorker cartoonist Charles Barsotti has passed away at age 80. He was 80. Barsotti had been suffering from brain cancer since...

Cartoonist who got paying job hired another cartoonist for job!

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Alert the media! Everyone was excited last year when Award-winning cartoonist Matt Bors got hired by the Medium to edit an actual comics page,...

Notes From The Future: First Details Regarding September Releases

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Ahead of their solicitations, The Beat has learned about several new books coming out in September and beyond. GI JOE returns to the shelves with...

Rocket Raccoon #1’s Initial Orders Inflated By Single Source

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by Brandon Schatz A few days before the book’s final order cut-off with retailers, Marvel let it slip that their upcoming Rocket Raccoon series had...

Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 6/8/14: Amazon Examined

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Just a reminder: if you see something that is kibblish, or bittable, please drop me a line. You know what we like around here! ...

The Hermit of Shooters Hill – An Interview with Steve Moore, Part 2

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Here's the second part of my interview with Steve Moore, with more to follow. The first part can be found here, along with some...

Cebulski transitioning from talent scout position at Marvel

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World traveller, gourmet and beer enthusiast CB Cebulski is moving to an international business development role at Disney/.Marvel. In between tweeting and (in the...

SDCC ’14: MTV announces FanFest, mtvU Fandom Awards and Linkin Park

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It begins. Actually it's been beginning for a while but here comes the avalanche. If my crumbling memory be accurate, MTV had a FanFest-y...

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