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Made in SA: First Storm Manga

While attending Mizuumi-Con 3 at Our Lady of the Lake University, I was attracted to the First Storm Manga table to ogle at their art and comic samples on display. Attending the con with an eight-year-old doesn’t leave a lot of time for jawboning so I had unanswered questions about FSM…questions I knew Missions Unknown [Read it all...]

Carlos Pina Wins The Gold Kahuna!

Carlos Pina's "Blood Rivals" sucks up the Gold Kahuna Award

Carlos Pina took his vampire movie Blood Rivals: Santos El Vampiro to the Honolulu Film Festival to go head-to-head against some heavy hitters with big budgets. That didn’t stop the plucky film from Haunted House Studios from bringing home the coveted Gold [Read it all...]

Made In SA: Jason Limon

COLONY. Acrylic on canvas, 18" x 24". ©2009 Jason Limon. Used w/ permission of the artist.

JASON LIMON is a painter and one of San Antonio’s best-kept secrets. Personally, I think he’s so secret that even his own town doesn’t know about his paintings. On the international art circuit, it’s a different story though. He’s [Read it all...]

Made in SA: Gordon Wise and Nightmare on Grayson

Nightmare on Grayson's Gordon Wise…and friends

For twenty years now, there’s been one address for Halloween horror in San Antonio — 201 East Grayson Street. Not that you need to be told, if you live in this town, but that’s the home of Nightmare on Grayson, San Antonio’s longest-running, and still the best, haunted house. Director [Read it all...]

Made in SA: Alfonso Emiliano and Headsplosions at SAL

The SAL Film Festival is presenting a showcase of some of the best San Antonio filmmakers! Missions Unknown has an exclusive sneak peek at Alfonso Emiliano’s SciFi short Delirium, one of many fine films being shown Saturday at the Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes with screenings at 1:00 pm and 7:00 pm. The rest of the lineup looks [Read it all...]

Made in SA: Frank Zieglar

Frank Zieglar at work on KiDD AND GEEZER

Frank Zieglar is the mastermind behind KiDD AND GEEZER, a humorous Web Comic produced right here in the Mission City. The strip is about when an old Geezer provides room and board for a college Kidd…The Generation Gap is Guaranteed! Zieglar has been producing the strip on [Read it all...]

Made in SA: Film Classics Productions

Dr. "S" Battles the Sex Crazed Reefer Zombies Poster

Your best chance to see Doctor “S” Battles the Sex Crazed Reefer Zombies on the big screen is Saturday, August 29, at the Alamo Drafthouse Westlakes as part of the San Antonio Horrific Film Fest. Movies are showing continuously from noon until midnight, with Dr. “S” [Read it all...]

Made in SA: Lea Hernandez

Comic artist and writer Lea Hernandez

LEA HERNANDEZ is a San Antonio-based comic artist and writer who works in a Japanese Manga-influenced style. She is creator of RUMBLE GIRLS and co-creator, along with GAIL SIMONE, of KILLER PRINCESSES. She has also worked for MARVEL and DC COMICS and was the original editor of GIRLAMATIC.COM. In [Read it all...]

Made in SA: Jonathan Joss has the specs on the big screen Jonah Hex

Johnathan Joss: There's a little John Redcorn in all of us.

Jonathan Joss is an actor and musician who recently moved back to San Antonio from L.A. A graduate of McCollum High School and Our Lady of the Lake University, Joss has racked up an impressive list of small-screen credits, most often playing Native American [Read it all...]

Made In SA: Dave Henkin

SAN JAPAN'S MAN WITH A PLAN: Dave Henkin means business.

DAVE HENKIN is not one of us. He’s not a San Antonio guy. So why is he being profiled for “Made In SA”? Quite frankly, because in two short years, Dave has become one of the key shapers of San Antonio’s genre scene. He’s making [Read it all...]