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The Graveyard Book - A Seasonal Book Review

The Graveyard Book - A Seasonal Book Review

As Halloween approaches, autumn’s brisk air often provokes our hunger for shivers. While revisiting some of your favorite scary stories this year, consider Neil Gaiman’s The Graveyard Book. His newest endeavor, written for children (children who would no doubt play well with Wednesday Addams), relates the musings and adventures of Nobody Owens, a boy who, orphaned after the murder of his family, grows up in a graveyard, raised by ghosts from a variety of backgrounds and time periods. more ›

Hear it in the Pages: Austinist Reviews <em>Comic Book Tattoos</em>

Hear it in the Pages: Austinist Reviews Comic Book Tattoos

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. more ›

AFF Daily Schedule: Thursday

AFF Daily Schedule: Thursday

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... more ›

Guillermo del Toro to Produce <em>Deadman</em>

Guillermo del Toro to Produce Deadman

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. more ›

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