The legendary writer of ZERO and WOLF steps in to discuss his new book, how to get published when you’re just a kid, and so much more
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/8/18: Con Season is here! Did you miss it?
§ Nice Art: Brazilian artist Butcher Billy has made comics like covers for this season of Black Mirror, and the public has deemed them good. I haven’t watched Season 4 yet so don’t spoil it by explaining these to me! § Guillermo del Toro signaled that he is king of the nerd world by celebrating […]
Days of Hate – Aleš Kot Writes a Comic About “Killing Nazis”
Do you like politics in your comics? Because Aleš Kot’s writing a very political comic for Image in January. With Danijel Žeželj and Jordie Bellaire on art and color, Days of Hate is a 12-issue series set in 2022 with a police state and a guerrilla war against white supremacy. Kot describes it as “about the things people do to […]
ECCC: Image announces everything from Mage: The Hero Denied to Shirtless Bear-Fighter
With this year’s Image Expo taken off the schedule due to Image’s move to Portland, the ECCC Image Panel was the scene of many announcements, including the concluding chapter of Matt Wagner’s 30+ years in the making Mage epic, and much more. So here’s the lowdown, cobbled together from various announcements: • Image Expo will […]
Trade Paperback Staff Picks for the week of 9/30/15
As much as we here at The Beat love single issues shipping each month, sometimes certain comics and stories tend to get the best of us as we try to keep up with new titles shipping each week. As a result, this week wanted to offer readers some of the best comics content available in […]
Kot and Gorham leave a Dead Drop on the Valiant Universe
Author Ales Kot and penciller Adam Gorham are entering the Valiant Universe with a four issue mini-series entitled Dead Drop. The story features Archer, X-O Manowar, and more of the Valiant stable of characters. In keeping with the unexpected tone of Kot’s work, each issue follows a different character as they explore a contagion deep within the […]
Reviews: A Murder of Cartoonists
While we were enjoying Comic Arts Brooklyn this year, my partner Marguerite Van Cook and I took a break from the excitement of promoting our new Fantagraphics Book The Late Child and Other Animals to go across the street to a little coffee bar and have a snack. The young counterperson noted the influx of […]
NYCC ’13: Ales Kot and Garry Brown on Iron Patriot #1
James Rhodes is getting a new solo series next March, with Ales Kot and Garry Brown sticking him in a red white and blue killing machine for ‘Iron Patriot’. Steve MorrisTalking bunny, Little Mix enthusiast and co-publisher of The MNT, which you can find here. http://stardarkcity.wordpress.com/
Image at NYCC: New books from Gillen, McCann, Hickman, Asmus, Fraction, Chaykin, Diggle…..
Image have yet again taken to the stage at a major convention and revealed a number of high-profile titles, this time offering new books from Kieron Gillen and Ryan Kelly, Andy Diggle and Jock, Jim McCann and Janet K. Lee, as well as a number of other writers and artists. Let’s run through them all, […]