Sandman Visits the Beat Staff Pull for 7/22/15
After powering down from Comic-Con team Beat needed a nap...or twelve. While we were away, the team continued to see visions of none-other-than Wesley...
Interview: Marcus Muller Crowns Himself “King of the Unknown”
Marcus Muller is a comic creator and freelance artist who has worked with DC Comics, Dark Horse Comics, and Locust Moon Press. He’s also...
SDCC ’15: How was your Activation?
As many have noted, this year's San Diego Comic-Con was a success in that, unlike years past, no one got run over by a car, fell off a gate, got stabbed in the eye or died trying to get into a Twilight panel. The last few years of the Con, everyone has gotten used to the whole "It's too big and crazy!" mindset so they've figured out how to deal with whatever logistical nightmares need to be overcome to experience Peak Con Moment. I wasn't even hungry once this show, for reasons I'll explain in down below. (Spoiler alert: trail mix.) However I joked around with the original "eating scraps" crew, filmmakers Jordan Renneart and Patrick Meaney about the bad old days many times. I think everyone joked about the bad old days when we didn't know how to survive Comic-Con. We're Navy Seals now, trained and elite.
The Dark Knight makes BBC’s list of the 100 Greatest American Films
BBC Culture did something pretty fun today, as they released their list of the 100 Greatest American Films, as determined by a poll of...
MATT CHATS: Dan Berry on Podcasts, Patreon and Handmade Art
I first learned about Dan Berry due to my insatiable hunger for comics podcasts. Make It Then Tell Everybody consists of intelligent and insightful conversations...
Survey: 3 ot of 4 comics shops have at least a quarter female customers
David Harper of Sktchd is at it again with the survey! This time it's comics retailers. The respondent base is only 25, so a...
Pixar’s The Good Dinosaur gets a full-length trailer
After the incredible Inside Out (in the running for my favorite film of the year so far), I've become re-energized regarding Pixar's output, which...
Cartoonist leaves paying gig, starts Kickstarter for The Nib
A couple of years ago we were crowing with joy when Pulitzer Prize finalist cartoonist Matt Bors was hired to run Medium's comics section, The Nib, and the results were glorious, with two years of daily content that was smart funny, trenchant, moving, eye opening and everything else we love about comics.
Well, as with most start-ups all good things must come to an end.
Darby Pop teams with Magnetic Press
It's team up time. Magnetic Press, best known as publisher of a bunch of award-winning and magnificent French comics in the US, has partnered...
The Delcourt Round-up from Comixology: You Should be Reading!
Comixology has partnered up with Delcourt, a French publishing house to deliver comics from across the pond. The titles contain wonderful art and a sense...
Harvey Awards confusion leads to response from Zdarsky, others
Last week's announcement of the Harvey Awards nominees was, as usual, accompanied by controversy. This time it wasn't the domination of Valiant (20 nominations) and Boom/Archaia, but rather just why certain books and people were even eligible.
For starters there was the "Most Promising New Talent" category which included the following:
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 7/20/15: Ladies killing it on the Bestsellers list
As revealed by Faith Erin Hicks in the above tweet, the New York Times Graphic Novel best sellers lists are teeming with female creators, especially on the paperback list where Kieron Killen and Jamie McKelvie are the only male representatives. The hardcover list has 2 1/2 female created books, and there's at least one on the manga list. I've been telling you this for FOUR YEARS.
