The Bourne Identity

"...high adventure, and the result is a cheerfully ridiculous superman with the looks and bearing of, well, Will Hunting...."

June 14, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Black Mask

"...the crushingly handsome Li as Simon, a biologically “modified” superman who has since broken ranks with his government-run collective..."

May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Donny Cates Is No 'Buzzkill'

Local writer collaborates with Toadies drummer for new comic

"...Superman is powered by sunlight. Wolverine has his mutant genes...."

Sept. 18, 2013 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Red, White and Forever

Comic writer Mark Waid explains the appeal of Captain America

"...Mark Waid has written just about every superhero, from Superman to his current run on Marvel's Daredevil. But it..."

July 29, 2011 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Page Two: Otto Binder Had a Vision

The great science-fiction and comic book writer already had a name for Trump back in the 1950s – Bizarro

"...did. Among his contributions to the vast universe of Superman stories was co-creating Bizarro. And right now, listening to..."

Sept. 16, 2016 Column by Louis Black

Batman the Animated Series: Volume 2 and Superman the Animated Series: Volume 1

The 1990s were a golden era for intelligent, uniquely designed superhero animation series

"...Warner Home Video, $44.98Superman – The Animated Series: Volume one..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Review by Rick Klaw

Page Two: Home Fires

Revisiting the smoking ban and the return of Otto Binder

"...appeared, National Periodical Publications (later D.C.), the publishers of Superman, sued Fawcett, claiming that the Big Red Cheese (Captain..."

Jan. 15, 2010 Column by Louis Black

Teen Titans Go! To the Movies

Forget that horrible live-action trailer – here's your real Teen Titans

"...are you constantly disrespected by superheroes and villains – Superman and Wonder Woman laugh in your face, Batman ignores..."

July 27, 2018 Movie Review by Matthew Monagle

Guggenheim on Education and Getting the Job Done

Q&A with the director of Waiting for 'Superman'

"...the director of controversial new education documentary Waiting for 'Superman,' visited Austin for an advance screening on Sept. 2...."

Oct. 15, 2010 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Comic Creator Spotlight on Evan Narcisse: “This Is Important Beyond Any Preconceived Notions About Superheroes”

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

"...First Comic: “It was this old digest collection of Superman stories. I think the theme was Superman versus magic,..."

May 5, 2023 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

DC League of Super-Pets

Fuzzy superhero antics are perfect summery kids' fare

"...gives them their own headliner movie with Johnson as Superman's best friend and Hart as up-for-adoption boxer Ace (can..."

July 29, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Let Him Go

Superman's parents get caught up in a Western noir

"...You’d be forgiven if you half-expected Superman to fly in to save the day in the..."

Nov. 6, 2020 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Local Restaurants Deliver Meals for Hospital Workers

"...Superman makes sandwiches for distribution to the hospital staff...."

April 30, 2020 Photo Gallery

Man and Superman

Shaw does go on, but Austin Shakespeare delivers a strong show with tight acting

"...Man and Superman..."

Feb. 25, 2011 Arts Review by Elizabeth Cobbe

Spider-Man

"...the kids could really identify instead of a galaxy-hopping Superman, to Steve Ditko's surreal, odd-angled panels and wild, action-crammed..."

May 10, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

July Is Crime Month: Batman Day

Holy Diamond Anniversary, Caped Crusader! Let's party!

"...the way it did with its other flagship hero, Superman, last year. (The team-up film, Batman v. Superman: Dawn..."

July 23, 2014 Books Post by Robert Faires

Tim Doyle's 'Unreal Estate II' debuts at San Francisco's Spoke Art Gallery

Where Serenity lands, the TARDIS occurs, and there's a certain Abbey …

"...preserve their intellectual property rights. Mickey Mouse – and Superman – should be public domain – because that's the..."

Feb. 8, 2013 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Page Two: Kid Eternity

A tale of teenage luck in New Jersey

"...buy some comic books. Sure, I knew Batman and Superman, but there was a title there I'd never heard..."

Nov. 20, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Hey Kids! Free Comics!

The folks who make and sell comic books are hoping that a promotional giveaway of 2 million comics after the release of the Spider-Man movie will rescue their ailing industry.

"...1939, a year after his debut in Action Comics, Superman sold 500,000 copies of that book in a month...."

May 3, 2002 Books Feature by Robert Faires

The Paramount Theatre Summer Film Classics

"...8/1 2:00Superman 4:50Superman 7:45Superman..."

June 4, 1999 Screens Feature

Author by Author

Notable Folks in Their Own Write

"...to long for his grandfather. After reading some old Superman comics, Little Diego hints that he'd like a Superman..."

May 1, 1998 Books Feature

Argylle

Bryce Dallas Howard and Sam Rockwell get into double-identity spy trouble

"...Guy Ritchie's The Man From U.N.C.L.E. reboot. The former Superman plays Argylle, a velvet-suited and high-collared throwback to the..."

Feb. 2, 2024 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Manodrome

Jesse Eisenberg is haunting as a fractured victim of MRA nonsense

Nov. 10, 2023 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

DC Features Daniel Johnston’s Artwork on Upcoming Batman Comic

Up for preorder, Austin Books & Comics offers Johnston covers on March 1

"...feature the artist’s colorful, off-kilter renditions of superheroes Batman, Superman, and one of DC’s New Gods, Orion. On March..."

Feb. 14, 2022 Music Post by Rachel Rascoe

Eternals

Marvel’s immortal heroes overstay their welcome

"...exposition depositor Sprite (McHugh). Worse still, Sersi’s old boyfriend, Superman knockoff Ikaris (Madden), is back after a few hundred..."

Nov. 5, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The Suicide Squad

James Gunn's bad guys doing good prove DC needs to get silly

"...leverage she gets to convince the man that put Superman in the ICU to lead a potentially one-way mission..."

Aug. 6, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Paramount Summer Classics Are Back!

Celebration of classic cinema with Brando, Hitchcock, and 1971

"...to fight evil, with the 1989 Batman and 1978 Superman, plus everyone's favorite bullwhip-wiedling archeologist/Nazi smasher, Dr. Indiana Jones,..."

May 19, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Wonder Woman 1984

Diana Prince stars in an all-new episode of I Love the ’80s

"...warrior. Instead, she delivered the modern DC Extended Universe’s Superman III. It’s a lumpen mass of half-ideas and glaring..."

Jan. 1, 2021 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Texas Book Festival Announces 15 Authors for 2020

Virtual fest hosting Dean Koontz, Julia Alvarez, Kevin Kwan

"...country to wake up about water with her book, Superman's Not Coming: Our National Water Crisis and What We..."

Aug. 12, 2020 Arts Post by Robert Faires

This One's for the Ladies

Documentary following Newark’s Nasty Boyz is only skin deep

"...here. I regretted the minutes spent on one dancer’s Superman fixation when another dancer’s depression – and the rare..."

June 21, 2019 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

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