Features
Phil Bacharach
Bill Maher
8 P.m. Saturday Civic Center Music Hall
201 N. Walker, 297-2264
$45-$65
Monday 20 May
OKG Newsletter
Topic: comic
‘Real Time,’ red state
Why controversial comic Bill Maher likes visiting red states most of all.
Features
Phil Bacharach
Read this
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
With “Thor” hitting theaters, it must be time for Free Comic Book Day!
Everything’s Jake
Jake Germany escaped his hometown to play music and see the world — and he’s still on the adventure.
Music
Joshua Boydston
Jake Germany with Theatre Breaks Loose, Poema, The Wake Up Call and Almost Legendary
6 p.m. Tuesday
The Parish
1757 N.W. 16th
theparishokc.com
633-0454
$8-$10
Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 1
And stumbles.
Action
Rod Lott
In 1986, writer and artist Frank Miller changed the comic-book industry forever with the four-issue series that became the graphic novel The Dark Knight Returns. Its sour disposition and gritty attitude was arguably the darkest depiction of Batman the world had seen, paving the way for the caped crusader’s move to big-screen blockbuster three years later.
Comic it
OKG7 things to do
Gazette staff
With work ranging from the vampiric 30 Days of Night to the award-winning Sweets: A New Orleans Crime Story, comics scribe and artist Kody Chamberlain will sign copies of his floppies and graphic novels from 2:30 to 4 p.m. today at New World Comics, 6219 N. Meridian. Call 721-7634 or visit newworldcomics.net.
Wednesday
Dick Tracy
If you thought the movie looked good before, you don't know ‘Dick.’
Family
Rod Lott
Unlike Madonna, Dick Tracy has aged quite well. Although considered somewhat of a disappointment upon its summer of 1990 release, unfairly attached with Batman-level expectations, Warren Beatty's film actually is quite successful in achieving its goals, which is even more apparent now that it's made a long-overdue Blu-ray debut from Walt Disney Studios.
All Superheroes Must Die
Packs a mild punch.
Thriller
Rod Lott
At least All Superheroes Must Die isn't like every other comic book-inspired cinematic vision that currently serve as the buttered bread to Hollywood's rumbling stomach. That alone is not enough to make for a good movie, but it's a head start.
Heroic hangover
Local comic book creators launch ‘Knuckleheads,’ a series about an unlikely superhero.
Features
Alyssa Grimley
A comic book shop is more than just a place to buy the latest gotta-have graphic novel. It also can be the start of a creative partnership.
