There are coffee table books, and there are glittering behemoths, good behemoths, that happen to be book-shaped. Comic Book Tattoo, an anthology of standalone comics inspired by Tori Amos lyrics, comes alive in almost 500 pages of startlingly unique tales from over 80 different writers and illustrators. They provide a staggering artistic range – one moment you’re immersed in an oil painting, the next a photo realistic poem, then suddenly you’re smack in the middle of a stark black-white-red cityscape before emerging out of a bright cartoon....

Tenacious D in 'The Pick of Destiny' Marquee Screenings Screening Info: 7:45pm October 26th at Paramount Regional Premiere. The legend of the fabled "Pick of Destiny" infuses every page of rock history. This is no ordinary pick, my friends, its sheer power could shake the pillars of Algernon. It is a thing of lore . . . a thing of magic. Since the dark ages, this supernatural pick has been passed down through many......

It looks like ex-Austinite and popular horror/fantasy director Guillermo del Toro is set to produce a film adaptation of the cult DC Comics fave Deadman for Warner Brothers. Deadman is the story of a slain circus acrobat who is given the ability to possess the still-living so he can avenge his own death - only it turns out that while he’s possessing people, he has to help them out with their earthly problems (where are......

This is a new post by one of our new writers, Elizabeth... We've noticed from the handy-dandy BookPeople calendar to the right side of the main page here that Mr. Neil Gaiman is going to be in town Monday night to sign copies of his new book, Anansi Boys. We pre-ordered his new book, got it yesterday, and haven't cracked the spine yet. We have no doubt it will be as strange, darkly humorous......