My Summer of Love

This ripe and symbolically drenched coming-of-age story nevertheless pleases due to its rare emotional honesty and the delightful performances of two young newcomers.

"...initially comes into view on the back of a horse. It's summertime in the Yorkshire countryside when these two..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Who Killed Jim and Tina?

Why has the murder of two people in Kyle, Texas, eight months ago not led to a single arrest?

"...him would never meet. "I wouldn't call it a dark side," offered Eggert. "He just wasn't so free about..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Feature by Chase Hoffberger

Star Wars Day: Happy May the Fourth, And a Very Merry Revenge of the Fifth

One man's 35 year trip to a galaxy far, far away

"...Understandable, predictable, but still saddening. Some losses are proven: Dark Horse's comics have often been stellar (pick up any..."

May 4, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Pages And Pages of Free Comics

Flicking through this year's Free Comic Book Day comics

"...Darkwing Duck/Chip and Dale: Rescue Rangers (Kaboom): Straight from the..."

May 5, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Faster

Dwayne Johnson is an ex-con out to avenge his brother's death and Billy Bob Thornton is the junkie cop on his tail.

"...involved, including Thornton, playing the junkie cop with a dark secret on Driver's tail. Thornton is a savvy casting..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hidalgo

Old-time adventure in which both man and steed look good.

"...reminds us of a saddle-savvy Indiana Jones with his dark, rugged features and long leather duster. The script, by..."

March 5, 2004 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Comic Creator Spotlight on Monica T. Gallagher: "There Are Different Genres Within Comics, It's Not Just One Genre"

For Free Comic Book Day we chat with Austin's sequential standouts

"...Currently working on: The Black Ghost (Dark Horse); Can I Pet Your Werewolf? (Kickstarter)..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Hands of Stone

Robert De Niro returns to the ring in this Roberto Durán biopic

"...template, 1980’s Raging Bull. Sure, there’s Rocky, The Fighter, dark horse Girlfight; but no film has provided a blueprint..."

Aug. 26, 2016 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

The Hell of It

Mike Mignola on returning to Hellboy

"...Then he wrote and drew a four-issue miniseries for Dark Horse, and he became a colossus of horror comics...."

Sept. 19, 2014 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Second verse, much the same as the first: The Games may have changed but Katniss Everdeen is still our favorite pawn.

"...(deliciously unhinged and – calling it now – a dark horse Supporting Actress nominee). Director Francis Lawrence is part..."

Nov. 22, 2013 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Free Comic Book Day: Picking Through The Shelves

The annual graphic giveaway is this weekend, so what should you pick up?

"...fans are pretty angry that Disney will be cancelling Dark Horse's contract to produce Star Wars comics, so the..."

May 3, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Five Graphic Novel Recommendations

No powers: Just ordinary people as fucked up as most of us – more or less.

"...Father's Eyes by Mary M. Talbot and Bryan Talbot Dark Horse Press; hardcover, 92pp. $14.99 www.darkhorse.com I always expect..."

June 8, 2012 Chronolog Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

A Movie-able Feast

Exploring Toronto's cinematic menu

"...study of a divorcing couple, and Agnieszka Holland's In Darkness, which finds the director of Europa Europa deftly orchestrating..."

Sept. 23, 2011 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Dylan Dog: Dead of Night

Brandon Routh stars as this film's titular paranormal investigator.

"...were (finally!) translated and released in the U.S. by Dark Horse Comics, paranormal private eye Dylan Dog (Routh) goes..."

May 6, 2011 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Hellboy II: The Golden Army

Guillermo del Toro's Hellboy II is the most splendidly imaginative and creatively uncorked piece of fantastic cinema since his Pan's Labyrinth netted an Oscar trifecta in 2007.

"...and appeal that was rarely present in Mignola's original Dark Horse comic books. Crammed to bursting as it is..."

July 11, 2008 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

College Road Trip

Raven-Symoné co-stars with Martin Lawrence in this mugging comedy, which also makes room for Donny Osmond.

"...It’s a dead heat between the two, with the dark-horse winner being a supporting player whose idea of being..."

March 14, 2008 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Alice in Sunderland

In this epic tale, writer/artist Bryan Talbot draws on centuries of European history and graphic storytelling

"...Dark Horse, 319 pp., $29.95 In this epic tale, writer/artist..."

June 1, 2007 Books Review by Rick Klaw

The Besnard Lakes

"...The Besnard Lakes Are the Dark Horse (Jagjaguwar)..."

March 16, 2007 Music Review by Darcie Stevens

Page Two: Loss Upon Loss

Legendary cartoonist, historian, and Texan Jack Jackson passes on

"...Joe R. Lansdale, did Dead in the West for Dark Horse...."

June 16, 2006 Column by Louis Black

Revenge of the Return of the Son of the Graphics Giveaway Begins!

If Scrooge McDuck, Bruce Wayne, and Veronica Lodge are giving away millions, it can only be Free Comic Book Day, Part IV

"...of the Sith, by Miles Lane and Nicola Scott (Dark Horse Comics)..."

May 6, 2005 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Hellboy

Cult comic book hero makes the transition to screen with much, but not all, of his charm intact.

"...from del Toro’s extreme (and extremely well-documented) fondness for Dark Horse Comics’ Hellboy series, which played out differently in..."

April 2, 2004 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Free Comics

"...participating publishers have specified what they will be. But Dark Horse, DC, Image, and Marvel are all producing special..."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Robert Faires

Dancing About Architecture

That was the week that was in the Live Music Capital…

"...Denberg, who attended the last stop on Harrison's 1974 Dark Horse tour (his sole U.S. jaunt, which started in..."

Dec. 7, 2001 Music Column by Ken Lieck

The Commissioner Has Left the Building

Johnny Torrez was one of the first Austin comics to work on a professional level, and every local comic who ever made a living in the business credits the self-proclaimed "Commissioner of Comedy" as an early influence and inspiration. On Valentine's Day, the Commissioner died. Here's how he is remembered.

"...that night. Johnny kept saying to me, 'You're the dark horse, bro. Everybody loves a dark horse.' We didn't..."

Feb. 23, 2001 Arts Feature by J. C. Shakespeare

Virus

"...script by ex-SEAL Chuck Pfarrer (who also created the Dark Horse comic on which the film is based), does..."

Jan. 22, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Best of Print 1995

Words: Printed, Spoken, and Painted

"...* Borderlands: Texas Poetry Review 7. Dark, dark, dark. Cuddle up and get drunk on a..."

Jan. 5, 1996 Books Feature

Coach's Corner

"...5:00, I'm soothed and comforted to see it's getting dark. Dark means it's time to go home. Dark means..."

April 9, 1999 Column by Andy "Coach" Cotton

Hoping for Normalcy, Leo Rondeau’s Back in the Honky-Tonks

Ex-Austin country singer returns for a month at Sam’s Town Point

"...of 2021, under the red lights of the White Horse stage and Leo Rondeau’s got 150 people twirling, stepping,..."

Jan. 14, 2022 Music Post by Kevin Curtin

Live Music This Weekend, Aug. 18-20

Soundtracking this weekend’s sweat-fests

"...local sextet rose from a residency at the White Horse to become two-step ambassadors across the nation, exporting a..."

Aug. 18, 2017 Music Post by James Renovitch

The AggreGAYtor: October 10

What happened today in gay? Here's your QILTBAG recap of queer news.

"...a big neigh, as your AggreGAYtor whinnies away the dark...."

Oct. 10, 2013 Qmmunity Post

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