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Redbeard Comics honcho Austin Rogers shows off his goods. A considerable amount of San Antonio’s sf/fantasy/horror talent will be venturing north on I-35 this weekend. By our count, nearly a dozen writers, artists and organizations will represent the Alamo City at the Wizard World Austin Comic Con, which runs today through Sunday at the Austin [Read it all...]
Rhiannon Frater's Fighting to Survive brings the zombie horde to small-town Texas. Zombie fans may want to shamble over to the La Cantera Barnes & Noble store on Saturday, Nov. 5. Austin-based author Rhiannon Frater will be signing there from 2-4 p.m. to celebrate the release of Fighting to Survive (Tor Books), the second book [Read it all...]
Bet that stings: The Bad Moon Books edition of Joe McKinney's The Red Empire. San Antonio horror author Joe McKinney has scared readers with zombies and deadly disease outbreaks. Now he’s unleashing fire ants on them. A new trade paperback edition of McKinney’s The Red Empire — a novella about inch-long, super-intelligent fire ants [Read it all...] Local visual artists have a drink with Rob Perez (Center) following another successful ArtSlam! Rob Perez and his partners, Anthony Trinidad and Steve Balser, are the brains and brushes behind ArtSlam!, a bi-monthly event that invites local visual artists to create work based around a common theme while local bands and D.J.’s fuel their [Read it all...] Looking for a geeky diversion this weekend? There’s none we can suggest more highly than the 33rd annual ArmadilloCon, where variety of well-known sf, fantasy and horror writers will read works, sign books and debate weighty subjects ranging from what books belong on a college-level sf reading list and why people just can’t get [Read it all...]
Warriors of the Tao collects 16 essays of sf criticism. The new book Warriors of the Tao (Borgo/Wildside), compiled by San Antonio sf author Damien Broderick and University of Western Australia Professor Van Ikin, collects essays from SCIENCE FICTION: A Review of Speculative Literature, an Australian journal that’s been coming out since 1977. Broderick [Read it all...] Cosplayers show off their fancy duds at San Japan 2010. San Japan, South Texas’ premiere Japanese culture and anime convention, is almost upon us. The annual event, which draws thousands of attendees, will take place Aug. 5-7 at the Marriott Rivercenter Hotel. This year’s guests include a bevy of artists, voice actors, musicians and [Read it all...] |
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