Awesome Con ’19 Preview: Exclusives, Panels, Future Con & Pride Alley (UPDATED)

04/25/2019 8:20 am by Samantha Puc 3 Comments

Have you made your con plans yet?

INDIE VIEW: ‘Quincredible’ gets literally everything right

03/01/2019 5:00 pm by John Seven

John Seven reviews ‘Quincredible’

PREVIEW: A Swashbuckling Granny Saves a Dying World in Glint Book One

02/27/2019 2:30 pm by Beat Staff

Caracal, Lion Forge’s young readers’ imprint, drops the first installment of the Glint trilogy digitally today and in bookstores on March 12, 2019. The Beat has an extended preview of the graphic novel. Here is how the publisher describes Glint Book One: The Cloud Raiders: “Glint-the mineral resource that keeps the planet and people of […]

Review: The dark fantasy ‘Watersnakes’ is another unique triumph for Tony Sandoval

02/11/2019 5:00 pm by John Seven

Tony Sandoval’s ‘Watersnakes’ is a dark and original delight

Lion Forge announces release dates, debuts cover for MOONCAKES print collection

01/30/2019 9:30 am by Joe Grunenwald

The popular queer romance/fantasy webcomic will also resume regular updates in February.

Review: Humankind never learns in ‘Fraternity’

01/07/2019 5:00 pm by John Seven

There’s something about North America that has inspired multiple stabs at utopianism.

GRAPHIC NOVEL CLUB: Brenna Thummler Took a Surprising Path to Comics & Drawing SHEETS

12/07/2018 12:00 pm by Alexander Lu

Brian Hibbs of Tilting at Windmills brings you a special video look at his book club, featuring exciting conversations with the creators of your favorite books!

INTERVIEW: Leah Williams Says Writing Comics Professionally ‘Feels Like Getting Away with Something’

11/28/2018 1:00 pm by Samantha Puc

Leah Williams tells The Beat about her transition from comics fan to comics pro.

Review – Is Upgrade Soul the Best Sci-Fi Comic of the Decade?

11/08/2018 4:00 pm by Philippe Leblanc

Spoiler Warning in Effect — Upgrade Soul‘s only flaw might be that it is too hopeful about mankind, too hopeful about the potential silver lining, faint as it may be, that lies beyond the greed of people. It is a science fiction story in that, even as our elderly protagonists are abused by greedy, delusional […]

Review: ‘Algeria Is Beautiful Like America’ and the complications of family lore

10/16/2018 5:00 pm by John Seven

I’m going to admit to being embarrassingly ignorant on the subject of Algeria before reading Algeria Is Beautiful Like America, at best understanding the basic colonial relationship it had with France, and the continued tension because of that. While the book doesn’t offer a detailed history of the situation, it does hold the reader’s hand […]