Ty Templeton’s Bun Toons are always a delight. He currently running down the year in cartoons.
31 Days of Winter Festivals: Kate Beaton’s Christmas Comics
Kate Beaton has put all her holiday comics in one massive post. These are finely observed moments of family life, the laughter specific to her loving family, but universal, as well. Beaton has been working on many secret projects for the last while; given these glimpses of her steadily evolving talent, we can’t wait until […]
Krampus came this year
More fun stuff here. Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, she worked for Disney, DC Comics, Fox and Publishers Weekly. She can be heard regularly on the More To Come Podcast. She likes coffee, cats and noble struggle. https://www.comicsbeat.com
Merry Christmas to all
Power is back where I’ve gone for Christmas, but the internet may be out for days. So no blogging until things are back to “normal.” In the meantime, here’s a little old James Jean Santa art and our most sincere wishes for a safe, happy, and healthy Christmas and a great New Year! The Beat […]
31 days of winter festivals: SuperF*ckers Save Christmas
James Kochalka’s unspell-out-able in a family website superheroes are back in a special digital only release called: SuperF*ckers Save Christmas. YOu can purchase it on Comixology. Currently starring in a web series from Cartoon Hangover, (uncensored version here, censored here) The Superf*ckers always sink to every occasion, and Christmas is no exception. Kochalka writes: I’ve […]
31 Days of Winter Festivals: A Christmas Carol adapted by Joe Staton
Joe Staton is one of those reliable cartoonists who draws everything exactly as it should be with intelligence, grace and greta storytelling. He drew A Christmas Carol for for the late 80s early 90s the Berkeley/First Comics version of Classic Comics. It’s just about perfect. It’s also long out of print but you can still […]
31 days of Winter Festivals: Salem Hyde’s 12 Days of Chistmas by Frank Cammuso
The Misadventures Salem Hyde is a rather charming kids comic that came out earlier this year featuring a young watch named Salem Hyde and her cat familiar Lord Percival J. Whamsford III. Creator Frank Cammuso has brought the duo back fora new version of The 12 Days of Christmas in which Salem misremembers the lyrics […]
31 days of Winter Festivals: Dustin Nguyen’s Lil Gotham Christmas
I would buy these. Via Goonie’s tumblr which is all Christmas all the time now. Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, she worked for Disney, DC Comics, Fox and Publishers Weekly. She can be heard regularly on the More To Come Podcast. She likes coffee, […]
31 Days of Winter Festivals: Jill Thompson’s Grinch
The great Jill Thompson brings the Seuss on her Tumblr. What has Jill Thompson been working on anyway? Besides a new Beasts of Burden? Every time we saw her all summer she had some secret project she couldn’t talk about. The first page, which we managed to sneak a look at, had an island on […]
31 Days of Winter Festivals: comiXology gives away free comics in 12 Days of Free Comics
Okay might have gotten carried away with all the holiday flash up there but the short version is that yesterday kicked off 12 Days of Free Comics at Comixology. Firts up was Batman #13 by Snyder, Capullo and Glapion which is a good jumping on point a darned good start. See what he fuss is about, as […]