Marvel’s Maisel to step down
Marvel Studios Chairman David Maisel plans to step down after the Disney deal goes through, the trades report. President Kevin Feige will remain...
C2E2 to host Diamond Retailer Summit
Diamond will be holding its next retailer summit in the Midwest, as it's announced a team-up with Reed's C2E2, to be held this April...
Exclusive: Dynamite acquires Dabel Brothers titles
The much traveled fantasy adaptation imprint run by the Dabel Brothers has been acquired by Dynamite Entertainment. Les and Ernest Dabel have made...
Buffy + Twilight = Obama
Wow, if you wanted to come up with a formula for getting traffic, that would do it, right? Yesterday, CBR previewed issue #40...
Marvel set to turn into Disney at the end of the year
While the aftereffects of 10 Days That Shook The World™ have been rather muted of late while Warner figures out what to do with...
Comics news; WWE, Lady Gaga
A tradition long lacking from the comics shelves -- wrestling comics! -- is being remedied by Titan publishing. The increasingly comics active UK-based publisher...
Amazon’s best book covers
Amazon has its nominations for Best Book Cover of the Year up and there are a few familiar friends in the nominees --...
Announcing…December!
The 12th month is upon us, and all our usual end-of-year tasks are coming due -- the Beat's annual year-end survey. the PWCW's critics...
Truly thankful
The Beat definitely lapsed into blog-silence this holiday weekend, but it was for a very good cause -- the ongoing re-shelving and organization of...
I came in here for the special offer
It's Black Friday, people. Remember to be kind to the harried and overstressed retail employees.http://www.youtube.com/v/UJOjTNuuEVw&feature=youtube_gdata
RIP: Sonny Trinidad
Gerry Alanguilen writes that illustrator Sonny Trinidad has passed away in the Philippines. Known in the US for his work on Conan, Dracula,...
Producers honor Joss Whedon
He may still be on his Dollhouse cancellation-induced drinking binge, but Joss Whedon will need to clean up and dry out to get the...
