Okie Comics Magazine hosts a free in-store signing event 3 p.m. Saturday at All-Star Comics.
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Kathy Griffin talks Thackerville, Donald Trump and wearing Anderson Cooper’s underwear with Oklahoma Gazette ahead of Friday show
Griffin performs 9 p.m. Friday at WinStar World Casino & Resort.
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Comedian Brian Regan performs Dec. 3 at The Criterion
A number of A-list comedians have called Regan one of their favorite comics.
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Doctor Strange shatters the god complex in one of Marvel’s best movies yet
Palmer and Strange dance the tired dance between the arrogant dick and the patient woman who is always there for him.
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Superhero comics inspired by life, punk rock, singing cowboys and ‘The Rez’
“I had skills as a musician, and an actor and a writer; I thought that would be more immediate than trying to make it as a comic book artist, but I never stopped drawing.”
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Steampunk is fun again
Everyone has that one friend or relative who is a little nerdy and difficult to shop for. You know, that cousin who is obsessed with comic books and wants to spend hours arguing over whether or not Marvel is still relevant after the horrible, strange decisions they’ve made lately … but I digress. Take a […]
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Captain America: Collector’s Edition
As you know by now, it didn’t. If you managed not to catch it in its long-delayed VHS debut in 1993 — or the burn-on-demand DVD released in 2011 just to piggyback off the big-budget, blockbuster Captain America: The First Avenger — now you can see it the best it’s ever been and likely ever […]
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Flash Gordon: The Complete Series
Now that I’ve seen its long-delayed DVD set from Mill Creek Entertainment, I can say that, to my surprise, it’s not. Oh, it’s still not “good,” but it’s watchable in a minimal-investment, entertainment-as-wallpaper way. The first step for interested parties is to remove any hopes that this small-screen Flash Gordon will be anything like the […]
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Heroic hangover
Brian Winkeler, a writer, and Robert Wilson IV, an artist, were patrons of New World Comics, 6219 N. Meridian. Store owner Brian Berlin thought the two should meet. Soon after a fateful lunch outing, the plot and characters for Knuckleheads, a quirky series of their own, was born. Winkeler said they loosely adapted the concept […]
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Wig out
Ruth Lampi Credit: Mark Hancock In the 11 years since Shawnee resident Ruth Lampi co-founded Five Wits, the business has grown to rank among the top companies in cosplay wig sales. In just the past several months, Five Wits sold several hundred colorful and distinctive wigs at conventions from New York to Midwest City. Lampi […]