INTERVIEW: Chatting KATIE THE CATSITTER with COLLEEN AF VENABLE and STEPHANIE YUE
The Beat chats with the creative team behind the 217-cat comic!
DC BONUS ROUND-UP: A discussion of FUTURE STATE Week 1
How does the first week of DC's Future State fare as a whole, and how does it bode for the rest of the two-month event?
DC ROUND-UP: The finale of DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL sets up DC’s Infinite Frontier
What do DARK NIGHTS: DEATH METAL #7 and GENERATIONS: SHATTERED #1 reveal about the future of the DC Universe?
The Beat’s 2021 Creator Survey Part 2: What are we doing in 2021?
Continuing our survey - with some previews of 2021 art from Ron Chan, Utomaru, and more.
INTERVIEW & PREVIEW: John Jennings on AFTER THE RAIN
Jennings chats with The Beat about speculative fiction in comics.
EXCLUSIVE: KNOCK ‘EM DEAD #2, comedy’s dark side
In our new preview, this second issue picks up in the bleak place the debut left off.
SUPERMAN 2020: Five things the 1980s stories got right about the past year
With DC's Future State beginning this week, we examine what a previous look at the Man of Steel's future got right about 2020.
The Beat’s 2021 Creator Survey Part 1: We Survived 2020
It's time to put 2020 in the books and look forward to a whole new year of comics!
INTERVIEW & PREVIEW: Andy Schmidt talks DC’s CRIME SYNDICATE and the all-new Earth-3
The newly-minted DC Comics writer discusses his approach to writing the Crime Syndicate, and the sheer volume of characters he's bringing to the new Earth-3.
HINDSIGHT 2020: 15 TV Series That Elevated the Pandemic Year
Television that lived up to the moment in history we found ourselves trapped in.
The Marvel Rundown: ENTER THE PHOENIX consumes the Avengers in exciting fashion
Reviews of this week's new Marvel Comics, including Avengers #40, the beginning of the epic "Enter the Phoenix" storyline, and much more.
DC ROUND-UP: 2020, the end of an era at DC Comics
With a small week of books, we instead take a look at the year that was, and the changes that impacted DC in 2020.

























