Just add cigar and brandy: Girls banned from child’s superhero party
This Sunday's New York Times features yet another controversy over women's place in comics--the exclusion of girls from a superhero-themed birthday party.The teaser for...
Exclusive: The Ghost of Jerry Siegel
by Brad Ricca
In all of the recent conversation about when writers should pay artists, what about writers paying other writers? And what about attribution?...
Atomic Robo Kickstarter Funds 1811% of Target
That's going to be a lot of mugs. The Atomic Robo Kickstarter campaign from Brian Clevinger and Scott Wegener has just closed doors, and...
Comics sales up in five week July; DC rebounds
Comics sales were up in double digits in nearly every comparison in July, according to figures just released by Diamond. July was a five-week...
Peter Bagge tour dates announced for Woman Rebel
The fall comics landscape is shaping up with the books we'll be talking about and one will definitely be Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger...
Kevin Maguire removed from Justice League 3000 but he has plenty of work now,...
Kevin Maguire is an artist who had several defining runs on comics over the years. Back in the late 80s he helped relaunch JUSTICE...
Good site: PD56, copyrights that should have lapsed but didn’t
In one of his comments, frequent Beat commenter Jason A. Quest linked to his websitePD56 | works that should have become Public Domain after 56...
Dan Berry Almost Quit Drawing Comics!
Over on his website, Dan Berry has just put up a new comic which explains how he almost quit drawing comics. It's a story...
The Phoenix Presents: Daniel Hartwell and Karen Rubins on Chatterbox!
Every Friday, Stately Beat Mansion invites round a comic creator or two for a cup of tea, complementary Kit Kat, and a chat about...
The Cover for Wimpy Kid #8: Hard Luck has been revealed
They are the rites of fall: kids buy new pencil cases, Jet Coach Rex Ryan says something stupid, turkeys look back on their life...
The retail view: Crescent City Comics Leo McGovern on Villains Month allocation: “ridiculous”
by Leo McGovern, Crescent City Comics
Greetings and salutations, Beat-readers! My name is Leo McGovern and I manage a comic shop in New Orleans, Louisiana...
Marvel wins appeal in lawsuit brought by Jack Kirby’s heirs
Another chapter in the long battle over Marvel's characters ended today when a three-person New York appeals court upheld Marvel's victory in a lawsuit...
