Reviewed: Uniqlo Superman by Yan Cong, POTA: Visionaries by Dana Gould & Chad Lewis, The Scar by Andrea Ferraris & Reno Chiocca
Advance Preview: Three Tales of “The Beast Called Man” in Planet of the Apes: The Time of Man #1
Tales from both the original and new film continuities
Boom! Schedules of Pair of 50th Anniversary Planet of the Apes Specials
Including the story of the Ape living in the ruins of the Statue of Liberty
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 1/9/18: RIP Jesse Crumb
§ Nice art! Planet of the Apes Concept art. Spot the one that is still topical. Concept art for Planet of the Apes (1968), from 1963-1966. My favorite bit in the film: when the apes appear on their horses during the human hunt, and the camera does this fast zoom. pic.twitter.com/mBft1iAqWS — Tales from Weirdland […]
Amazing Art: Alfredo Alcala’s Planet of the Apes will blow your mind
The 23rd of August was Alfredo Alcala’s 92nd birthday, so I’m posting this a little late as a birthday tribute. Alcala was a prodigious member of the Filipino comics school, with a detailed style that has never been surpassed in US comics (although he and peak Bernie Wrightson definitely shared some of the same influences.) […]
BOOM!’s Road to SDCC ’17 Continues: Con-Exclusive Planet of the Apes Variant Covers
BOOM! and Fox Film are running a slightly different variant cover promotion at Comicon this year. See those two interlocking covers above? They’re both for War for the Planet of the Apes #1. Starting on Wednesday the 19th, the Fox booth (#4229) will have 2000 of the one on the right with Caesar on it and […]
Review: With WAR FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES, the franchise scales to new heights
The other day, I saw someone (don’t ask me who) on Twitter make the claim that the current iteration of the once long-lived Planet of the Apes franchise was one of the most thoughtful set of blockbusters we currently have. I pondered that, trying to find something that might challenge this lofty claim. Given how […]
NYCC’16: Hetero-generous and Sundry
I’m finishing up my New York Comic Con photo posts, and these are those which don’t really fall under better grouping. Torsten AdairI’ve been writing for The Beat since July of 2010. I’ve been reading comics since 1974, collecting since 1984, and spreading the graphic novel gospel since 1994. I’m a bookseller, a librarian, an […]
Entertainment Round-Up: Rick and Morty’s second season premiere date, Crossbones in costume, the first image from Preacher hits the web, and more
A round-up of Entertainment headlines for the week’s end