Austin illustrator Summer Anne Burton’s first love may have been baseball – witness her Every Hall of Famer project, in which she pays tribute to the immortals of Cooperstown – but she throws a curveball in her debut comic “Hit Point.”
Burton, whom we profiled this summer, unveiled the series on the new, nicely pedigreed sports site The Classical. “Hit Point,” which will appear twice monthly, kicks off with an NBA-themed strip and our new favorite portmanteau, “basketballelujah.” Slam dunk, indeed.
This article appears in December 9 • 2011.
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A graduate of the Michener Center for Writers at the University of Texas, Kimberley has written about film, books, and pop culture for The Austin Chronicle since 2000. She was named Editor of the Chronicle in 2016; she previously served as the paper’s Managing Editor, Screens Editor, Books Editor, and proofreader. Her work has been awarded by the Association of Alternative Newsmedia for excellence in arts criticism, team reporting, and special section (Best of Austin). The Austin Alliance for Women...
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