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Before I get around to doing a round-up of all the previous posts, and attempt to squeeze meaning out of it all, I just...

Boom! Studios is going to be a presence at the Phoenix Comic Con for the first time this week (May 23rd-26th), and they are...

Unexpectedly long lines and preemptive attempts to avoid the same have caused some ruckus on the con circuit. This past weekend's Motor City Comic...

If you are like The Beat, you have always wanted to see a graphic of San Diego Comic-Con's attendance growth and now thanks to this infographic presented by Film School Rejects and BuyCostumes.com, you can! (click for big) There's much more in the complete chart including masquerade info and how Comic-Con compares to a Super Bowl in economic impact.

Disney continues its road to profitability by cutting staff, this time at ESPN, where as many as 400 people lost their jobs in a...

¶ In a review of Donald Duck; The Old Castle's Secret, K.C. Carlson explains a bit about why the work of Carl Barks has...

Such frustrating use of grammar, agh. The Wolverine released a first full trailer today, as this week appears to be trailer week. Wolverine heads...

As usual I'm the very last out of the gate with my TCAF wrap-up (although I was early with my newsier report). But like many I feel compelled to write a memoir about it because it was so generally awesome. Last year's TCAF — my first—was among the top five comics-related experiences of my life, and maybe partly because I hyped it so much, more people I knew made the first time trek this year. TCAF '13 wasn't quite as glorious as TCAF '12, but it was still fairly glorious.

In an image being circulated on social media, with the name of the school and school officials vaguely redacted (you can almost make them...

In this week's More To Come 50: Brooklyn Loses a Conme—the Beat!—Calvin Reid and Kate Fitzsimons discuss this year's Toronto Comics Arts Festival, the demise of the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival, the new Anime Sol anime crowdfunding site, the Comics Chameleon webcomic app, Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., Kevin Keller's GLAAD Media Award, our 50th episode memories and much more. And if you listen to the whole thing you are eligible to enter a drawing for a SPECIAL PRIZE!

Ulp. I guess blogging is dead. Artist John Martz just announced he's ending his art blog, Drawn which was one of the most influential art blogs of the last 10 years or so. Martz started it in 2005 linking to tons of creator websites, and art pieces over the years. But as he notes, 2013 is not 2005:

For fans of the ever prolific "God of Manga" Osamu Tezuka, we can thank our lucky stars for publishers like Vertical/Viz/Dark Horse for providing...