40 years of pain: The History of Siegel and Shuster by Steve Gerber
Let's start the year out with a return to comics' original sin: Daniel Best reprints Truth, Justice, & The Corporate Conscience by Steve Gerber, an article from WAP, a creator's rights newsletter published in the 80s by Gerber, Steven Grant and Frank Miller.
Gerber, for those who don't know, was a very influential writer for Marvel in the 70s who eventually sued for ownership of a character he co-created, Howard the Duck. He lost the suit, but never the anger. He died in 2008.
Rex Ryan’s Mark Sanchez tattoo has a comics connection — I swear
Although we've sneaked references to the Jet's 2012 season into the Beat as a cautionary tale here and there, they have only been references and not a full on post, because we just couldn't make the bizarre saga of the Quarterbacks who Couldn't and the Coach who Enabled Them (aka The Man Who Mistook a Backside for an Opening) fit into a comics blog.
Until now.
The Beat’s Annual Year End Survey, 2013 Edition, Part Three
F Yeah Mohawk Storm
A new Tumblr from Sam Humphries devoted to Storm's acting out moment. Art here by Phil Noto.
Today’s (Partial) Smallville Settlement and the Kardashians
Given the lively discussion of what folks don't want to see on The Beat, I couldn't resist noting that an attorney representing Smallville co-creators...
Tell the Beat more about you!
Okay let's get down and dirty! As they used to say in AOL chat rooms, a/s check! Who are you???? We need to know.
Lauren Weinstein on the glumness of January 3rd
Studies show January 17th is the most depressing day of the year, but Lauren Weinstein does a fun job of capturing January 3 with The Merry Mulcher . 
Trailer for Ellis’s GUN MACHINE features Wheaton and Templesmith
In case you didn't get the memo, Warren Ellis's second novel is out tis week. It's called Gun Machine, and it's a dark story...
The Beat’s Annual Year End Survey, 2013 Edition, Part Two
The yearly wrap up continues as folks from every area of the industry look back and forward and tell you what's coming up in...
If you want to keep reading The Beat, please read this post
Over the last day or so, I posted two polls on what you do
and do not want to see, content-wise, here at The...
Just how accurate is BookScan anyway?
Colleen Doran spills the beans gives some metrics on what everyone knows—Nielsen's Bookscan Numbers are way low. Especially, it seems, where comics are concerned. She cites several books she has worked on, comparing her royalty statements and Bookscan numbers:
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 1/3/13: Still living in ’12
People are doing it...EVERYWHERE> Let's dive right in.
