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Fanboy Flix, The Fantastic Four and Marvel Artist David Marquez

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This Sunday you can meet Marvel Comics artist David Marquez and enjoy a free screening of the 1994 Fantastic Four pilot movie.

This event, sponsored by ComicBreak.com, is Sunday February 19th at the Alamo Drafthouse Stone Oak (22806 US Hwy 281, North San Antonio, TX 78258). The screening is free but you need to get a [Read it all...]

Made in SA: Novelist and comics author David LissMade in SA: Novelist and comics author David Liss

Author David Liss writes both historical thrillers and Marvel comics.

San Antonio’s David Liss has collected plenty of acclaim in literary circles for novels that interweave suspense and humor with historical accuracy and real-world economics. But lately, he’s been working on the kind of projects usually associated with genre authors.

He’s writing superhero comics [Read it all...]

Marvel offers a preview of Liss' Mystery MenMarvel offers a preview of Liss’ Mystery Men

A page from David Liss' Mystery Men.

San Antonio novelist David Liss is continuing his push into comics with a new five-part miniseries called Mystery Men. And its publisher, Marvel, has been kind enough to provide an eight-page preview.

The retro-pulpy Mystery Men spins the yarn of five 1930s vigilantes who don costumes to become [Read it all...]

Marvel Team-Up: San Antonio Spurs and the Silver SurferMarvel Team-Up: San Antonio Spurs and the Silver Surfer

This Spurs Silver Surfer T-shirt is part of a line of shirts produced by Marvel Comics and the NBA. COURTESY PHOTO

Our good friend Rene Guzman at the indispensable Geek Speak blog just showed us our first look at the new NBA/Marvel Comics crossover shirt and it is wicked cool. Marvel has partnered with [Read it all...]

Liss prowls into Atomic Comics for "Black Panther" signingLiss prowls into Atomic Comics for “Black Panther” signing

David Liss’ Black Panther stalks the rooftops of Manhattan.

San Antonio novelist David Liss will sign copies of the first issue of his on-going run of the Marvel comic Black Panther: The Man Without Fear at Atomic Comics on Wednesday, Dec. 15. The event runs from 6-8 p.m.

Liss, who’s written a string of [Read it all...]

Writer David Liss scoops up another Marvel assignment

Ka-Pow! A sample of Francesco Francavilla's art for David Liss' Black Panther series.

San Antonio author David Liss is tackling a second major assignment for Marvel Comics: re-imagining the veteran superhero Black Panther.

Marvel announced that, come December, Black Panther will assume Daredevil’s starring role in its Daredevil: Man Without Fear series with Liss [Read it all...]

David Liss goes back to school

Required reading: David Liss' The Whiskey Rebels.

Why don’t we start off the week with some news from the halls of academia?

Turns out San Antonio’s DAVID LISS, author of both historical thrillers and MARVEL COMICS’ THE PHANTOM REPORTER, has some fans on university campuses. Namely professors, who have made his books required reading [Read it all...]

Made in SA: David LissMade in SA: David Liss

San Antonio writer DAVID LISS is known primarily for historical thrillers, of which he’s written six. His novels — including A Conspiracy of Paper, The Whiskey Rebels and The Devil’s Company — have drawn critical praise, enthusiastic fans and even the coveted Edgar Award. This month, the release of DARING MYSTERY COMICS 70th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL [Read it all...]