Three links that have nothing to do with each other
but we thought it would be fun to put them in one post!
§ John Jakala presents his awards for 06 after realizing there is a LOT to read.
When I think back on 2006, one...
A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge
Josh Neufeld's A.D.: New Orleans After the Deluge has just debuted at Smith Magazine.
Neufeld wrote about the strip and his research recently at his LiveJournal
A.D. is about Hurricane Katrina and its effects on...
Stan Lee 26th Most Influential Living American
Stan Lee's POW! Entertainment sent out a press release detailing an Atlantic Monthly article that has named THE MAN as the 26th most Influential Living American. Stan i s tied with Bill Cosby and...
Comics around the world today
Let's take a spin around the globe via cartoons, shall we? Cartoons are bringing the world together and don't you believe a word otherwise.
§An Iranian cartoonist has won a Chinese humor contest! What the--
Mohammad...
MARVEL SHOCKER: Civil War Finale Delayed
ICv2 has a compact item -- evidently taken from Marvel's retailer mailing -- revealing a delay in shipping for CIVIL WAR #7.
Marvel Comics has announced that Civil War #7, the finale to the blockbuster...
GET YOUR WAR ON Off-Broadway
David Rees alerts the TCJ message board to an off-Broadway version of his strip GET YOUR WAR ON:
Remember five years ago, when somebody sent you this link:
http://www.mnftiu.cc/mnftiu.cc/war.html
...and you read a few comics and then,...
Marvel vs DC – now with bar charts
This movie site analyzes Marvel vs DC at the box office with all kinds of pie charts and bar graphs. Not too much that isn't readily intuited -- basically marvel is all smiles for...
Fingerman, Novelist
Cartooner Bob Fingerman (RECESS PIECES) is joining the reverse commute club as he goes from drawing pictues to writing novels. His debut, BOTTOMFEEDER, is out this month:
My debut novel, BOTTOMFEEDER, is now available and...
Rumor: Duran Duran @ Virgin?
In a widely circulated story on Virgin Comics, director Shekhar Kapur hints at the newest celebrity comics creator:
Kapur, who directed Elizabeth, said rock group Duran Duran were also interested in working with him on...
Analyzing One Year Later
Ryan Stearns of the blog League of Melbotis has launched a new blog called Comic Fodder, and he kicks it off with analysis of a topic which seems to be on everyone's mind right...
Sluggards post thoughts
Both Chris Butcher and Joey Manley sent letters apologizing for missing the Beat's Year End Survey, but posted their answers on their own weblogs in a desperate hope that The Beat would link to...
Gren: Welsh cartoonist dies
Popular editorial cartoonist Grenfall "Gren" Jones died this week at age 72, and Wales, an obscure part of Southern Britain, seems to be taking it the hardest.
icWales - 'He didn't really reflect...
