Women’s History month is wrapping up, but we at The Beat don’t feel we celebrated it properly, so for the next 24 hours most of the Beat staff is collaborating on “24 Hours of Women Cartoonists” to spotlight some of our favorite creators.
Behold: Bartkira! An intriguing comics jam proposal
03/19/2013 by 2 Comments
Tweet Ryan Humphrey posted this fantastic Simpson/Akira mash up comic on his tumblr last night and it’s been picking up a healthy number of notes since. The comic (which you can see below) is really striking, mainly, I think, because of those splashes of colour against that rich cream background, in the sense of drama and dynamism [...]
Ulises Farinas is having an amazing art sale
03/19/2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s a sad but all too common story: a freelancer with no insurance is injured and racks up a hefty medical bill.
In this case, it’s artist Ulises Farinas who sliced him thumb up good. Although he’s recovering fully, he needs to pay the bills and is
selling some amazing art:
First look: Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin tease their new series — UPDATED: Follow, Share and Like
03/18/2013 by 8 Comments
Tweet It’s been rumored for a long time that Brian K. Vaughan and Marcos Martin have been working on a new project together. Here is the first evidence of that project. A teaser with the word “Follow.” Is it the title? Or just a teaser? In October BKV said that he and Marcos were working [...]
Will Sliney Profiles The Fearless Defenders: Dani Moonstar
03/13/2013 by 2 Comments
TweetAs a new character joins the cast of Cullen Bunn and Will Sliney’s Fearless Defenders, so she joins team members Valkyrie and Misty Knight in our growing group shot of the team! Today sees the release of Fearless Defenders #2, which sees Dani Moonstar enter the scene. The leader of the New Mutants for years [...]
2000AD Tease The Return of Judge Death
03/13/2013 by 2 Comments
TweetEvery so often Tharg gets on the blower and gives me a ring, to tell me about new things coming up at 2000AD, the comics magazine he edits. And today he had something rather exciting to show me – this teaser image from Greg Staples, showing Judge Dredd villain Judge Death…
To do tonight NYC: Harvey Kurtzman at the Society of Illustrators
03/08/2013 by 2 Comments
Tweet I suspect this is going to be an epic night so get there early! The Society of Illustrators invites you to attend the Opening Reception for The Art of Harvey Kurtzman Curated by Monte Beauchamp and Denis Kitchen Friday, March 8th, 2013, 6:30pm Refreshments will be served Cash Bar will be open until [...]
To do tonight: Baltimore “Check-Marks” Opening at Open Space Gallery
03/08/2013 by Leave a Comment
Tweet (8) “Check-Marks” Opening at Open Space Gallery Running March 8th through April 15th Opening March 8th from 7 to 10pm Curated by Austin English Featuring works on paper by Nick Payne James Ulmer Leif Low-beer Jason T Miles Molly Colleen O’connell Wiley Guillot Becca Kacanda The 7 artists in this show believe in images. [...]
Awards Season: Ware and Stevenson win first Cartoonist Studio Prizes; Spectrum Finalists announced
03/04/2013 by Leave a Comment
§ The winners of Slate’s first ever Cartoonist Studio Prize have been announced: Chris Ware and Building Stories in the Best Graphic Novel of the Year category and Noelle Stevenson’s Nimona for webcomics. Winners and finalists were slected by Slat’es Dan Kois selected student from CCS and guest judge Françoise Mouly.
Nice Art that you can Buy: Telegraph
03/02/2013 by Leave a Comment
To do tonight NYC: Deep Girl Release Party at Desert Island
03/01/2013 by Leave a Comment
If we didn’t have a previous gig, we’d be all over this. $20 for a hand-bound limited edition of essential 90s artifacts? Hell YEAH. Find out where it all began!
WHAAM! – Rian Hughes, Roy Lichtenstein, and IMAGE DUPLICATOR
02/28/2013 by 8 Comments
London’s Tate Gallery are running an exhibition of work by Roy Lichtenstein, who is famous for stealing ‘appropriating’ panels from comics and representing them as works of high art. The exhibition runs until the 27th of May, if you’re interested.
Erin Polgreen has a gorgeous Krazy Kat lamp
02/28/2013 by Leave a Comment
It’s a one of a kind gift, so don’t go looking for one.
Nice art: Jackie Ormes!
02/26/2013 by 3 Comments
The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum Blog has a nice post onJackie Ormes, creator of Torchy and the first African-American woman cartoonist of note. And she did get note in her day:
Final Friday: Anxiety with C.F.
02/22/2013 by Leave a Comment
If you’re like us, Friday is time for all the anxiety or the week to give you one last slap in the face; we’re riding it out today with the hypertropic, it all has to happen at once sounds of Spectral Park. For a visual version, here’s Anxiety Art: Face It by C.F. (Powr Mastrs), which manages to put it all in a beautifully colored perspective. Over and OUT.
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