In small-town situations, it can be a challenge to live as an outlier. You might be able to separate yourself from the general networking involved in a community, but eventually, you will need something, and that will place you write in the center of the very thing you seek to avoid. You might want to […]
Koyama Press to shut down in 2021
When folks speculate about which comics publisher will be the next to shut down, Koyama Press isn’t among them because they are, simply, the best. But alas, it’s been announced by publisher Annie Koyama that the press will end in 2021 and she’ll switch to giving micro-grants to worthy projects. All the details are in […]
Koyama Press announces Fall campaign with DeForge Zachilli, Martz and more
Koyama Press Announces Fall 2018 Lineup with Deforge, Zacchilli, Martz & more
Review: Jessica Campbell conquers the universe
Jessica Campbell has gotten plenty of attention with her sharp cartoons examining the art world through the lens of gender politics. Her attitude, part take-no-prisoners and part don’t-mind-me-self-deprecation makes for some singular, honest, and hilarious examinations of not just the historical male domination of art, but the double standards that became the roadblocks for women […]
All the wonderful things I bought at SPX this year
I had never been to an SPX before. Generally speaking, as a guy that lives in the deep south (or as deep as Atlanta gets), my convention schedule gets a little limited. I make the yearly sojourn along with my partner (and co-editor here at The Beat) Hannah to SDCC, and I tend to find […]
Review: Looking for truth in ‘Crawl Space’
I have a feeling that quite a lot of us would rather be somewhere else these days. It wouldn’t be so bad to be trapped in a place that was separate from the logic and awareness that we understand and accept as our own universe. If it was a place where perception changed in such […]
SPX will celebrate Koyama Press’s 10th Anniversary
There’s no more loved or admired person in comics than Annie Koyama, the owner and publisher of Koyama Press. And this year’s Small Press Expo will celebrate Koyama Press’s 10th anniversay with comics, programming and “surprises.” For a decade Koyama has been giving the world great cartoonists, great books and acting in an ethical, open way […]
Review: Eleanor Davis’ expansive bike path
You & a Bike & a Road is an amiable documentation of the kindness of strangers and the general amiability of most people you encounter has cartoonist Eleanor Davis riding a bicycle that her dad made for her from Tucson to her home in Georgia. It’s a reaction to recent bouts of depression, the logic being […]
Koyama Press’s Fall line-up includes Willumsen, Kyle, Lee, Freibert, GG and Foster-Dimino
Catching up a bit here on the news, and Koyama Press announced their fall line-up filled with work by some of today’s most exciting cartoonists including Connor Willumsen, Patrick Kyle, Hannah K. Lee, Sophia Foster-Dimino, Noel Freibert and GG. I’m excited for all these books, as Koyama’s output is never less than stellar, but I can’t help […]
The TCAF Interviews – An Nguyen on So Pretty/ Very Rotten
The Toronto Comic Arts Festival is one of the most influential and important comic book event in North America. It’s mission is to “promote the creators of comic books in their broad and diverse voices, for the betterment of the medium of comics”. In the spirit of this mission, the Comics Beat has conducted a […]
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