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Diane Obomsawin’s 'On Loving Women'
Love. It’s something all people have in common.
Daily Books: Graphic Novels
6:30PM Wed. Apr. 23, 2014,
Even If You Think You Wouldn't Like A Comic Book Called 'Monsters!'
Listen: This new book's humor is more gut-busting than a punch in the belly from the fist of Gojira.
3:00PM Wed. Feb. 5, 2014, Wayne Alan Brenner
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Presidential Losers on Parade!
Looks like we do still have Dick Nixon to kick around some more, after all.
3:10PM Fri. Jan. 24, 2014, Wayne Alan Brenner
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Staple! Lives!
Comic fans and connoisseurs of the graphic arts, start filling your 2014 calendar. Austin's own indie media expo Staple! just announced a local mainstay and two rising talents of the alternative circuit as their guest list headliners. Expect undead Archie, time-stopping titillation and supervillains in braces.
7:00AM Tue. Dec. 3, 2013, Richard Whittaker
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Paul Pope's Battling Boy Is a Young God Among Men
Who doesn't need another hero when they're besieged by monsters and the former champion of humanity has been 86'd by dire machination?
2:00PM Wed. Oct. 30, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner
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Movie Stills Remade as Watercolors?
Classic movie titles and narrative moments frozen from the fleet sequence of frames, captured in deep black and gray watercolors by Canadian artist and graphic novelist Leanne Shapton.
2:30PM Mon. Oct. 14, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner
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Captains on Deck at Wizard World
When Wizard World Austin Comic Con beams into town next month, there could be a power struggle over who gets the captain's chair. Two former captains of the USS Enterprise, Scott Bakula and William Shatner, will be exploring strange new worlds. Well, the Austin Convention Center.
10:00AM Wed. Oct. 9, 2013, Richard Whittaker
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The Boxer Rebellion Gets Yang'd But Good
There's the ghost of the first emperor of all China, Qin Shi Huang, in full warrior gear. There's the spirit of St. Joan, Joan of Arc, bright with battle armor. And both of these are only the inspirations for the main characters – Little Bao and Vibiana, respectively – in this new graphic novel just out from publishing powerhouse First Second Books.
4:30PM Mon. Sep. 23, 2013, Wayne Alan Brenner
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Donny Cates Is No 'Buzzkill'
Superman is powered by sunlight. Wolverine has his mutant genes. For Ruben, the hero of Buzzkill, by Austin-based comic writer Donny Cates and Toadies drummer Mark "Rez" Reznicek, his superpowers are activated when he gets really, really drunk.
