C2E2 Day 2: Crowds, CASANOVA, Whistling Skull
A much bigger crowd descended on C2E2 yesterday, Saturday, and more people seemed to be buying. With folks parading around in costume and announcements...
New CBLDF site debuts
The Comic Book Legal Defense Fund has debuted a new look and a new, expanded website, with a new logo designed by Charles Orr,...
News and notes from ALL over: Tuesday is comics day?
At last night's presentations at the Diamond Retailer summit, some hints were dropped of bigger projects to be announced more fully during C2E2 panels....
C2E2: Reading with Pictures
Reading with Pictures (Booth 1468), an advocacy organization which promotes learning to read via comics, has a pretty big slate of programming at C2E2:
FRIDAY
Room...
Chicago dreamin'
Despite being sick as a dog, The Beat and crew have made it to Chicago! If the flu didn't kill us, the red hot...
Almost made it
After a couple of months of non-stop travel and activity, The Beat finally got sick; not so sick that we can't go to C2E2,...
Top Five Publisher surprises in March
Damond has just released its sales charts and market shares for March, and the top publishers list is of some interest: ...
Marvel leaves Diamond Books for Hachette UPDATED
Starting in September, Marvel will have a new distributor to the book trade, Hachette. Marvel was previously distributed by Diamond Book Distributors; Diamond Comics...
2010 Eisner Award nominations announced
They're here, led by ASTERIOS POLYP, Urasawa, Robert Crumb, and lots and lots of DC books, including BLACKEST NIGHT. A quick look suggests that...
Geppi mansion goes on sale today
We've covered Diamond Comics Distribution owner Steve Geppi's debt problems several times here. In what has to be seen as a particularly demoralizing blow,...
Con Report Part 3: San Diego convention center gets more land
As covered extensively in the local San Diego press, a complex real estate deal has been okayed which would
allow the San Diego Convention Center...
Your annual Beat Guide To Winning the Oscar Pool
As we remind you every year, the key to winning the Oscar® pool is correctly selecting the winners in the Best Animated Short, ...
