Tag: indie
RIP Miguel Ángel Sanjurjo, creator of JIBARO SAMURAI and Puerto Rican indie comics giant
One of the most vocal supporters of Puerto Rican comics creators.
REVIEW: CHICORY is a simple adventure that emphasises the joy of creativity
Chicory has oodles of charm to bring out your creativity that feels right at home on the Nintendo Switch - just don't go in looking for anything too hardcore.
REVIEW: ARCHENEMY is gritty superhero filmmaking done right
“Say super one more fucking time.”
TRICK OR BEAT: ITHAQA finds both classic and modern horror in the Roaring Twenties
Literary horror in the age of excess.
REVIEW: Tynion & Dell’Edera’s SOMETHING IS KILLING THE CHILDREN is somber, subversive horror
You could be forgiven for making Stranger Things comparisons, but Something is Killing the Children is more mature, and smarter too.
Small Press & Indie Comics News Round-Up: A Whole New World
Where to find emergency funding during the coronavirus pandemic and other items of interest.
Crowdfunding Watch: Anxiety, Anthologies and Magical Girls!
After a brief hiatus, we're back with three new crowdfunding projects that should be on your radar.
The Gibbs Girls’ “The Invention of E.J. Whitaker” Shows We Need More Women of...
Over the years that I’ve contributed for The Beat, I’ve gotten to preview some pretty-interesting projects in the making, as well as talk to their equally-interesting creators. A little more than two years ago, I had a phone interview with two women who called themselves the “Gibbs Girls.” They were working on a steam-punk inspired comic that takes place at the dawn of the 20th century and during the Industrial Age. The story followed a female, African American inventor named Ada Turner who creates the first flying machine. Last week, the Gibbs Girls reached out and informed me that the comic had finally come out.
Crowdfunding Watch: Hungry for a Lemonade Summer Edition
A summer inspired crowdfunding watch featuring: Lemonade Summer, Tala and The Rift.
ADVANCE REVIEW: Navigating the Horror of Thought and Void in LONG LOST #5
Long Lost #5 is a spine-tingling horror comic done right.
INTERVIEW: Nothing but Bic Pens Will Do for Latino Artist Raul the Third
The most fascinating thing about art is the many forms it can take and ways one can make it. This also applies to comic...
Crowdfunding Watch: The One With a Big Bang, Evil DJ and Experimental Comics
It's a rainy day here in Northern California but it's okay because I've got my coffee and that's pretty much satisfied my Maslow's hierarchy...
















