The strange world of morning
Running very late as you all can see. Ironically,this is due to our revamped body clock which entails getting up at 9ish and...
HeavyInk: Learning, sharing, shopping
HeavyInk is a new comics e-tailer that offers social networking functionality with its 20% discount. We'll let you parse the press release:
After a period...
Marvel: Profits more than double, Publishing up 6% in Q4
Marvel had its quarterly earnings call today, and the picture was rosy, led by a rise in net income from $11.7 million in...
Status report
A very slow internet connection has foiled our attempts to stay current. Right now we are racing off in a limo to pick up...
Cartoonist target of “terror plot”
Danish authorities have arrested three people who were allegedly planning to assassinate one of the Mohammed cartoonists. A 40-year-old Dane of Moroccan origin...
RIP Stéphane Peru
French colorist Stephane Peru, who worked on a variety of books for Marvel and DC has died at age 26, of a heart attack,...
The Beat’s hard life
What are the odds that in the ONE WEEK that the city is pelted with freezing temps and continued slushy snow, we would have...
Fox sues Warners over Watchmen
MEANWHILEFox is suing Warners over the labyrinthine rights to the Watchmen movie:
Fox claims that between 1986 and 1990, it acquired all movie rights to...
RIP Steve Gerber
Writer Steve Gerber passed away on February 10th. He was 60 and had been hospitalized for the past few weeks due to pulmonary fibrosis....
Something must be done
Three out of three people we surveyed today agree that Dunkin' Donuts coffee now tastes like complete swill.
RATATOUILLE sweeps Annie Awards
Ratatouille, the Pixar feature about a gourmet food loving rat won 10 Annie Awards over the weekend, including best feature, best writing and directing...
