Poison Chalice Interlude: 1953 – 1985 Roundup and Some Notes on Copyright
So far, this history of Marvelman - more correctly called Poisoned Chalice: The Extremely Long and Incredibly Complex Story of Marvelman - has taken...
Iain Banks is Unwell
On the morning of Wednesday the 3rd of April a personal statement from Scottish author Iain Banks appeared on both his own website and...
Tribute: Carmine Infantino Remembered
by Nelson de Castro
I had the pleasure of being the great Carmine Infantino's art assistant back through 1990 to 1992. He was a great...
Can creators really get their books back from Tokyopop?
We've been covering the sometimes glorious, sometimes ignominious history of Tokyopop for as long as there has been a Beat. Although its biggest legacy...
Dark Horse Show You How To Make… Dream Thief Paper Dolls
I love strange publicity bits, and Jai Nitz has released something ace in advance of the publication of Dream Thief -- his new Dark...
Marvel Tell Us More About Infinity
I'm not talking about the constantly-developing fifteen-page theoretical shadow-physics equation Jonathan Hickman emails every member of the comics press once weekly - this is the...
Vertigo to Publish Tom Strong & The Planet Of Peril in July
Vertigo have started recovering themselves over the past few weeks, announcing new projects to cover the holes left by Hellblazer and Karen Berger. On...
Dark Horse to Adapt George Lucas’ Original Star Wars Script
George Lucas made a few revisions before settling on the original screenplay for Star Wars, later Star Wars: A New Hope, later Star Wars...
Kickstarter: Tim Pilcher’s Comic Book Babylon: A Cautionary Tale of Sex, Drugs & Comics...
As of midnight last night - my midnight, here in Western Europe, not your midnight, in one of America’s many time zones - Tim...
Cartoonists on Tour: Gilbert Hernandez
Few cartoonists can hope to have as great a year as Gilbert Hernandez is having, with two upcoming releases of majestic power: JULIO'S DAY...
MoCCA Debuts 2013: Modan, Boulet, Hernandez (x2), Tamaki and MORE
New books that are out just in time for MoCCA, which will be held at the Lexington Armory this weekend. This is what folks emailed us, and if the past is any indicator about five seconds after this post goes up a million voices will cry out in terror at not having emailed me, so expect a part two later today!
The MoCCA Dining Guide 2013 Edition
This is our fourth guide to dining in the mysterious area surrounding the Lexington Armory on 26th and Lexington, and in the last year this area—now known at NoMad—has become one of the city's culinary hot spots, with high-end restaurants like The Nomad and Maysville getting the ink. But fear not, as always, there is much cheap (well, by New York City standards) yet amazing grub to be grabbed nearby. Of course, great food is always a subway ride away, but if you don't mind walking a few blocks you won't be disappointed. We've updated some of last year's listings but there are some new standouts.
