Platinum $20 million in the red
Hm, whatever happened to Platinum and their 5000 comic book properties? It's been a while since we checked in, but luckily, Van Jensen has...
HUNTRESS soars up the charts…huh??!?
Okay, here's today's mystery achievement, and perhaps SOMEONE somewhere can give us a clue. As of 10 pm last evening, HUNTRESS: YEAR ONE by...
Steve Breen wins 2009 Pulitzer
Steve Breen of the San Diego Union-Tribune won this year's Pulitzer Prize for cartooning. As others have pointed out, the Pulitzer Prize winners...
2009 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize winners
The 13th Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize winners have been announced, and for the first time...there was a tie! Fumi Yoshinaga's Ōoku: The Inner Chamber,...
Climb every mountain
Sigh. Every once in a while, the image uploader on The Beat just takes a holiday. It's like a play by Alberto Casella. ...
The webcomics approach to printing
The New York Times strikes yet again, this time with a profile of XKCD creator Randall Munroe and his plans to go to print:
The...
The “Let’s Rebuild Len Wein’s Comic Book Collection” Project
In case you haven't figured it out, this is an organized way to help creator Len Wein, whose house was recently gutted by fire,...
That darned New York Times bestseller list!
Now that the New York Times' online-only Graphic Books Chart has been around for a month or so, people are beginning to wonder just...
Missing girl in Colorado
BLOG@ reports that webcomics artist Frank Frisina’s niece is missing in Colorado.
The girl is 14 years old (5/5/94), 5 feet 5, 120/130 pounds, and...
Stumptown Trophy Award nominees announced
The Annual Stumptown festival is this weekend and the nominees for the Trophy Awards, recognizing standout new works from exhibiting creators have just been...
Dark Horse and Image join Final Order Cut-Off program
As planned for over a year, Dark Horse and Image are joining the ranks of "FOC" publishers at Diamond. Already used by Marvel and...
