Poison Chalice Interlude: 1953 – 1985 Roundup and Some Notes on Copyright
So far, this history of Marvelman - more correctly called Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman - has taken...
Iain Banks is Unwell
On the morning of Wednesday the 3rd of April a personal statement from Scottish author Iain Banks appeared on both his own website and...
Tribute: Carmine Infantino Remembered
by Nelson de Castro
I had the pleasure of being the great Carmine Infantino's art assistant back through 1990 to 1992. He was a great...
Can creators really get their books back from Tokyopop?
We've been covering the sometimes glorious, sometimes ignominious history of Tokyopop for as long as there has been a Beat. Although its biggest legacy...
Kickstarter: Tim Pilcher’s Comic Book Babylon: A Cautionary Tale of Sex, Drugs & Comics...
As of midnight last night - my midnight, here in Western Europe, not your midnight, in one of America’s many time zones - Tim...
RIP: George Gladir
The co-creator of Sabrina the Teenage Witch, George Gladir passed away Wednesday night at the age of 88. The winner of the 2007 Bill Finger Award, Gladir wrote countless classic Archie stories in a career that went back to the 50s. Even in the last decade, he was still creating comics and attending Comic-Con to promote them, as recounted in this touching memorial by friend Batton Lash:
Carrie Kelley Returns? DC Tease a New Robin
Here's a curio! DC have revealed the second half of Batman & Robin's gatefold cover, which features the first appearance of Carrie Kelley in...
RIP: Carmine Infantino
In a day that already saw the passing of beloved movie critic Roger Ebert and Archie mainstay George Gladir, news has now come that...
MoCCA Party Poop
As usual, you will need many metro cards or cab fares to get to all the social events surrounding MoCCA, this weekend's indie comics...
On the Scene: WonderCon 2013 Recap and Photo Gallery
As I suggested in my early con impressions, WonderCon had a reasonable amount of space and handled the numbers of attendees pretty well. It...
The Owl Signals The Return of Project Superpowers
After roughly a three year absence, Dynamite is returning to the Project Superpowers universe with the July debut of The Owl. The title will be...
Court rules digital resales are a no-no
Can you sell "used" digital copies of books and music? You used to be able to via services such as ReDigi which allowed you...

















