It's Free Comic Book Day

The where, what and how of comic collectors' favorite Saturday

"...Every comic fan knows to put the first Saturday in May..."

May 5, 2012 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

The Tangled Web of David Marquez

Local artist takes over 'Ultimate Comics: Spider-Man'

"...what uncle Ben told Peter Parker, and now local comic artist David Marquez has the responsibility of seeing Miles..."

April 4, 2012 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Madame Web

The Spidey-adjacent Madame Web isn't just bad, it's boring

"...meme-ification. A car crash would be more interesting. Madame Web is a fender bender – nothing calamitous, just a..."

Feb. 16, 2024 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

SXSW 2002 Web Awards

This year's Earl Award winners

"...and sounds are lost fragments, daily accreting on the Web, each part containing the pattern of the whole. Thinkcollective..."

March 15, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

SXSW 2002 Web Awards

This year's Earl Award winners

"...and sounds are lost fragments, daily accreting on the Web, each part containing the pattern of the whole. Thinkcollective..."

March 8, 2002 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Puns, Pigs, and Puppets in Austin Web Series Buckle Up

Ridesharin' dirty with writer Andy Silverman

"...Thankfully the new web series Buckle Up isn't a taxi version of the..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Screens Feature by Dan Gentile

A Comic-Book Sidekick of Your Very Own?

Without ever having to wear a single bit of Spandex

"...Brandon Zuern, the affable manager at Austin Books & Comics and its tony pop-art twin Guzu Gallery, says there's..."

July 5, 2012 Books Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Free Comic Book Day: Hey kids! Free books with words and pictures!

Free Comic Book Day, which began with the opening of the first Spider-Man film, has been so successful for the comics industry that it's still here for Spidey's second sequel

"...Free Comic Book Day turns 6 this Saturday, May 5. The..."

May 4, 2007 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Wizard World Austin Comic Con 2014

"...Wizard World Austin Comic Con 2014. For more, see "The New Nerddom"...."

Oct. 7, 2014 Photo Gallery

The Comics (Artist) Panel

Five Austinites on the state of the sequential art, from comics to comix to manga and beyond

"...Austin has a pedigree of comic-book artists to make any bullpen on any coast nervous...."

Dec. 22, 2006 Arts Feature by Joey Seiler

Man and Myth

Comic-book artist Dean Haspiel set to attend Staple! Independent Media Expo

"...third annual Staple! Independent Media Expo – our town's comic-book and zine shindig – will take place at the..."

March 2, 2007 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Mining Laughs From Questions, Comments, and Concerns

Austin filmmakers get into the online act with the Web series Call Center

"...23-year-old Austin filmmaker Reagan Peterson, speaking about his 13-episode, Web-based series Call Center. It's part of a movement that,..."

Feb. 12, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Rise of the Valkyrie

Kate Leth talks women in comics and fake geek girl phobia

"...Comic readers exploded in fury this week when podcaster Craig..."

May 26, 2014 Books Post

Shooting War

Shooting War, writer Anthony Lappé and illustrator Dan Goldman's glossy, all-color graphic novel, is a political satire focused on the business of corrupt journalism, wars on terror, and networks shaking hands with governments

"...instigated on false pretenses – is familiar. In the comic-book creators' eerie vision of life in America, the future..."

Nov. 23, 2007 Books Review by Sofia Resnick

Pages And Pages of Free Comics

Flicking through this year's Free Comic Book Day comics

"...What is Free Comic Book Day? Imagine record store day, but for comics...."

May 5, 2011 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

STAPLE! Austin

March 3, 2014. 11 photos.

"...All-Ages comic panel at Staple 2014..."

March 3, 2014 Photo Gallery

'Idol' Hands

Comic art contest kept Austin's John Rubio drawing furiously for a month

"...With reality-show competitions for wannabe pop stars, stand-up comics, and action heroes, you gotta figure there's one for..."

July 16, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

Staple! Storms Austin

Flicking through the pages of indie media

"...from the weekend.) She's the author of roller derby web comic Bonnie N. Collide. Big news since last year:..."

March 10, 2010 Books Post by Richard Whittaker

Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot

Joaquin Phoenix creates a charming warts-and-all portrait of cartoonist John Callahan

"...Gordon, Tony Greenhand, Ronnie Adrian, Udo Kier and Mark Webber...."

July 20, 2018 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

The End of the Line?

As print media money dries up, political cartoonists look to the web

"...old art form, long predating its cousins: the American comic strip (which dates back to the 1890s) and the..."

July 13, 2012 Screens Feature by Dan Solomon

Mutant Genius

Greg Falcon makes very funny "fanimutation" -- animation in the style of "Web celeb" Neil Cicierega, some kid from the 'burbs who also happens to be very funny.

"...as easily be utterly meaningless. It's one of those Web phenomena you know either all or nothing about...."

Jan. 25, 2002 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Wizardly Way

Human Centipede, Abe Sapien and more speak at Austin Comic Con

"...Seems like last weekend's Wizard World Austin Comic Con was enough of a success that the organizers..."

Nov. 18, 2010 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Here Comes Mr. Achewood

Chris Onstad tours with his Great Outdoor Fight book

"...How do you describe Chris Onstad's Web comic, Achewood, to someone who's unfamiliar with it? A..."

Dec. 5, 2008 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Savlov's Criticism Multifaceted

"...Editor, As a founding member of Sequential Tart, a web-comic writer, a manga adaptor/editor, and a comic-book writer, I..."

July 26, 2008 Postmarks

The Last Laugh

Remembering the late underground comic Mitch Hedberg

"...Jeff Spicoli: Slow Times at Hedberg High. (Notably, the comic had small roles in two semiclassic laid-back cinematics: Lords..."

Oct. 9, 2009 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Wrapped in Plastic

'Once You Leave' web series

"...Minutes into the first episode of Austin award-winning web series Once You Leave, lead character Kayla Marshall (Kayla..."

Sept. 28, 2012 Screens Feature by Brandon Watson

Breezy Reads

Stuff your stockings and top your toilets with these just-for-fun picks

"...Check out our favorite books for the cat ladies, comic lovers, and college kids on your list, and just..."

Dec. 6, 2013 Arts Feature by Monica Riese

'Don't Let It Get Weird'

SXSW Comedy bits: Maron offends Franco, Adomian in your face

"...balanced by at least one notable instance of a comic going out of his way to be nice to..."

March 11, 2013 Arts Post by Russ Espinoza

The Cool Keeps On

Fourteen years after AICN woke up the Web, three Austin film sites carry on the tradition

"...errant dolly loaded with hundreds of pounds of four-color comics, rare cinematic one-sheets, and fanboy ephemera over Harry Knowles'..."

June 18, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

An Evening With Chlane at ColdTowne Theater

In a light, enjoyable sketch show, comic couple Chloe and Lane Ingram show the cost to intimacy with just one person over others

"...would watch these two on their own sitcom or web series. But since that's not an option, you'd better..."

June 21, 2019 Arts Review by Laura Jones

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