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Are you going to C2E2? The Beat is not for the FIRST TIME. Torsten will be there for all the inside story as only Torsten can cover it, but if you have a hankering to listen to people make awkward banter about upcoming comics and then race to feverishly type it up, you may be just the person we're looking for! If you'd be interested in covering it for The Beat, email me at comicsbeat at gmail dot com.

§ Big big ups to Shannon O'Leary and Pam Auditore for their WonderCon coverage! You guys are THE BEST. § Here is that big...

by Pam Auditore  Will Eisner Hall of Famer Len Wein walks with a beautifully crafted Giger Alien handled cane, wears his cap jauntily, and exudes a...

"Flattiong" is a stage of the coloring process wherein shapes are outlined in flat colors for later embellishment. it's a tedious stage often parcelled...

Back in the original days of Image Comics, Rob Liefeld's Supreme was one of the central characters, a Superman analog who later enjoyed a fantastic run with Alan Moore at the writing helm. And now, with other Extreme STudios character completely rehabilitated (Glory, Prophet) Supreme is getting a new look with Warren Ellis and Tula Lotay (ELEPHANTMEN, The Witching Hour) taking on SUPREME: BLUE ROSE.

The Hugo Award nominations, which honor the best in science fiction, were announced over the weekend, and the graphic story nominees are

The Grand Comics Festival 2014 a small but very friendly comics show is returning this June, although slimmed down to one day. Exhibitors include...

New comics company, Lionforge, showed off an intriguing selection of licensed and original comics at Wondercon last weekend. The company's licensed comics include modern...

Boom!'s new young adult, creator-owned series, Lumberjanes, about a scrappy gang of girls fighting monsters that lurk in the woods behind their summer camp,...

Yessss! The Art of the Venture Brothers will be a huge collection of original artwork, character designs, storyboards, painted backgrounds, and props from every episode of The Venture Bros. with accompanying commentary on the development of the series from cocreators Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer. And as you know, those guys can commentate with the best of them. If you clicked the above link, you will have seen the list price is $39.99. Patton Oswalt pens a foreword. 


If large crowds and enthusiastic cosplayers at Wondercon are any indication, Fox TV's Bob's Burgers is definitely gaining in popularity. With two years in...

There was a wee burst of comics news at WonderCon, and here's a quick round-up. ¶ Two more Artists Editions from IDW including John Buscema's Silver Surfer, reprinting Silver Surfer #5 and #6 and more. AND Walter Simonson's Manhunter and Other Stories Artist's Edition reprinting the whole story by Simonson and Archie Goodwin.