DC wins one Superman court case
Today, a decision was handed down in one of the lawsuits involving Superman and the Siegel family. The Siegel family -- including Joanne Siegel...
Universal Press and Uclick combined
A shake up in KC, as comics strip giant Andrews McMeel has consolidated its syndications and online divisions, merging syndicate Universal Press Syndicate with...
Inkwell Award winners announced
The winners of the Inkwell Awards, honoring the best in inking, have been announced. According to the PR:
This year saw the voting process refined,...
RSS mysteries?
A few people have written in to say that The Beat's RSS feed isn't working. It looks fine in NetNewsWire, but if you are...
WANTED: San Diego news
Hey, everyone, just a reminder to get me your San Diego Comic-Con PR ASAP. I'll be running it all this week and next. Anything...
Dark Horse Presents leaves MySpace
Lost in all the excitement over Gilbert Hernandez's new superhero Dreamstar last week, is the fact that Dark Horse Presents has left MySpace. Given...
Midget wrestler murders rock Mexico
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Any story that includes the terms "Mexican midget wrestler" and "hooker" (or "sexoservidoras" as they are called in Mexico) might seem ripe for...
Shuster nominees in kids' comics announced
The Joe Shuster Award nominees in the kids' comics category have been announced. The nominees were chosen by a panel of teachers:
The Comics for...
News and notes: Bolling, Frazetta, Marvel 1993
• The weekly comic strip “Tom the Dancing Bug” by Ruben Bolling won the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies’ 2009 award for Best Cartoon in...
Stand up for your Harvey Nominees
First, congratulations to all the Harvey Award nominees who were announced yesterday!
Now that that's over with, let's make some FRIENDS. Folks around the...
Spring 2009 Xeric winners announced
The spring Xeric winners have been announced and they are:
Joe Boruchow – Stuffed Animals: A Story in Paper Cutouts
Adam Bourret – I’m Crazy
Timothy Godek...
2009 Harvey Award nominations announced
Update: We'll have more commentary when off deadline but Kevin Melrose and Tom Spurgeon will do for now.
Via PR:
The 2009 Harvey Awards...
