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The Beat’s Annual Creator Survey Part 5: From Emma Rios’ new book to “Blood & Drugs”

01/09/2019 1:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald 1 Comment

The Beat’s Annual Creator Survey Part 5: From Emma Rios’ new book to “Blood & Drugs”

Lots of art and opinions – just what the internet is good at.

Filed Under: Cartoonists, Holidays, Top News Tagged With: 2018 creator survey, Alex Lu, Ayo, Brian Hibbs, Emma Rios, Henry Barajas, J.T. Yost, joan hilty, Josh Bayer, kat kan, marinaomi, Previews, randy reynaldo, Steve Foxe, Tom Kaczynski, upcoming comics

To Do Tomorrow: The Beat, Joan Hilty and Martha Donato will tell you of ‘The Future of Comic’ at East Side Mags

05/18/2018 3:45 pm by Heidi MacDonald

To Do Tomorrow: The Beat, Joan Hilty and Martha Donato will tell you of ‘The Future of Comic’ at East Side Mags

I’ll be journeying to my ancestral homeland in  this weekend to East Side Mags in Montclair, NJ. IT should be a lively talk with the super smart Joan Hilty and Martha Donato on hand to be quizzed by The Beat. You can find more about the event here, but here’s the log line. C3 Presents: […]

Filed Under: Events, Top News Tagged With: east side nags, Heidi MacDonald, joan hilty, martha donato, the future of comics

And the 2017 Comics Industry Person of the Year is: Emil Ferris

01/05/2018 1:30 pm by Heidi MacDonald

And the 2017 Comics Industry Person of the Year is: Emil Ferris

It’s time to announce the annual Comics Industry Person of the Year, as voted on by industry peers. This is the person who moved the needle, made a difference and inspired others, and as you can see from the list of past winners at the bottom of this post, it’s a selection that our voters […]

Filed Under: Business News, Cartoonists, Top News Tagged With: 2017 person of the year, annie koyama, C. Spike Trotman, emil ferris, gina gagliano, jay edidin, joan hilty, liz marsham, person of the year, Tom King

The Beat Annual Creator Survey 2017 Edition Part 4: What inspires comics creators (plus previews)

01/06/2017 10:00 am by Heidi MacDonald

The Beat Annual Creator Survey 2017 Edition Part 4: What inspires comics creators (plus previews)

And here’s the fourth and final part of our creator survey, where we look at what inspires creators, what they’re working on and what 2017 may being. Thanks to everyone who participated – and you’ll fine a bunch of previews of work from Legend of Korra to Czap Books to Thanos.

Filed Under: Comics, Top News Tagged With: 2017 beat creator survey, Alex Segura, arie kaplan, ben towle, Bryan Talbot, Comics, Henry Barajas, isaac hoodhart, joan hilty, Joe Harris, judith hansen, kat kan, kevin czap, Matt Pizzolo, Mike scigliano, nat gertler, phillip sevy, spencer simpson, Stuart Moore, Top News, ward sutton

The Beat Annual Creator Survey Part 4: With a special preview or two

01/08/2016 5:00 pm by Heidi MacDonald

The Beat Annual Creator Survey Part 4: With a special preview or two

And here’s the final part of our annual creator survey. It seems people are really looking forward to Rom if you read all of these. Also, thanks to such a wide ranging  cross section of this amazing industry we live and work in for taking to time to share their thoughts with us all. Save […]

Filed Under: Cartoonists, News Tagged With: 2016 creator survey, Alex Lu, ben towle, Cartoonists, chris butcher, christiasn beranek, david brothers, eric peyron, gary tyrell, joan hilty, kat kan, Kieron Gillen, mike vosburg, News, Nick Abadzis, Roy Thomas, sean wiliams, xavier lancel, yuuko koyama, zack davisson

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