DC scaling back variants as sales setting records
DC's sales experts Bob Wayne and John Cunningham have gone off on their monthly round of website chat, and things didn't go well at...
Enough with the faux “fake geek girl’ outrage already
Outrage erupted on Twitter and Facebook over the weekend when writer/journalist Dirk Manning posted a still from Ted with an "anti fake geek girl"...
Alan Moore and Superfolks Part 2: The Case for the Defence
So, just to recap where we left off last time: it looks like Alan Moore has based all the big hits of his career on ideas he stole from Robert Mayer’s 1977 novel Superfolks. Various people, including Grant Morrison, Kurt Busiek, Lance Parkin, Joseph Gualtieri, and even Robert Mayer himself, have claimed at one point or another that Moore based a lot of his superhero work on various aspects of the book, specifically Marvelman, Watchmen, Superman: Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?, and his proposal to DC Comics for the unpublished cross-company ‘event,’ Twilight of the Superheroes. But is any of this true, or might there be another explanation? To answer that, I’m going to go through the individual allegations or suggestions, and deal them one by one, to see how they hold up.
Kick-Watcher: Temujin & The Locksmith
By: Henry Barajas
Two projects with three days left to hit 100% of goal and desperately need your support.
Project: Temujin: The Graphic Novel
Talent/Project Manager: Allison Smith
Days to Go:...
Good Work, Comics: Boy Bands and Shadow Edition
It’s getting tougher all the time, as Paul McCartney would’ve likely sung if the Beatles had reunited for a jaded comeback tour in the...
Uncanny X-Men is Back Again
Relaunching once more, Brian Michael Bendis and Chris Bachalo were today appointed as the new creative team for a new volume of Uncanny X-Men....
Marvel back on top in October
Led by strong sales for UNCANNY AVENGERS, Marvel won the top publisher crown in both dollars and units for October. SUPERMAN EARTH ONE Volume...
MOVIE REVIEWS: Tinker, Tailor, Skyfall, Spy
MILD SPOILERS BELOW. BEWARE.
The spy movie is the chilliest and sleekest of movie genres; the Jaguar to the Landrover; martini to the whiskey shot;...
Studio Coffee Run: Disney’s Star Wars, Arrow, Elfquest, etc.
Hotly anticipated and hot looking villain, The Huntress, will be making her debut on the CW's Arrow on November 28th. The show continues to...
Quick guide to tonight’s BCGF events
Too much to choose from!
A French Comics Celebration: Discussion and Cocktail Party
Thursday, November 8, 7pm, FREE
The Cultural Services of the French Embassy / 972 Fifth...
Is this the face of the man who will write Star Wars: Episode VII?
Vulture is reporting that TOY STORY 3 writer Michael Arndt has written a treatment for Star Wars Episode VII the film Disney will make...
Charts: Can comics be legit bestsellers? They already are!
Can comics become legitimate bestsellers, the Beat's own John Shableski has been asking in a series of publishing procedurals. But in truth...comics already ARE legit best sellers!

























