The sixth annual Free Comic Book Day will be held nationwide Saturday. Visitors to participating area stores can choose from 43 titles specially published for FCBD, featuring such characters as: ” Spider-Man, ” Justice League of America, ” Transformers, ” Mickey Mouse, ” The Simpsons, ” Archie and more. “A whole bunch of […]
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OKC man picks ponies based on news headlines
Don Morris, a 60-year-old project manager at an Oklahoma City architecture firm, has a unique method for betting on horses: He pays attention to the headlines. In other words, the names of horses that correspond to ongoing national news stories are the ones who come out on top. “You’ve heard of ‘The Bible […]
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Re-Animator
Stuart Gordon’s 1985 cult smash “Re-Animator” has been released several times before on DVD, but I doubt it could get more definitive than this new two-disc set. Even after two decades, the film’s groundbreaking mix of horror and humor still plays outlandish. Jeffrey Combs triumphs — and typecasts himself —? as Dr. Herbert West, […]
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Tulsa author documents life of Billy the Kid
Tulsa-based author and three-time Pulitzer Prize nominee Michael Wallis has written what may be the definitive biography of a famed American outlaw in “Billy the Kid: The Endless Ride.” “God knows there have been literally hundreds and hundreds of books on the Kid “¦ but hardly anything deals with his entire life,” Wallis said. “I […]
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Why ‘Bubba Ho-Tep’ hit it big during OKC run
Coscarelli is the writer/director of the 1979 horror cult classic “Phantasm” and its three sequels. The original film and “Phantasm III: Lord of the Dead” will hit DVD in new special editions Tuesday, along with his little-seen 1989 foray into action-adventure, “Survival Quest.” As an independent filmmaker working outside of the studio system, he’s understandably […]
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TurboTax taking bite out of tax prep business, but not Oklahoma CPAs
Commercials for TurboTax’s do-it-yourself software suggest they’re putting tax preparers out of business. How realistic are they? Tonya Miller, store manager of Liberty Tax Service at 5610 Northwest Expressway, said such software has affected business “to a point.” “With those that are actually competent enough to know how to use the software, it has,” Miller […]
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Oklahoma native ‘Dick Tracy’ creator helped revolutionize law enforcement
Although his often-grotesque villains were larger than life, Gould was big on realism when it came to Tracy’s investigations. Said Michael Vance, volunteer curator of the Oklahoma Cartoonists Collection at the Toy and Action Figure Museum in Pauls Valley, “He wanted to be as close and authentic as possible.” “Dad’s goal in life […]
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Vasectomy nothing to fear, says OKC doc
According to Dr. William Miller, “everybody, practically” who consults with him prior to scheduling a vasectomy is nervous. “It’s almost universal,” said Miller, who performs approximately 200 vasectomies a year in his office at Integris Baptist Medical Center. “Pain is the No. 1 concern, of course. After that, they come in all flavors. […]
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Breast cancer study seeks Oklahoma sisters of survivors
One breast cancer research project hopes to find a cure by studying not women with cancer, but their cancer-free sisters. Since 2004, The National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences’ “Sister Study” has recruited more than 30,000 women to take part. OUT OF OBLIGATIONIn Oklahoma, 288 women are enrolled. One is Melody Miner, […]
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Allergies don’t disappear during winter, says OKC doctor
According to Dr. Warren V. Filley of the Oklahoma Allergy & Asthma Clinic, winter brings with it “a different set” of allergens. And with approximately 20 percent of the population suffering from allergies, that’s a lot of Kleenex. Last fall, the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America ranked Oklahoma City as the fifth–worst […]