Need more stuff: TASCHEN warehouse sale
This is not comics, but it's so close. Taschen Books, publisher of many fine art books--some comics related--and many art reference basics, is having...
Did you miss us?
We're back! Damn the torpedoes AND the servers. While the server was down we took a little rest, finished watching season 5 of Lost,...
YALSA’s Great Graphic Novels for Teens list announced
The Young Adult Library Services Association has released a list of 73 Great Graphic Novels for Teens
The list of 73 titles, drawn from 127...
Shamus expands to Atlanta
After a few false starts, Gareb Shamus/Wizard World's slate of media conventions has announced an expansion to Atlanta, date and venue TBA. The new...
A little bit more on Heroes 4 Haiti
Charles Brownstein has an update on Heroes 4 Haiti, the efforts of comic book folks to raise money to help ease the devastation in...
ALA awards include graphic novel nods
The American Library Association Youth Media Awards were handed out this morning, including the Newbery (won by Rebecca Stead for When You Reach Me)...
Heroes for Haiti announced
Events beyond our fantasy world continue to unfold, and no one vaguely human can fail to be horrified and moved by the images coming...
Neil Gaiman and Amanda Palmer to wed
When the above photo of singer Amanda Palmer, taken at a NYC breakfast spot, was posted on Neil Gaiman's Twitter feed, it did not...
THE Best Comics of 2009 Meta-List
Sandy Bilus counts 130 separate "Best of" lists for 2009 to come up with the Best Comics of 2009 Meta-List. Bilus uses the weighted...
Archie signs deal with Random House, other updates
Since it's Archie Comics day here at the Beat, here's some later news and notes.
* The artist on the Elizabethan Archie painting is...
Top Shelf announces new business partnership with Johnson and Bregman
Indie comics mainstay Top Shelf, publisher of such critically acclaimed books as BLANKETS, FROM HELL, BOX OFFICE POISON, and LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN, has...
GLAAD Media Awards comics nominees announced
The Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation (GLAAD) announced their Media Award nominations today, including the comics category. The awards recognize "news coverage and...
