Tag: Cartoonists
Nicolas Winding Refn and Ed Brubaker are making an Amazon series together…but that’s not...
The news broke last week, but we had to laud The Brub for landing this sweet TV deal for a show called Too Old To Die Young which will be directed by Drive's Nicholas...
Cartoonist arrested after assault on girlfriend
Cartoonist Kurt Wolfgang, whose real name is Kurt W. Holley, was arrested on Feb. 4 in Gainesville FL, and charged after attacking his girlfriend in a bathroom stall. (The article does not mention the...
Cats, coffee, crockpots: what do cartoonists do all day?
Last week it was Hourly Comic Day (technically February 1, but it kind of stretches out for a few days) in which cartoonists attempt to draw hourly comics. Many of these end up being...
Bernie Wrightson retires from drawing and conventions due to health issues
On Facebook and the Bernie Wrightson website it was announced yesterday that
he is retiring due to health issues:
Dear Fans and Friends,
I apologize for our silence for the past few months. Last November Bernie began...
Dave Sim’s wrist injury may prevent him from ever drawing again
Dave Sim's injured wrist means he may not be able to draw again, so he's enlisted two cartoonists to help him with The Strange Death of Alex Raymond
When Labels Don’t Mater: George Herriman and Krazy Kat
We've been writing a bit about Michael Tisserand's comprehensive new biography of George Herriman, Krazy: A Life in Black and White, but last night I got to hear him talk about it at one...
The Fair Page Rates survey for 2016 is live
Last year an anonymously sourced webpage called Fair Page Rates made some waves by assembling a survey of 60 professionals on who paid what and which publishers were the hardest to work for. The...
Fight! Jim Starlin vs his Sodastream soda maker
Exploding appliances are definitely having a moment, and on FB legendary creator Jim Starlin warned of a dangerous run in with his soda maker - complete with graphic photos.
WARNING!!! My Sodastream soda maker blew...
Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise returns in 2018
Appearing at a spotlight panel at the Paris Comic Con, Terry Moore revealed that after he finishes his series Motor Girl (which debuts next month), he'll return to Strangers in Paradise in 2018 for...
RIP Preacher co-creator Steve Dillon
https://twitter.com/glyn_dillon/status/789834909376479232
I've never been so devastated to write a post here at The Beat.
Confirmed by his brother, artist Steve Dillon has passed away at age 54. Dillon is best know, of course, as the...
Bob FIngerman, Jeffrey Brown and Chris Ware team to help Marc Maron play a...
Netflix has a lot of original series, and not all of them get as much attention as Luke Cage. Easy is a new anthology about relationships and sex, and once you know that it...
Webcomic Alert: Dustin Harbin on the unrest in Charlotte
Diarist cartoonist Dustin Harbin is a Charlotte local and his diary for the day is about the unrest in Charlotte that started over a police shooting, and has continued with two nights of unrest...
