Tag: Top Cow

In case you missed the first portion of this special two-parter, it was revealed that Batman has conquered America and has established his black Bat-capital in a cave in Branson, Missouri. That is not entirely true, but I do hope something of the story of the Bald Knobbers (cringey name aside) rang true for Batman fans. The vigilante story is old and real in America.

We're off to HeroesCon in Charlotte later today and one of the many pleasures of that show is its relaxing and expansive Barcon; as opposed to other conventions where people scatter to their various drinking holes, pretty much everyone at HeroesCon stays in the same bar, and it's a great place to catch up with folks and maybe lay the foundation for future work. OR IS IT???

Just a reminder: if you see something that is kibblish, or bittable, please drop me a line. You know what we like around here! ...

Genius is a new 5-issue mini series coming from Image this August, via Top Cow's Minotaur Press creator-owned imprint. Marc Bernadin and Adam Freeman...

When thinking about the crazy world we live in today, where The Walking Dead is the most successful thing on TV and Marvel is the most successful thin in movies, I often think back to a seminal moment in the debate between creator-owned and company-driven: the 2008 debate between Robert Kirkman and Brian Bendis which took place at that year's Baltimore Comicon. The think kicked off when a pre-Talking Dead sharpened Kirkman posted a video editorial calling for more creators to band together to make creator owned comics more of a thing, He even had an agenda for the process (emphasis mine.):

What shocking secrets will you learn in today's thrilling episode of Kibbles n' Bits?

NOTE: I originally attributed these valentines to Suzene Campos -- but she merely sent me the link. Apologies to the ACTUAL artist, callmekitto, about...

§ By now if you are at all interested in Batman you have seen This and the above intro of Bluebird by Dustin Nguyen....

§ Warren Ellis has trashed another laptop, prior to moving to LA SOMEWHERE for six months to work on a mystery project. I...

§ January 6th is the Christian feast known as Epiphany, also the 12th Day of Christmas, so the holidays are over AND you get to wish people a great Epiphany. It never gets old. Above painting by Abraham Bloemaert.

Thanks for all the great emails yesterday, people. They are much appreciated. § MUST READ: More on Neil Cohn's experiments in how comics are...

Today is Black Friday, when America celebrates their foundations through the buying of heavily discounted goods. The Beat, being a comics blog, strongly endorses...