2014 Doug Wright award nominees
The nominees for the 2014 Doug Wright Awards have been announced, honoring the best in Canadian cartoonists past and present. The awards will be...
webcomic Alert: The Key by Grant Morrison and Rian Hughes
Grant Morrison and Rian Hughes have created a new webcomic called The Key as part of the BC's Freedom2014 project spotlight free speech issues....
Emerald City Comic Con Day 0-1: The most con-like con of all
Now I know what you are thinking, Beat, you have been offline for two days and all you can post is six lousy photos?...
The Beat Podcasts! More To Come: PW’s 2014 Retailer Survey
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...
Rachael Smith on House Party: “I’d Like to Answer this Question in the Form...
The British comics scene is in one of the healthiest places it's ever been right now, with new projects coming from all angles, and...
To so Tonight, NYC Dare2Draw at SoI
Dare2Draw, the comics themed life drawing class is back tonight at the Society of Illustrators with special guest Cliff Chiang Attendees These events...
Comic Book Men non-spin-off coming starring Robert Bruce and more Kevin Smith-verse stuff
Here's a run down of what Kevin Smith is up to, including news that Comic Book Men will be renewed for a fourth (!)...
Cully Hamner working on something pretty cool for DC
Or so says this interview with The Square Peg Show from MegaCon. Hamner says he'll be working on something "pretty big" for DC and writing and drawing it. Which is good news because Cully Hamner is quality. Among his past work: design work for DC for years, RED, with Warren Ellis, and its spin-offs, The Question, The Shade, Animal Man, Action Comics, etc etc etc.
ECCC Who’s Where
By the time you read this, The Beat will be on our way to Seattle for The Emerald City Comic Con, now just about...
Unassuming Barber Shop: In Search of the Real Captain America
Captain America has always been a story about survival. Frozen in ice for decades after World War II, Steve Rogers emerges to a world...
Nice Art: Marvel offers some Elektra previews
Normally I'm not in favor of digging up characters who were done perfectly by their creator, but Elektra has been revived so many times, we might as well give it a go again—this time as part of Marvel's experimental push for female-led titles. This new version comes out in April and features writing by Haden Blackman and are by Mike Del Mundo. In fact these pages by Del Mundo look pretty sharp and remind me of....another book with a female lead. Tom Beland is back with Chicacabra
True Story, Swear to God's Tom Beland is back with a new book, Chicacabra, to debut from IDW this June. It's billed as a humourous series of graphic novels, about a Latina girl who turns into a monster -- and yes the title is a play on the legendary creature the Chupacabra. 
