Whoopi Goldberg — queen of the stealth nerds
Is the Beat obsessed with The View liking comics? Why, yes, because it represents the farthest encroachment of comics culture into the fortress of...
Nice art: A color peek at Gotham Academy by Cloonan, Fletcher and Kerschl
Sneak peek at a coloured panel from #GothamAcademy issue 1, by me, @beckycloonan and @brendenfletcher: pic.twitter.com/5pwBdOXyGf
— Karl Kerschl (@karlkerschl) August 11, 2014
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#GothamAcademy is coloured...
RIP Robin Williams
Actor Robin Williams was found dead in his house this morning, a suspected suicide.
For a little while there, WIlliams was the biggest movie...
Boom! announces Jake Lawrence’s Teen Dog
A Little Teen Boat and a little Matt Furie (Boy's club) and you have the new Boom! Box series Teen Dog but webcomicker Jake...
Comichron: July 2014 was a sales record breaking doozy of a month
The comics industry in North America moved into positive territory for 2014 with a record-setting month of July, according to Comichron's analysis of data released by Diamond Comic Distributors. Click to see the sales estimates for comics ordered in July 2014.
A much larger number of new comic book and graphic novel releases for the month helped July's sales to set a number ofrecords for the Diamond Exclusive Era, which began in April 1997:
Interview: Marc Tyler Nobleman on Bill Finger and the Secret Origins of Batman
For years, comics’ professionals have been hiding a well-kept Batman secret. Batman has been listed as being created by Bob Kane for decades, but the secret...
Wizard World announces revenue growth in Q2 on increased show slate
Wizard World just released its Q2 SEC filings, reporting income up sharply on an increased slate of shows. You'll recall that Wizard World is...
Webcomic alert: The Spirit of BACARDÍ by Warren Ellis and Mike Allred
One's an atheist who lives on Red Bull and whiskey. One's a Mormon who never drinks. But Warren Ellis and Mike Allred have teamed...
By Its Cover Special: Image Expo 2014
This will be the last By Its Cover for a few months, so I thought I'd do something special. Today we're going to look...
The bigger picture: Some big mergers fail, but the craze isn’t over
Is consolidation still cool? A number of big deals have collapsed in recent days, whether it's just the dog days of summer or something...
RIP: Dominic Postiglione
Dominic Postiglione, better known as Nick Post, owner of Source Comics and Games and one of the main forces behind Minnesota's Midwest Comic Book...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 8/11/14: Watterson pages sell for $74,040
Happy Monday, people. Hope you enjoyed that Supermoon.
§ I have several excellent candidates for the new indie chart analyst here, including some writers...















