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Artist Freddy Lopez Profiled in San Antonio Express-News

Alfredo "Freddy" Lopez, Jr. in his studio Photo: JERRY LARA / SAN ANTONIO EXPRESS-NEWS

Sunday’s edition of the San Antonio Express-News featured an excellent profile of up-and-coming comics and fantasy artist Alfredo “Freddy” Lopez, Jr. The article From fanboy to fantastic – Comic artist Alfredo Lopez Jr. opening eyes around town for the depth [Read it all...]

Express-News: Artistic alchemy by John Picacio

John Picacio in front of his illustration of Elric. LISA KRANTZ / EXPRESS-NEWS

The San Antonio Express-News ran a long feature on artist John Picacio Sunday. Picacio was interviewed by the EN staff writer and Geek Speak blogger extraordinaire René Guzman. The story was in two parts. The first, entitled “Artistic alchemy by John [Read it all...]

MySA.com: Roy Bragg Listens to FilkMySA.com: Roy Bragg Listens to Filk

If you didn’t catch last Sunday’s San Antonio Express-News, you missed Roy Bragg‘s feature on Filk, SF folk music featured at many conventions. Bragg went to the recent ApolloCon in Houston and clearly spent a lot of time listening to and enjoying this staple of con culture. Here’s an excerpt:

A filk song [Read it all...]

Guzman Geek Speaks with Comic Legend Joe KubertGuzman Geek Speaks with Comic Legend Joe Kubert

If you were flipping through the San Antonio Express-News the other day, you might have seen Rene Guzman’s interview with legendary comic book artist Joe Kubert about his new graphic novel Dong Xoai, Vietnam 1965 from DC Comics. Now in his eighties, Kubert has been working in the comics field since he was ten or [Read it all...]

MySA.com: Riordan Awakens Old Egyptian GodsMySA.com: Riordan Awakens Old Egyptian Gods

Ahead of the release of the first book in his new series, Steve Bennett at the San Antonio Express-news ran an interview with Rick Riordan Sunday. This series, the follow-up to his wildly popular Percy Jackson and the Olympians books, has an Egyptian theme and is aimed at readers from 9 to 12 years old. [Read it all...]

Chris Quinn: Star Wars in Slow Motion via TwitterChris Quinn: Star Wars in Slow Motion via Twitter

Follow ChrisQuinnSA on Twitter for short, sharp doses of Star Wars

I remember as a kid when Star Wars (yes, the original one) came out and we could not get enough of it. My brother had an audio cassette (like an MP3 download only more plastic and rectangular) that was basically a radio-style dramatization [Read it all...]

Clack Spins Tale of the Dragon and the Deceitful WizardClack Spins Tale of the Dragon and the Deceitful Wizard

What is the Future of Energy in SA? (Image from CPS Energy)

San Antonio Express-News columnist Cary Clack spun a fantasy allegory this weekend, transposing San Antonio’s recent CPS Energy/Nuclear debacle into a tale of a deceitful wizard and a dangerous and costly dragon. Take a moment and read And the moral of this [Read it all...]