Tag: Top News
Comics sales up in five week July; DC rebounds
Comics sales were up in double digits in nearly every comparison in July, according to figures just released by Diamond. July was a five-week...
Peter Bagge tour dates announced for Woman Rebel
The fall comics landscape is shaping up with the books we'll be talking about and one will definitely be Woman Rebel: The Margaret Sanger...
Kevin Maguire removed from Justice League 3000 but he has plenty of work now,...
Kevin Maguire is an artist who had several defining runs on comics over the years. Back in the late 80s he helped relaunch JUSTICE...
Good site: PD56, copyrights that should have lapsed but didn’t
In one of his comments, frequent Beat commenter Jason A. Quest linked to his websitePD56 | works that should have become Public Domain after 56...
The Cover for Wimpy Kid #8: Hard Luck has been revealed
They are the rites of fall: kids buy new pencil cases, Jet Coach Rex Ryan says something stupid, turkeys look back on their life...
The retail view: Crescent City Comics Leo McGovern on Villains Month allocation: “ridiculous”
by Leo McGovern, Crescent City Comics
Greetings and salutations, Beat-readers! My name is Leo McGovern and I manage a comic shop in New Orleans, Louisiana...
Marvel wins appeal in lawsuit brought by Jack Kirby’s heirs
Another chapter in the long battle over Marvel's characters ended today when a three-person New York appeals court upheld Marvel's victory in a lawsuit...
Convention mistakenly advertises X-men Creators reunion, apologizes
The other day I received an email from comics historian and artist Jim Amash on behalf of inker Terry Austin to alert people that...
MUST HAVE: Fletcher Hanks’ Stardust the Super Wizard gets an awesome figurine
If you are a fan of bizarre, pseudo-naive comics which actually reveal the terrors and struggles of our very subconscious in fantastic form—and who...
DC’s Villains Month 3D covers to be allocated; retailers to be aggravated
This news has been buzzing around for a bit and was apparently a topic of some discussion at this weekend's Boston Comic-Con, but now...
RIP: Stan Lynde
Artist Stan Lynde, creator of the comic strip Rick O'Shay and one of the best known Western comics artists, has died at age 81....
Urasawa, Schuiten and Peeters rappin’ about comics
Ah to have been in the room for this! At the recent International Manga Fest in Tokyo, manga superstar Naoki Urasawa (Monster), and the...
