Finally, the Rick has returned
We make no bones here at Stately Beat Manor about our admiration for the work of Rick Veitch. We said that before he was our boss, we said it while he was our boss,...
Who really won, X-MEN or SUPERMAN?
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER's Anne Thompson looks at the summer's superhero bockbusters and concludes that although X-MEN: THE LAST STAND may look like more of a box office hit that SUPERMAN RETURNS, Warners scored the...
The WATCHMEN card — UPDATE
Just for the record, we received a little note from Dave Gibbons saying that as far as his recollection goes, only the LAST issue of Watchmen shipped late and it still hit the schedule...
Hernandez on SLOTH
Panels and Pixels has a great interview with the great Gilbert Hernandez on SLOTH his new graphic novel, and many secrets are revealed:
Q: Because of that switch a lot of the reviews I’m reading...
Robertson Podcast Part 2 is up
Second part of Darick Robertson podcast is up at Pensacola Journal. In it he discusses THE BOYS and his views on the modern comics industry.
Adam Hughes on scheduling
As someone pointed out in the comments (WE LOVE THE COMMENTS!) Adam Hughes talks about his sure-to-be-pretty-but-slow stint on ALL-STAR WONDER WOMAN over at the Byrne Board in comments posted weeks ago but more...
Where have you gone, Sal Buscema?
We don't really follow the day to day announcements of Marvel and DC, except when they strike us in some larger sense, but yesterday's shocker that CIVIL WAR #4 and 5 would be delayed...
Tales of the Black Freighter: Marooned (The Reconstruction)
Comics fan Steven Johnson has done something very interesting with WATCHMEN, the comics classic by Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons. In the alternate world of THE WATCHMEN, pirate comics are the dominant comics genre...
Butter Brandon wows ’em in Iowa!
Recently we told you of the big shake up at the Iowa State Fair, with apprentice butter carver Sarah Pratt taking over for Duffy Lyon-sensei, the greatest butter carver of them all. Pratt's...
Kaluta/Vess collaboration
What happens when famed fantasy artists Mike Kaluta and Charles Vess collaborate on illustrations for FABLES: 1001 NIGHT OF SNOWFALL? Editor Irene Gallo (who has nothing to do with the book) has the lovely...
