Tag: Meta

The priceless Deb Aoki has created yet another masterful Storify called Twitter for Comics Creators - Do's & Don'ts and rather than embed here, it just go read it. But here's the nut graph:

The eighth and most meta chapter of The Multiversity hits shelves this Wednesday

§ By chance, two websites have been devoting some time to overviews of...non Big Two Comics I guess you could call 'em. Multiversity is...

About six months ago, I took a victory lap. And I'm gonna take another one. Because I was right, all along. Last's week's twin announcements of the revamped DC line-up and Marvel's all-woman A-Force showed that even the big two have embraced the idea of a diverse readership as a sound business model. It was only four years ago, when the New 52 launched, that there was an outcry about only 1% of the creators being female, and DC co-publisher Dan DiDio got put on the spot and reacted with a less than conciliatory tone.

I've been slaving away on an outside project ever since the holidays wrapped, and I've had very limited time to write anything too substantial here. Luckily the new kids have been keeping things going reading comics, posting news and generally running wild in the place. So thank Brandon, Alex, Kyle, Hannah and Dave! The project is wrapping up and I'll be back in the saddle I hope. The new features like reviews and entertainment news won't be going away but I hope to get back to the regular Beat recipe which has been altered a bit of late.

Anders Nilsen sees the year out at Medium with a beautiful full color comic called On Optimisim: Why 2015 Won't Suck. It's a very...

Continuing this morning's elegiac tone, here's a lovely remembrance of retailer Nick Post by the CBLDF's Charles Brownstein. Postiglione, to give his full name,...

The reaction to Robin Williams' death has been unlike any celebrity death I can remember. We all knew Whitney was going to go, and Michael Jackson's end was as expected as it was bizarre. With Williams there seem to be few mysteries. It was a battle, and he lost. Yet the shock of his tragic decision seems to have transcended our celebrity autopsy culture with its essential question: how can someone who gave so much, who had so much to give, have turned away from the light with such finality?

What's happening at Stately Beat Manor! So many exciting things, you won't believe it! Just amazing.

The Beat has joined the crowdfunding revolution! Now you can support the stuff we do here directly with your dollars via the Patreon platform. Lot's of folks have suggested that we do some kind of crowdfunding campaign over the last year or so, but I've chosen Patreon because it's method—recurring monthly payments—seem like a more usable model for an ongoing website than the one and done big bang of a Kickstarter.

It's what I like to call Hell Week, boys and girls, the week before San Diego Comic-Con when every single thing has to get...

We're off on the road to TCAF! The only thing harshing my mellow is the Newark Airport monorail being down, but otherwise the charming...