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, ...
Journey into Mystery
We're on the road today with no reliable internet access, so no posting on all the exciting news, like Rob Liefeld's exclusive comics for...
Housekeeping: Advertising
If you are interested in advertising on The Beat, shoot us an email at heidi dot macdonald at gmail dot com. As you can...
Must read: Handley’s attorney comments
The Comics Journal has run a statement from Eric A Chase, attorney for Christopher Handley, the Iowa man who pled guilty to "possessing drawings...
A cat that cooks ramen, and a boy and his gorilla
A couple of publishing announcements that caught our eye the other day.
• Tokyopop will publish Kenji Sonishi's NekoRamen. a manga about a cat...
So which Marvel character has ‘FALLEN’ this time?
PREVIEWS has the exclusive unredacted cover and copy for Marvel's upcoming FALLEN mini-series, and it seems someone has photoshopped out that shocking death that...
Top Shelf debuts new website, new books
This morning, indie publisher Top Shelf unveiled a new, more user-friendly website, but they've also announced a slew of new books for 2011 and...
DC lawyering up for Siegel case
Over at Blog@ Jeff Trexler decodes some court filings which suggest that DC/Warners MAY expect the Superman case to go to trial. ...
Lee and Johns tweet it up
Its no secret that newly installed DC Co-publisher Jim Lee and Chief Creative Officer Geoff Johns are two of the more charismatic and popular...
