Graphic Novels and Comics

Daycare Firestarter Jessica Tata on List of DA's Cases Under Review for Potential Exculpatory Evidence

The criminal conviction of Jessica Tata, who owned the daycare where four children burned to death in 2011 is among more than 120 cases under review for possible exculpatory evidence, according to a letter the Harris County District Attorney's Office sent to criminal defense lawyers this week, in co ... More >>

It Came From the Bowery: Punk Magazine Returns

The Best of Punk Magazine Edited by John Holstrom It Books. 372 pp., $30. While the thought of a hardcover, slick-papered, coffee-table book anthologizing the decidedly low-rent, ragtag Punk magazine might seem the antithesis of punk, even a curmudgeon like Johnny Rotten would have to spit a gob in ... More >>

Space City Con

''Comics: Works from the Collection of Robert Boyd''

Inprint Margarett Root Brown Reading Series: Jonathan Lethem and John Jeremiah Sullivan

Who Will Be DC Comics' First Gay Superhero? Our Top Six Picks

People everywhere with not much going on in their lives are all atwitter over the news that a DC Comics superhero is coming out of the supercloset in June. That's right: someone who wears skin-tight clothing and very likely a cape will reveal to a stunned world that they are, in fact, gay. But who w ... More >>

Sproing! 10 Musicians Who Should Have Their Own Comic Books

Ahhh, comic books! A place where you can escape into another realm. Most artists have somewhat cartoonish onstage personalities, but some have so much that they deserve their own comic book or graphic novel. Like these.

Only at the Alamo: The Avengers Marathon

Comment of the Day: Defending the Man Who Invented Sadie Hawkins Day

We have some great commenters here on Hair Balls, and it's time we paid some damn attention to them. So we'll be highlighting a Comment of the Day each morning, from the previous day's work. Maybe two comments, even. This will all be determined by a highly rigorous scientific formula involving wit ... More >>

Free for All: Art Without a Price Tag

We've got our weekend figured out and it's filled with everything from Olympic runners to e-books to comics. On Friday, we'll be at "and everything in between," the latest exhibition of Curtis Gannon's artwork. The show, at the Spacetaker ARC Gallery, is a collection of new works by Gannon, featurin ... More >>

Oni-Con 2011

Roky Erickson

Gothic Council Debates Best Comic Book Character

​Gothtopia has been tapped to be the eyes and ears of the Houston Press at Comicpalooza. Considering that the first thing that gets put up whenever we move to a new apartment is a limited-edition poster advertising Sandman: Brief Lives - which by the way hangs over a small bookshelf dedicated ... More >>

Gothic Council Debates Possible Sandman TV Series

​Now that we've finally seen something as difficult as Alan Moore's Watchmen turned into a decent, if not groundbreaking, film, the question on many comic fans' minds is whether or not the long-awaited adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Sandman may finally happen. The past month has been a slew of c ... More >>

David Axe, War Reporter, Thinks That "War Is Boring"

WarIsBoring.comDavid Axe, avatar.​David Axe, a 32-year-old freelance journalist who's garnered recognition for his Danger Room blog in Wired, started reporting on wars seven years ago. At first, he expected to be overcome by a steady stream of patriotic and adrenaline-fueled fervor. But after ... More >>

Dog Sees God: Confessions of a Teenaged Blockhead

Cathy Comic Ending, Creating Crisis In Refrigerator-Magnet Industry

Oh no, bikini season is around the corner!!​Cathy Guisewite has announced she will no longer be doing the comic strip Cathy. Yes, the comic strip Cathy was still around. There are several horrifying ramifications from this announcement: 1. Refrigerator doors of certain types of single women acro ... More >>

"American Women"

It's ladies night - and day - at the Aerosol Warfare gallery

Rocks Off's Rodeo Concert Guide: Larry Harry Barry Terry Gary Allan

Date: March 17 Name: Gary Allan AKA: "The Media Assassin"...sorry, that's Harry Allen Genre: Latter Day country Best Known Song(s): "Man to Man," "Nothing On But the Radio," "If You Don't Know Me By Now" Key Demographic: Dallas Cowboys fans (sorry, that's

The Boondock Saints 10th Anniversary

A decade later, the blood splatters just fine

"Friends"

Tim Kerr invites some respected peers to join him at Domy

The Artist’s Eye: Christopher Sperandio

Web exclusive!

Amanda Palmer

Raymond Benson and Alan J. Porter

Web exclusive!

Mat Johnson

A University of Houston faculty member reads and discusses his graphic novels

Zydecowboys

Allons danser at Jax Grill's Zydeco Night

Sneaker Summit

Come and kick it with some sneaker heads

Unsuper Heroes

Super Savior?

I See Hawks in L.A.

Friday, June 9, at the Continental Club, 3700 Main, 713-529-9899

Birth of a Klansman

A local artist sets out to "Bum Rush" history

Hot Ass Art

Feast your eyes on a well-hung DiverseWorks show

Best Comic Book Store

Best Comic Book Store

Bedrock City

Still Smilin'?

Part Disney, part Barnum, the man who saved comics is all Stan Lee

Flame On

Out of financial and creative bankruptcy, Marvel Comics is mighty once more

Totally Bizarro

Can superheroes and alternative comic authors really get along?

Custody Battle

Marvel Comics isn't going to give up Captain America without a fight

Cough It Up

The man who created Josie and the Pussycats can't understand why his girls don't belong to him

Dream Weaver

Sandman author Neil Gaiman finds magic in the damnedest place

Fatman and slobbin'

DC Comics places its superheroes in the RealWorlds

Poster Points