The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: Brian Stelfreeze, Justin Jordan & Rico Renzi interviewed
Straight from the offices of Publishers Weekly, it’s More to Come! Your podcast source of comics news and discussion starring The Beat’s own Heidi...
“You Choose” Alison Sampson and Nathan Edmondson on “Genesis” [Interview]
Out this April comes a one-shot from Image Comics by the creative team of Nathan Edmondson, Alison Sampson and Jason Wordie. Called Genesis, this...
Inaki Miranda’s TRIBES to be re-released in deluxe edition this June
TRIBES the Dog Years is a SF graphic novel about a world where no one lives past the age of 21, that originally came...
SPACE poster by Tom Williams unveiled
S.P.A.C.E. (Small Press & Alternative Comics Expo) is yet another comics-related event in Columbus. This will be the 15th year for the show, making it one of the granddaddys of the indie "CAF" circuit and it claims to be "the midwest's longest running exhibition of small press, creator owned and art comics." This year it will be held April 14 and 15th at the Ramada Plaza Hotel and Conference Center in Columbus and sponsored by Back Porch Comics.
What is the mystery Marvel movie coming from Fox in 2018?
Fox announced it future Marvel moviesslate last night, including a sequel to the FF movie they haven't even shot yet. But Fox has to...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 3/21/14: The Apotheosis of Zen Pencils
§ Zen Pencils is a website where a cartoonist named Gavin Aung Than takes famous speeches written by other folks and turns them into comics. It was the subject of a famous beatdown by Abhay Khosla who tagged it as vapid pap that stole other people's thoughts, and some other folks think it's just fine and signed it to a book deal. Perhaps Than was stung by some of the haters because he just penned his first ORIGINAL cartoon, called "The Artist-Troll War" and it is a bit...on the nose. It is in four parts;
Wimpy Kid #9 takes the Heffleys on the road this November
It's that time! Time for the #1 graphic novel of the year to be announced! Month-to-Month Indie Comics Charts January 2014: Would you believe…The Walking Dead?
Joining Walking Dead and Saga this month as the best-selling indie titles are a new Serenity book and Rick Remender’s new title, Deadly Class. As with last month, there are a swathe of recent books that are doing well around the top 150, but below that things aren’t looking too healthy. There are very few long running titles (besides Walking Dead of course) that are selling in healthy numbers, and the mini-series as ongoing series model that the likes of BPRD use doesn’t seem to be having any noticeable benefit anymore. Worth keeping an eye on, that.
Charlie Brown is coming to MoCCA Fest in balloon form
Remember how we said there would be a lot to see at this year's MoCCA Festival on April 5-6? Well, that includes the iconic...
Bill Watterson and Richard Thompson interviewed on the state of cartooning
Yep you head me right. This weekend the Billy Ireland Cartoon Museum and LIbrary in Columbus Ohio will open two incredible shows,
The Irresistible...
New autobio comic by Kate Beaton: Ducks
Before she was a world-famous cartoonist, Kate Beaton studied history and worked at a oil mine in remote Fort McMurry Canada. Once in a...
Toys that poo will never lose their appeal
For those longing for the days of Barbie's crapping toy dog Tanner, we have very good news: there is a new generation of toy animals that take little toy dumps on command. Although this being 2014, the girls who own the pets are fashionable "Moxie Girls" and the lovable pets with "the silly poo" are a bunny a koala and a unicorn. It turns out unicorn poo looks a lot like a colorful plastic ball, which is a huge relief for all. Turns out the main varieties of toy turds are glitter, rainbows and jewels.
