Pow, Sock, graphic novels are for people with $100
In one fell swoop the NY Times sums up the graphic novelization of comics, vis a vis big honking Omnibi. Along the way, David...
SPACENIGHT – A TRIBUTE TO BILL MANTLO – DEC. 6th » Floating World Comics
SPACENIGHT - A TRIBUTE TO BILL MANTLO - DEC. 6th » Floating World Comics:
Thursday, Dec. 6th, 6-10pm. Show runs through Jan. 1st.
This December our...
Rome’s public shame
An editorial in the local Rome, GA paper points out the overwhelming absurdity of the Gordon Lee case:
AS THIS SPACE has repeatedly pointed out,...
Torrents and so on
Who would have thought one of the biggest stories of the year would have broken over the Thanksgiving weekend? For those of you who...
New Kochalka production
Happy news we missed:
Oliver Jonco Kochalka was born on Thanksgiving, at 9:05 pm. Here he is sitting on his big brother Eli's lap.
Back from travels
We're back, but we're on European time, so posting will be dazed and confused for a while. We're catching up on hundreds and hundreds...
The Anniversarty Party
A big huzzah to Comicraft, who just celebrated their 15th Anniversary. We talked to Richard Starkings a few years ago for our first book...
Shamus exits IFL
Wizard Entertainment CEO Gareb Shamus has left his position at the IFL, the mixed martial arts league he co-founded in 2006. Jay Larkin, a...
Gorelick, Pellerito upped at Archie
Victor Gorelick has succeeded the late Richard Goldwater as Archie E-i-C, and Mike Pellerito has been upped to Managing Editor. PR below:
In the late...
We’re not kidding
We're going crazy here at Stately Beat Manor! How crazy? We're going away and WE'RE NOT TAKING OUR COMPUTER! Totally nuts, right? We've got...
Max wins Spanish cultural award
According to this article and Google, the Spanish Ministry of Culture has just presented their first award for comics, to Max for Bardin Superrealist....













