What Happens to Iron Man Next?
The dust's been settled for a while now in Britain, and a grateful nation have begun to wipe the shrapnel from their eyes. With...
IRON MAN HOUR: Hannah Meets The Mechanic in Iron Man 3
The first Iron Man movie landed like a bomb blast in my personal pop culture universe, making me believe that superhero films could find...
Alternative Comics now available on comiXology
Resurgent Alternative Comics has just teamed up with comiXology to release their titles digitally. Five books—Karl Stevens’s Failure, Steve Cerio’s Pie, Sam Henderson’s Magic...
RIP: Dan Adkins
David Spurlock reported the death of industry veteran artist and inker Dan Adkins yesterday at age 76. Adkins worked for all the majors publishers...
Manhattan Comics closes
While we've been reporting a mini-trend of good news on comics shop openings of late, there is also attrition, as we've just learned that...
A very brief guide to TCAF 2013
This weekend it's the Toronto Comic Arts Festival 2013, with the actual event to be held May 11-12 at the Toronto Reference Library, 789...
The Doors App Tells Morrison’s Tale through Haspiel’s Comics
You might have caught wind of the fact that a multi-media iPad app has been released this week featuring The Doors as part of...
Tolja: stingy Ike Perlmutter not ready to pay for Avengers cast reunion
Even as IRON MAN 3 is a record setting triumph for Marvel, as I hinted the other day, Marvel Studios' stinginess over signing deals...
Summer of Valiant is Gathering Steam
This week Valiant are spring-boarding off their Free Comic Book Day offerings to announce "Summer of Valiant" previews of upcoming titles. Their first announcement...
Retail Beat: A store opens in Yonkers; proposal in Alternate Reality Comics
Following in the steps of a recent micro-trend, another comics shop has opened, the Spider's Web at 887A Yonkers Ave in Yonkers, NY. According to this earlier story, its run by Paul Borrero, a longtime collector and Spder-Man fan who felt the area needed a place for kids and adults to collect comics.
Will Sliney Profiles The Fearless Defenders: Annabelle Riggs
Marvel's female characters do tend to be their very best, so here at The Beat we've been following Will Sliney (at a distance, so...
A Free Comic Book Day Sampler
by Pam Auditore
Free Comic Book Day is not only a great opportunity for families to bond, comic book collectors to get great deals, but...
