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"...sounds most like a character from a Richie Rich comic ["Dancing About Architecture," Dec. 24 , 1999]," I would..."

Dec. 31, 1999 Column

The Blair Witch Project

Something wicked in the woods in this eagerly-awaited horror.

"...in doom's lair like hapless insects in a spider's web. From the most basic of concepts -- don't go..."

July 16, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

TV Eye

The geeks shall inherit the earth? They'll certainly rule San Diego this weekend.

"...Ah, to be a comic-book geek with an all-access pass to Comic-Con International 2008..."

July 25, 2008 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Graffiti on the Superhighway

The digital age has ushered a new era in visual art, with the Internet offering artists a new medium for the creation of art, an infinite space to display their work, and a marketing tool. But with this expansion of creative opportunities come sticky questions of ownership and the communal experience of art.

"...of AMODA, and his staff after they viewed Tarbell's Web site, www.levitated.net. Levitated fit AMODA's criterion for a Web..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Arts Feature by Rob Curran

The Information Dirt Road

Marketing Your Band on the Net

"...Sounding like the name of a comic book international espionage ring, the World Wide Web is..."

July 14, 1995 Music Feature by Ken Lieck

Page Two: Film Vault

With Hellboy II, Guillermo del Toro makes the leap from mere great director to cinematic superhero

"...Hellboy II: The Golden Army opens. Having been a comic-book collector and fan since I was very young, as..."

July 11, 2008 Column by Louis Black

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"...over the Internet from AirAmerica.com or from other stations' Web sites. I live in Austin, but I stream the..."

March 24, 2006 Column

The Joke's on Bush

Newspaper cartoonist Dan Piraro launches a national stand-up tour, Bizarro's PolitiComedy-A-Go-Go, starring a "quartet of liberal wisenheimers" cracking wise about election-year issues, this week in Austin

"...from tour mastermind Dan Piraro, creator of the newspaper comic Bizarro (seen in the Austin American-Statesman funny pages, sandwiched..."

April 9, 2004 Arts Feature by Robert Faires

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Mueller Will Gentrify

"...Dallas Support Your Local Comic..."

March 5, 1999 Column

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"...fatalities and the film has adopted a kind of comic-book logic, humor, and vitality. El Mariachi's mythic status has..."

Sept. 8, 1995 News Feature

Bow to the Grandmaster, Austin’s Best New Act Winner

11-piece group talks supergroups, self-mythology, and their “more than a band” family unit

"...(videography, editing), Nick Dow (guitar), and Quinn Decker (percussion, web design) – have captivated local audiences with this theatrical..."

Feb. 28, 2025 Music Feature by Catalina Perez

Divya Srinivasan Is Living
the Dream of Art

The multimedia creator's work wakes a world's imagination

"...– who'd started out in the early Nineties doing comic strips for The Daily Texan – has been trucking..."

Jan. 18, 2013 Screens Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Great Scott!

Edgar Wright and his Scott Pilgrim cast touch down in Austin

"...It's also a generational high-water mark, the first true comic-book movie that doesn't feel as though it's been bastardized..."

Aug. 20, 2010 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Ladee Leroy

You and I may not share those things we keep deep inside, but Ladee Leroy will make you awfully glad that Lee Eddy does

"...years, she's been writing about these things on the Web. And now she's talking about them on the stage,..."

June 11, 2004 Arts Review by Robert Faires

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"...Nov. 9], and make them available only on your Web site. Also, as of this writing (Monday morning) they..."

Nov. 16, 2001 Column

Girl, Upgraded

According to the 1999 Interactive Digital Software Report (IDSA), the majority of people playing computer games are older than 18, and 38% percent of the people most frequently playing computer games are women. Boy, have things change

"...to survive. And just as children's literature and great comic books can get kids to read, computer games provide..."

Dec. 17, 1999 Screens Feature by Sarah Hepola

The Great Feckin' Depression of Seamus O'Doherty

Th' dark-eyed Dubliner & his ginger mog: Captured by Austin's Izzi Ross

"...Seamus and Abbie, the first hardcover collection of the webcomic series by Austin’s Izzi Ross...."

June 12, 2019 Arts Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Graphic Diversity

This year's Staple! expo spotlights women in comics, and local creator E.K. Weaver explains why

"...inked feminine independence in national magazines, and though the comics world is still largely a guys' club, the numbers..."

March 6, 2015 Arts Feature by Jessi Cape

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"...each serves an important role in realizing Wolodarsky's darkly comic world view, and all turn in solid work. Speaking..."

Oct. 20, 1995 News Feature

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"...sometimes dances dangerously close to camp, an oddly touching comic sense - like the scene in which Van Helsing..."

Sept. 29, 1995 News Feature

Comics Writer Donny Cates Casts Spells on Doctor Strange

Marvel's Sorcerer Supreme and big bad Thanos get a local scribe

"...Cates was one of the hottest writers in independent comics. This week sees his first issue writing one of..."

Nov. 17, 2017 Arts Feature by Richard Whittaker

Friggin' Genius

SXSW Film announces feature film lineup

"...Vaughn A twisted, funny, high-octane adventure, based on the comic written by Mark Millar and John S. Romita, Jr...."

Feb. 4, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Collating the Underexposed

Chris Nicholas and Austin's STAPLE! Independent Media Expo

"...Got a comic book that's just itching for some attention, something beyond..."

March 4, 2005 Books Feature by Wayne Alan Brenner

Casting the Net

"...that end, Austin-based InterneTV, http://www.internetv.com, the first of the Web-based Netcasters, is on the move, beefing up its original..."

June 18, 1999 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

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"...as anything I've seen in a long time. This comically told story focuses on the life of Jade Li..."

Oct. 13, 1995 News Feature

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"...with this film in her unheralded debut as a comic actress. She exposes a natural talent for comedy and..."

Oct. 6, 1995 News Feature

Crucial Concerts for the Coming Week

Black Fund Awards, a Moon Mullican tribute, S.G. Goodman, and more recommended live shows

"..."I've been making my friends uncomfortable at parties for..."

Feb. 24, 2023 Music Column by Doug Freeman

SXSW Film Announces 2015 Lineup

Circling the Thunderdome

"...Margaret Hollyman, Josephine Decker, Louis Cancelmi, Grace Gonglewski, Nicholas Webber, Caridad de la Luz (World Premiere)..."

Feb. 3, 2015 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Cartoon Networking

Locals finding success at SuperDeluxe.com

"...online comedy upload site SuperDeluxe.com, which debuted on the Web this past December with not only the Austin-based Neely..."

July 20, 2007 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Intolerable Cruelty

The Coen brothers tackle a comedy of manners and come out winners.

"...about the plot, except that it spins a convoluted web involving a giant poodle, barbecue sauce, Caesar’s Palace, and..."

Oct. 10, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

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