The Beat staff schedule in Angoulême 2018!
by Xavier Lancel
The Beat rendez-vous at Angouleme FIBD (January 25-28th)
The Beat will be at full throttle during the festival, proposing to you several encounters:
- The whole duration of the festival, come to the SCARCE...
To Do tonight: Tim Lane at Scott Eder
The Scott Eder Gallery, known for its shows of comics art and illustration, has a stunning new home at the Mana Contemporary Building Jersey City and tonight they're having an opening of Tim Lane's...
NO SPANDEX SUNDAY: LA’s Hottest Ticket of the Weekend was the Burning Man Fest...
In the same weekend as Penny Arcade Expo West in Seattle, Los Angeles still managed to have the "it" place to be. If you like watching sweaty men toss each other around like ragdolls...
Dare2Draw, Art Students League, and Kyle Baker celebrate Kirby & Eisner with live drawing...
Looking for something fun, free, and nerdy to do with your Saturday? Dust off your sketchbook & register for free tickets to Dare2Draw's celebration of Kirby and Eisner at the Art Students League.
The Warner Bros. Studio Tour Gets even more Wonder…Woman.
Monday morning we were invited to come by and check out the newest addition to the Warner Bros. Studio Tour in Burbank. Patty Jenkins blockbuster film which cemented the notion that a woman in...
NO SPANDEX SATURDAY: It’s Not Dead 2, the return of punk rock and the...
2015 saw the debut of a new music festival for the punk rock loving crowd. Featuring headliners such as the Descendents and NOFX, It's Not Dead was one of the best single days of...
Convention news: BLERD City takes over NYC on July 29-30
Not making it to Comic Con this week? Don’t sweat it. On July 29 & 30, the Big Apple will transform into BLERD City, a new conference for Blerds and Geeks of all...
Tonight and this weekend to do: CAKE
As always there are about four gabillion pop culture events this weekend, but this weekend it's CAKE (Chicago Alternative Comics Expo) in Chicago, kicking off TONIGHT with a couple of excellent events:
Friday, June 9
CAKE...
On the Scene: The Five Points Festival welcomed “tastemakers, misfits and rebels”
by Zena Tsarfin
“Welcome home, tastemakers, misfits and rebels,” was the message flashing across the digital billboard at NYC’s inaugural Five Points Festival, held at Pier 36 in downtown Manhattan this past weekend.
And with that,...
Ten tips for publicizing convention events
By David Seidman
It’s con season in the comics world, which means that someone has to attract people to attend panels, signings, parties, and other events. I’ve done it, and it’s not easy.
But you can...
On the Scene: Frank Miller and Klaus Janson remember Will Eisner and when Neal...
As part of Will Eisner Week, celebrating the life and career of the visionary comic creator, 100 Years of Genius: The Life and Legacy of Will Eisner, a conversation between frequent comic creators Frank...
Scenes from C3: a flood of information
Despite record rainfall (as much as four inches in some areas), mudslides, sinkholes and ferocious gusts of wind, the first ever Comic Creator Conference (C3) was held yesterday and, from where I sat, it...
