A bug's life
In a scene out of a biblical epic or perhaps crazed supervillain attack, the bugs descended last night on Cleveland's Jacobs field during the playoff game between the Yankees and Indians. The bugs are...
Comics around the world
§ The Scripps News syndicate profiles Gene Yang
Wang knew early on that he wanted to make his living as an artist. At first, he was fixated on the idea of becoming an animator and,...
Various links and stuff
A round up of some interesting stuff from over the weekend:
§ John Jakala investigates the "failed" manga efforts of Westerners :
I thought this was an interesting quote for a couple reasons. For one, it...
LA CityBeat looks at comics
Local culture paper LA CityBeat has a nice, far better written than usual section on comics with:
§ An examination of Popeye
§ A look at The Blot's Tom Neely
§ Mad Magazine is profiled
§ An interview...
JR JR and Joe Q on ESPN Monday Night Countdown
VIA PR:It’s the most powerful team-up of the year—the nation’s most popular sport meets the world’s most popular comic company! Tonight on ESPN’s Monday Night Countdown, the popular sports channel examines Philadelphia Eagles record-breaking...
News from all over
§ Perhaps the ultimate sign of the acceptance of graphic novels as a form of literature is when they are not spotlighted in a dog-on-legs way but merely as another example of the treatment...
Sales Charts: 2006 Diamond figures
After a day of rest, we're back to everyone's favorite topic. Sales Charts! Crazy ass mofo that we are, we prefer to get nuts with actual data as opposed to making snide remarks to...
Another wrestling/comics connection
Even though THE BEAT and her helper monkey have been talking about Chris Benoit's brain, that's not the wrestling talk we have for you today.
As everyone knows, there are a multitude of similarities between...
Two nerd things that go great together
For you folks surfing The Beat late tonight, check out tonight's "Superhero" themed episode of MYTHBUSTERS, another favorite of the nerderotti out there.
As we type this (9 PM ET), the first showing has just...
Beat delayed
The Beat has been unavoidably detained in a remote location, and will return later in the day.
To Do tonight, SF: Tonight, the critics get SAVAGE
Brian Hibbs writes to remind us that Douglas Wolk gathers with several of his Savage Critic compatriots at Comix Experience:This Friday, August 17th, from 4 to 7 PM, Comix Experience is very happy to...
Ellison/Groth settlement released
You boys play nice now.
Here you go. At long last the Ellison/Fantagraphics settlement agreement. Basically everyone agrees not to say nasty things about each other any more, Ellison's interview is removed from future...
