Christian Angeles

4 weeks ago | comicsbeat.com | Christian Angeles

In January, The Beat reported the story of the sexual misconduct accusations on Neil Gaiman. It was a difficult topic to report on and one that the team diligently summarized well. A recent report from Variety, likewise, also came out stating that Gaiman is disputing the claim by providing text messages as evidence to the contrary. Ultimately, the update doesn’t fully change the narrative, nor does it absolve what’s been brought to light against him. But this piece isn’t about that.

1 month ago | comicsbeat.com | Christian Angeles

This is the second part of last week’s post. My journalism story began towards the end of my career in psychology when I was writing for a local town newspaper called New Brunswick Today. I didn’t cover that much during my time there, but I did go out to cover a few events and interviewed some artistic people. The reason I stopped was because I was asked to write about the unveiling of a new town statue of Colonel John Neilson, a local war hero known about in town.

1 month ago | comicsbeat.com | Christian Angeles

One of the biggest guests of MoCCA Fest 2025 is the renowned Chinese Australian artist Badiucao. Famous for his political cartoons that were banned in China, he’ll be with writer and journalist Melissa Chan, talking about their highly anticipated graphic novel about totalitarian futures called YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION!The book is already highly praised by experts and pundits as this year’s must-read graphic novel. Check out this premise to see why:It’s 2035. The US and China are at war.

1 month ago | us5.campaign-archive.com | Christian Angeles |Heidi MacDonald |Heidi Macdonald |Hayame Kawachi |Jared G. Bird

MoCCA ’25 Interview: On YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION with Melissa Chan and Badiucao We talked with the incredible international journalist Melissa Chan and the world-renowned artist Badiucao about their graphic novel YOU MUST TAKE PART IN REVOLUTION By Christian Angeles on Mar 13, 2025 10:00 am How a new Stan Lee documentary is causing controversy Stan Lee: The FInal Chapter, a documentary about the legend's controversial final years, is creating some controversy itself By Heidi MacDonald...

1 month ago | comicsbeat.com | Christian Angeles

As we keep on going with our coverage of MoCCA Fest 2025, we had the incredible opportunity to sit down with this year’s official badge artist—Olivia Fields! A phenomenally talented African-American painter and printmaker, Fields hails from Brooklyn, New York, and has made quite a name for herself in the world of editorial illustration. Fields is a graduate of the Fashion Institute of Technology and had gotten a BFA in illustration at SVA.