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Graphic Novels

Drawn and Quarterly? Fantagraphics? A Few Recent Releases?

Lot of amazing comic books and graphic novels and compilations of sequential art – or whatever label you wanna tag the stuff with – coming out lately. Read More | Comment »

3:34PM Fri. May. 10, Wayne Alan Brenner, Shannon McCormick and Erika May McNichol

Free Comic Book Day: Local Stores, Local Artists

So we're counting down the seconds until Free Comic Book Day begins: The annual opportunity to immerse yourself, free and gratis, in the best that graphic story telling has to offer. Now you're asking, where can I get my hands on some free issues, and how can I support local artists? Read More | Comment »

7:00AM Sat. May. 4, Richard Whittaker

Free Comic Book Day: Picking Through The Shelves

If you've read this week's issue, you'll know that May 4 marks the 11th annual Free Comic Book Day, the yearly celebration of graphic story telling when publishers and stores hand out special new stories, anthologies and issues, totally free and gratis. But with 52 different titles up for grabs this year, what should you put on your pull list? Read More | Comment »

8:00AM Fri. May. 3, Richard Whittaker

Is the Third 'Graphic Canon' a Decent End to the Ambitious Project?

Verdict: Russ Kick brings it on home – to the home library – with style. Read More | Comment »

1:30PM Mon. Apr. 22, Wayne Alan Brenner

The (Graphic) Case of Charles Dexter Ward

Old Howard Phillips Lovecraft, now there's a man with a literary legacy. Read More | Comment »

10:00AM Fri. Apr. 12, Wayne Alan Brenner

Yehudi Mercado Brings a Cartoon Rodeo to Austin Books

Yehudi … Mercado? Read More | Comment »

4:43PM Wed. Mar. 6, Wayne Alan Brenner

Michael Sieben Illustrates a New Edition of 'The Wizard of Oz'

Michael Sieben's come a long way. Read More | Comment »

10:57AM Tue. Feb. 19, Wayne Alan Brenner

The Q&A Hole: Superhero Movie Redux

A few weeks ago, the question was: Why Do We Need Anymore Superhero Movies? Read More | Comment »

11:50AM Mon. Feb. 18, Wayne Alan Brenner

Crows, Frankensteins and Danger at Staple! 2013

Gather the pitchfork-carrying mob and light the torches, it's almost time for Staple! 2013. The local indie comic and media convention just announced the team behind the new Frankenstein Alive, Alive! – writer Steve Niles and industry legend Bernie Wrightson – plus The Crow creator James O'Barr as their headline guests. Read More | Comment »

7:27AM Thu. Feb. 7, Richard Whittaker

Welcome to the X-Men, David Marquez: Hope You Survive the Experience!

Call David Marquez a Marvel zombie, and he'll be pretty happy with it. In two years, he's gone from indie creator to drawing a Fantastic Four graphic novel, handling art duties on Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man, and now his three issue run on All-New X-Men begins. With the comic on shelves now, he said, "It's finally starting to feel real." Read More | Comment »

4:14PM Wed. Jan. 16, Richard Whittaker

Kickstarting Another Chapter for the 'Intergalactic Nemesis'

Facts are facts: It's not an epic science fiction pulp extravaganza if it's not a trilogy. And so Austin's own live-action graphic novel The Intergalactic Nemesis is revving its engines for the third and closing installment. Read More | Comment »

1:30PM Sat. Jan. 5, Richard Whittaker

The Dirt Candy Cookbook

Vegetarian? Um … no? Read More | Comment »

12:38PM Thu. Nov. 8, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner

Wizard World: Bernie Wrightson Versus Frankenstein

Bernie Wrightson is to Frankenstein in comics what Boris Karloff was to the creator and his creature on film: Definitional. His 1983 edition, and his new sequel with Steve Niles, Frankenstein, Alive, Alive!, revisits the age of mystery and terror. Read More | Comment »

12:49PM Sat. Oct. 27, 2012

Building Hive Stories: Ware Burns Bright and Burns' Bright Wares

I mean, come on. Read More | Comment »

1:17PM Wed. Oct. 24, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner

King City Catmaster Launches 'Multiple Warheads' in the ATX

From Multiple Warheads, I don't yet know. Read More | Comment »

12:52PM Wed. Oct. 24, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner

Sammy and Jonny and Russell and You

Oh, good grief. Read More | Comment »

12:45PM Wed. Oct. 24, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner

Comics? Sequential Art? Literature for Your Visual Cortex?

Uh oh. Read More | Comment »

11:38AM Tue. Oct. 2, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner

Mars Attacks!

Of course, that neighborly red planet ain't doing a thing but quietly circling the same G-type star we do. Read More | Comment »

8:29AM Tue. Oct. 2, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner

More Tesla Than You Can Shake an Electric Pigeon At

Nikola Tesla's star is, y'might say, ascendant. Read More | Comment »

2:48PM Fri. Sep. 7, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner

There's This 35-Year-Old Who's Totally Into Graphic Novels …

As of this weekend, the popular and critically acclaimed purveyor of power and pulchritude has been around for three and a half decades. Read More | Comment »

2:40PM Thu. Aug. 30, 2012, Wayne Alan Brenner

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