Quentin Tarantino Talking Django/Zorro at SDCC
You probably already heard, but Quentin Tarantino is co-plotting a Django (Unchained)/Zorro cross-over with Matt Wagner. If you've seen his movies, you'll find plenty of comics references in him, so it should be no...
Sherlock Holmes Meets Houdini in Dynamite Miniseries
Dynamite's been doing Sherlock Holmes stories on a fairly regular basis for some time now. And really, given the recent court decision on Holmes being firmly in the public domain, there's every reason to....
Dynamite’s Just Talking About Shaft, Dresden Files, Dean Koontz, Brandon Sanderson and Patricia Briggs...
Dynamite hit Book Expo with a pocketful of announcements today. Projects based on prose books with a mix of deal extensions and new deals. Projects that also might have resonance with the bookstore demographic...
Brad Meltzer offers speculation on Flight 370’s dissappearance on CNN
Well, we are getting down to a) the bare bones of emerging facts and b) the huge, blossoming never ending until they find the black box* range of speculation over what the hell actually...
HYPE ALERT: Baltimore Comic-Con, Seth Goldman and Honest Tea
First off, Baltimore Comic-Con is THIS WEEKEND. This is one of the most beloved events on the comics circuit and guests include:
Joe Hill, Neal Adams, Josh Adams, Ed McGuinness, David Finch, Ivan Reis, Brian...
HYPE ALERT: Free Honest Tea at Crown Publishing for Mission in a Bottle
Disclosure: from time to time I take on outside consulting projects, and I'm currently working with the creators of the new graphic novel Mission in a Bottle to do some marketing for them...
Titan Share ‘Frigid Terror’ of Upcoming Series IT CAME!
You send me something silly, you're almost bound to see it show up on The Beat. Silly is the best of things to be! And Titan have been doing a rather great job with...
Let Me Tell You What Trinity War Is
Dearest readers! Brian Truitt, that most handsome of USA Today reporters, has today revealed what DC's Trinity War event will actually be about. There were thoughts this might be about the trinity of Wonder...
Dark Horse Show You How To Make… Dream Thief Paper Dolls
I love strange publicity bits, and Jai Nitz has released something ace in advance of the publication of Dream Thief -- his new Dark Horse series with Greg Smallwood. Paper dolls! Dolls what you...
Marvel Tell Us More About Infinity
I'm not talking about the constantly-developing fifteen-page theoretical shadow-physics equation Jonathan Hickman emails every member of the comics press once weekly - this is the Infinity storyline which will start on Free Comic Book Day...
Carrie Kelley Returns? DC Tease a New Robin
Here's a curio! DC have revealed the second half of Batman & Robin's gatefold cover, which features the first appearance of Carrie Kelley in the New 52 Universe. That's right! The one from Dark...
Marvel to Publish Some More Superior Books
Marvel have announced that they'll be publishing two new titles soon, both tying-in to their Superior Spider-Man series, and both of them focusing on villains. Which means the Spider-Man franchise at Marvel will now...
