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...
Guy who controls Tintin is very controlling
Nick Rodwell is a lawyer and the second husband of Fanny, the widow of Hergé, the world-famous creator of comics icon Tintin. As such,...
RIP: Eric Rohmer
Film director Eric Rohmer, part of the French New Wave in the 1960s, passed away Monday in Paris at the age of 89.He might...
Fire at Ross Cochran’s house
Publisher Russ Cochran is best known for putting out various EC and Disney archives projects long before it became fashionable and most recently was...
