Buck Rogers returns from Dynamite
Buck Rogers, the early sci-fi comic strip icon is coming back to the comics from Dynamite Entertainment. Rogers debuted as "Anthony" Rogers in...
Penguin’s US Classics win design award
Penguin's well-received line of classics with covers by comics-type illustrators (such as Chris Ware, above)has won the Design Museum’s Brit Insurance Design Awards :
The...
Beware the Double Post, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
In case no one has noticed, The Beat is having some server hiccups. We moved servers last week and the process has been...
Bits o’ DC news: LIARS trailer, Canadian pricing
§ DC has created an animated trailer for the new David Lapham book YOUNG LIARS. No direct embed but its in there.
§ DC...
You spoke, we ate a gyro!
Thanks to every who voted in our little poll yesterday. The results were pretty much what we expected, although everyone who wants gossip, please...
RIP — The Real Mlle. Marie?
While reading the NYT today, I was struck by the obit of Pearl Cornioley, a resistance fighter during WWII, who died a few weeks...
Dave Stevens 1955-2008
I've just received word that Dave Stevens, the creator of the Rocketeer, died yesterday at age 52. Stevens had dropped out of sight for...
The Web Cartoonists’ Choice Awards winners
The Web Cartoonists' Choice Awards were announced yesterday and you should just go to the link becayse it has links to all he...
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Because we get bored, and because The Beat can never be good enough, don't say we never turn...
To do Tuesday: Comic Book Club!
This Tuesday, 3/11 we'll once again be guests on The Comic Book Club, the weekly talk show about comics. This time we'll be...
Jess Fink and Rachel Nabors updates
We're happy to report that the Jess Fink vs Hot Topic brouhaha has been ended with a satisfying and righteous conclusion:
"I would...
Denton J. Tipton hired at IDW
IDW has hired a new editor named Denton J. Tipton to assist Chris Ryall. We also expect he will fill the void left by...
