By all signs, Austin Books’ second annual Manga Melee 2 was a success except for one little thing. In the infinite wisdom of the Austin American-Statesman, the story slated to feature this talented quartet of Texas manga creators was postponed from the previous Sunday editions to last Saturday.
That said, Jeff Salamon’s excellent article didn’t take the typical “Comics aren’t all about SLAM! BAM! POW! anymore” approach either. Instead, Salamon got a little more up close and personal with the featured creators than the average mainstream media reporter probably would’ve, making it a bit more interesting and definitely worth your time to read…
April 23rd, 2007 at 12:59 pm
Today’s Austin Books is a far cry from the days when Ron, Don and Vaughn were running the joint. Those days, the place was the prototype for Comic Book Guy, with the food abuse replaced with chain smoking, but with the same snotty attitudes. The kids running the shop today are running it the way a comic book shop *should* be run — for fun and profit, with fun coming just a bit first.
Dragon’s Lair used to be this fun a place, but times change.
April 23rd, 2007 at 9:46 pm
More pictures here!: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jmtimages/467871077/in/photostream/
And scans and more talk-back over at the ol’ blog: http://lilrivkah.livejournal.com/