As excitement grows for July’s The Adventure Zone graphic novel, here’s a look at some cosplayers from Emerald City Comic Con.
National Book Festival 2017: The Archive of Cartoonist Interviews!
Your tax dollars at work! Not only does the Library of Congress sponsor the annual National Book Festival (taking place this Saturday!), but they archive lots of digital material online! (And if that doesn’t knock your socks off, the Library also collects and archives multimedia in a variety of formats… an original print of Star […]
NYCC ’16: A video tribute to Artist Alley and one final look back
It’s taken me a week to recover from New York Comic Con, as usual, although my brain is still a little fried. This despite the fact that I hid out in the press room for most of three days, and only ventured on to the floor a few times. I really missed most of the […]
National Book Festival 2016: The Archive of Cartoonist Interviews!
Your tax dollars at work! Not only does the Library of Congress sponsor the annual National Book Festival, but they archive lots of digital material online! (And if that doesn’t knock your socks off, the Library also collects and archives multimedia in a variety of formats… an original print of Star Wars: A New Hope… […]
Lale Westvind has made a crazy and amazing video for Lightning Bolt’s “The Metal East”
Lightning Bolt is the much loved noise band fronted by Brian Chippendale, who is also a cartoonist and fort Thunder alum. They have a new album out and are touring right now. Live shows are notoriously loud and energetic so be forewarned. Lale Westvind is an Ignatz Award winning cartoonist of such books as Hot […]
Do you want to co-host DC All Access? Here’s how!
DC All Access is a webizode or whatever they call it, that has weekly features on DC comics and movies. It has hitherto featured two perky hosts, but evidently they need a new one, and IT COULD BE YOU as explained in the video below.
Any one can be considered for this role — and here’s how to showcase your brilliance:
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 10/2/14: Film Festival!
Cartoonists doing thing, blabbing about it.
Shocking Russian dash cam video captures furry beatdown
I’m addicted to Russian dashboard camera videos. The best ones have loud Russian disco playing, but they are pretty much all good, revealing a sullen post-modern, post GTA world of grey skies (occasionally streaked by shocking meteors), endless snow, brutalist architecture and of course, bad driving. Why Russians love dashcams so much isn’t quite clear […]
And finally…here is the dancing Baby Groot you have been clamoring for
Disney has released a clip of Dancing Baby Groot even though (spoilers) it spoils the end of the movie. I guess good social media is worth more than spoiling movies in the era of downloads and….social media. Anyway…..it’s sweet. Heidi MacDonaldHeidi MacDonald is the founder and editor in chief of The Beat. In the past, […]
Singapore cosplayer finds room for all his mecha parts in amazing Ikea ad
Okay this is an ad for Ikea, but it is also a fantasy for most of us. Like, a Sex in the City/Axe ad level fantasy.