Bryan Talbot reveals he is Veronique Tanaka
A year or so ago, our good pal Bryan Talbot started telling us about a new artist that he had met in France, a...
Tonight: HUMBUG at the Strand
Tonight, a comic event which will be very difficult to top no matter how many more you see this year:
An Evening with HUMBUGFeaturing Arnold...
DC Month-to-Month Sales: February 2009
by Marc-Oliver Frisch
DC Comics' average periodical sales in the direct market declined further in February 2009. They dropped to just above 23,000 units, yet...
Topolino celebrates 60th anniversary
Topolino, Italy's long running digest-sized Disney comics mag, has just celebrated its 60th anniversary. The magazine is one of the most popular in Italy,...
Kitties and puppies
Let's relax a little today with another page from BEASTS OF BURDEN, the Evan Dorkin/Jill Thompson miniseries coming later this year.
And the...
Marvel Month-to-Month Sales: February 2009
By Paul O'Brien
Lots going on this month. The Dark Reign books are mounting up, the War of Kings crossover has begun, and Obama...
News notes
• Eric Reynolds reports that Esther Pearl Watson's UNLOVABLE has been picked up by young women's apparel chain Urban Outfitters and will be tested...
Oh Sandman…NO!
Spidey's most embarrassing moment, from Failblog. (Link via Twitter, but we don't remember who had it, sorry.)
Business news briefs
• ECCC news: The initial launch of the BOOM!/Fox Atomic partnership will be an ongoing 28 DAYS LATER comic:
Initial launch story will be...
Wolverine-gate updates
Last week, Roger Friedman, a showbiz columnist who worked for Fox, wrote a column in which he reviewed the download bootleg version of WOLVERINE....
Some trimming at Dark Horse
The Beat has learned that editor Rob Simpson was recently laid off at Dark Horse. Simpson, an industry vet who formerly worked at DC,...
15 Reasons Not to Download WOLVERINE: #1 Naked Wolverine
Vengeance and ire continue to flood Hollywood in the wake of the leaked WOLVERINE workprint. Fox has called in the FBI to help investigate...
