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...
Strike wrap-ups
The Writer's Guild strike is over. Joe Harris reports from the East Coast::
We didn't get everything we wanted. Didn't get a lot of what...
WGA strike tentative agreement reached
A tentative agreement in the 3 month old Writer's Guild strike was announced over night. Today, writers will meet on the East and West...
San Diego Comic-Con upgrades magazine
That nice little update you get every once in a while from the San Diego con is now its own magazine, called Comic-Con Magazine....
Marshall joins ComicMix
Rick Marshall, last seen at Wizard mag online, has joined ComicMix. PR follows:
Brian Alvey, Chairman of ComicMix, today announced the appointment of Rick Marshall...
