Vertigo Cancel Hellblazer; DC Announce Constantine
Hellblazer, one of the longest-running books in mainstream comics history and one of Vertigo's launch titles, will be cancelled in February 2013, with issue...
iVerse to Curate Crowdfunding Projects (Updated)
It's quite the day for digital announcements. First DC moves their comics into digital bookstores, now iVerse is set to curate comics crowdfunding projects....
DC’s Monthly Comics Now On Amazon/Kindle, iPad/iBooks, B&N/Nook
DC Comics just made a big move in the digital space. If you read The Beat regularly, you'll have seen me scratching my head...
INTERVIEW: The 2012 Thought Bubble Anthology is Here!
Lisa Wood is the founder of Leeds' Thought Bubble Festival, which is now only ten days away (AIIEEEE indeed, readers), but last year also...
HarperCollins picks up webcomic Nimona
After a brief flirtation during publishing webcomics in the "graphic novel boom" of the Aughts, it's been pretty rare to see something picked up...
ADVANCE REVIEW: Iron Man #1
Iron Man enters the Marvel Now orbit with a relaunch, shiny artist, and British writer at the helm. Kieron Gillen and Greg Land are...
Is the 52 different variety JLA book going to destroy comics? Probably not
For those with long memories, yesterday's announcement of 52 different covers for next year's JLA #1 book sounded some alarm bells.
On the scene: Tucson Comic-Con 2012
The con season is finally wrapping up and I end it with a high note in my backyard.
By: Henry Barajas
The con was founded by Mike Olivares a...
Alan Moore Drops Hot New Single
Comic book writer Alan Moore has dropped a new single today, available through Occupation Records. His first new recording in a while, it shows...
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits, 11/6/12: Go out and vote, dammit!
§ Apparently an election has been taking place for the last four hundred years? Ward Sutton shared his cover for this week's Village Voice...
Preview: Space Face Books November Releases
Independent publisher Space Face Books is gearing up for some awesome November releases, many of which are debuting this Saturday at BCGF. A complete...
Chris Ware covers Publishers Weekly Best Books of 2012 issue
Chris Ware contributed just another incredibly amazing cover for Publishers Weekly's Best Books of 2012 issue, which was heroically put out by the staff remotely when our offices went black during Sandy. Special props to our IT guy Ernie, who had to climb the 16 flights of stairs to the office numerous times. Not only is this the first time the PW logo has been redesigned, but Ware's epochal Building Stories was the favorite of the entire staff not just the Comics Dept.
