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The one about comics journalism…again
It's my semi-annual screed about comics journalism: it may be dead but was it ever alive?
SDCC ’24: DC announces full schedule & exclusives
DC has announced its full schedule and exclusives for San Diego Comic-Con 2024, including panels, signings, and off-site events.
SILBER LININGS: The joy of metafiction
In anticipation of moderating his first Comic Con panel, Greg asks why metafiction is so appealing to people who love stories.
Announcement: The Beat is resting up this week and here’s why
Gerard Butler is excited about the changes coming to the Beat!
Kibbles ‘n’ Bits 2/6/19: I have seen the Snappening and it is an RSS...
Yet more maudlin wallowing in olden days from the author.
Some thoughts on helping list the 100 Most Influential Comics Pages of All Times
Over the last month or two I may have alluded to an outside project I was working on and it was this: The 100 Pages That Shaped Comics. The team that put this together...
Breaking news!!! Now you can read “More Posts” right from The Beat’s Front Page!
Despite some setbacks in the advance of science, we really are living in an age of miracles. Computers in your pocket. Self driving cars. Foxes that are cute, cuddly pets.
And now, humanity's greatest...
What’s up with the free comics anyway?
As you read this I'm on a plane to New Orleans to speak on a panel at Intix, a convention for people who sell tickets. I'll be on a panel with Rob Salkowitz explaining...
SDCC ’15: who to thank
The Beat is home! Charlie and Lucy are thrilled and I'm trying to reset my sleep schedule. With this year's Comic-con in the rearview mirror, the attention span of the nation has moved on...
The Beat is 11 today!
It's July 1st, meaning it's the day we celebrate the Beat's birthday and today marks 11 years of daily comics news! It's a very special day—I even ganked some clip art for the occasion....
Meet the Beat tomorrow at EternalCon in Garden City
This weekend there's plenty of comics activity around NYC. Many will be interested in FlameCon, the first ever queen comic-con in NYC, to be held at the Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn....
but I...
On minding your social media manners and hot takes
The priceless Deb Aoki has created yet another masterful Storify called Twitter for Comics Creators - Do's & Don'ts and rather than embed here, it just go read it. But here's the nut graph:
