Comicpalooza Reminder—THIS WEEKEND!

Comicpalooza is fast approaching! If you haven’t already bought your tickets and you're planning on going, then you should click HERE to purchase tickets. It is cheaper than waiting to purchase the tickets at the door.

There will be MANY celebrities, artists, writers, gaming activities, cosplayers, fan groups, and other entertainment! Plus… Splatterfest, a horror film festival featuring many independent horror films—including Naked Horror by Huntsville’s very own Gothic Films—will be taking place in conjunction with Comicpalooza!

We will be there Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! Expect LOTS of pictures.

Look for THIS guy! He is Terry Moore the writer of Strangers in Paradise and Echo--his work is AMAZING! He will be there Saturday only!

Oh yeah... don't for get about EDWARD FREAKING JAMES OLMOS! He will now be there for the entire weekend!

If you do not want to travel outside of Huntsville this weekend and are looking for something to do, The Last Great Assault will be playing at DoubleDave’s on Saturday at 7pm!

Reminder: Loud!Fest (Bryan, TX)

Hey, guys. This is just a reminder that Loud!Fest is THIS weekend (Fri & Sat) in Bryan, TX - a little less than an hour away from Huntsville, straight down Hwy 30.

The festival kicks off on Friday at Revolution at 8:00 PM. If you can't make it until Saturday, it starts at 5:00 PM that day. Be sure to get there early Saturday, because The Busy Kids are starting things off at 5!

Bands playing Loud!Fest include, in no particular order: Satin Hooks, The Ex-Optimists, We Were Wolves, Jay Satellite, Transmography, Something Fierce, The Hangouts, The Wrong Ones, The Tron Sack, MUHAMMADALI, and White Crime. That's not all, though! Those are just the ones I remember off the top of my head. This festival features over 30 bands at two venues - Revolution and The Stafford.

You can see the full schedule here: http://fencedinarea.com/LoudFest2011/schedule/.

Best of all - it only costs $5 for the two-day wristband! See you there, punks!

Aftermath: TX Crawfish Festival (Spring, TX)

We traveled down to Old Town Spring for the 25th Annual Texas Crawfish & Music Festival this past Sunday. The festival will be going on next weekend (Fri-Sun) as well, so if you missed this weekend, you can still catch it.

Upon arrival, we walked up and down the streets checking out local businesses, lots and lots of food and beverage vendors, and massive amounts of discarded crawdaddy shells. It took a while to figure out that this wasn't part of the actual festival, which was hidden in the back, through a field, and across a small bridge into an area enclosed with a chain-link fence. The festival entrance sign was a little misleading.

The actual festival had plenty of carnival rides and games, more food and drink vendors, and three stages with different types of music. There is karaoke on certain days. Be sure to check the music schedule on the official website if you are interested in seeing someone specific:
http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com/music-lineup.html

When we arrived at the country music stage, Phil Pritchet was performing. He sang a song about people getting punched in the mouth. I think it did a good job of getting the crowd pumped up, because a few minutes later, this happened:

I don't know who would do such a thing to that poor man. ;)

I didn't care about the crawfish, the other performers, or the $5.00 lemonade. I was there to see Ray Wylie Hubbard! He did my favorite song second ("Snake Farm"), but I did stick around for the rest of the show. I'm a pasty person, so I ended up with a sunburn, but it was worth it. The show was awesome, except this annoying drunk lady that kept heckling Ray Wylie. Most of the audience agreed that she should have been the one who was punched in the mouth.

Overall, the Crawfish Festival was a good time. If you go next weekend, be sure to wear sunscreen and bring a lot of money. You may want to put your kid in a bubble for $7.00 for 5 minutes.

See more photos from the festival at our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/HeyHuntsville!

Reminder: Texas Crawfish and Music Fest (Spring, TX)

This weekend (Fri., May 13) will kick off this year's Texas Crawfish & Music Festival in Spring, TX. Each day brings new bands to the three stages of the festival. 


This festival lasts two weekends and features performances by Ray Wylie Hubbard, Lit, Fuel, Max Stalling, Cory Morrow, plenty of zydeco bands, and several other rock and country musicians. For a complete lineup, click here.


The festival boasts 25 tons of crawfish, carnival rides, vendors and more. 


For more information, view the festival's website: http://www.texascrawfishfestival.com.

GTFO of Huntsville for Comicpalooza! May 27 - May 29th!

Comicpalooza!

May 27-May 29

George R. Brown Convention Center, 3rd Floor

      1001 Avenida de las Americas
Houston, TX 77010

If you already have plans for the weekend of May 27^th -29^th, then cancel them—unless you were already planning to attend Comicpalooza!

According to their website, Comicpalooza's purpose “is to provide the best and biggest annual multi-format pop culture convention in the southwest region of the United States, serving not only the fans of comics, science fiction, fantasy, video and table top gaming, anime, music and film, but also as a trade show and showcase for the studios, publishers, and manufacturers in those industries.”

Founded in 2008 as a small event at The Alamo Drafthouse, Comicpalooza has quickly grown into an incredibly huge annual event! Comicpalooza 2011 will not only feature Battlestar Galactica Admiral, EDWARD JAMES OLMOS (my favorite role of his is still Gaff in Bladerunner)—but it will also include other celebrity guests such as the following: Marina Sirtis (Deana Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation and voice actor for Demona from Gargoyles), Tony Todd (CANDY MAN), Sean Maher (Simon from the painfully too short Joss Whedon series, Firefly), Peter Mahew (Chewbacca), and several more! Click HERE to get the complete list.

Also in attendance, will be one of my all-time favorite comic book writers (quickly becoming my number one favorite the more I read Strangers in Paradise), Terry Moore. He is probably best known for his long running series Strangers in Paradise—which features a love triangle between Francine, Katchoo, and David that is made further complicated as more characters are introduced to the mix, plotlines involving the mob, and other thrilling storylines. Part soap opera, part kick-butt action, and ALWAYS absorbing… Strangers in Paradise is a must read for anyone with good taste! His most recent series, Echo, just finished and he is already working on his next project. I know I will be asking him more about THAT at Comicpalooza! Terry Moore will only be there on Saturday. Click HERE for info about other comic book writers and artists that will be in attendance.      

Coincidentally, Comicpalooza has several ties to Huntsville. Andrew Williams, the man behind their video reviews, is also a SHSU graduate. SHSU’s Quidditch team will also be there!

Comicpalooza also features a film festival that is sponsored by Spatterfest. If you can’t tell by the name “Splatterfest,” this film festival will feature several horror films playing back to back throughout each day with the last one beginning at midnight on Friday and Saturday night. So, in between stalking Admiral Adama, and buying lots and lots of comic books, go check out a few horror films.

Huntsville’s own Gothic Films/Ethician Arts (a division of EVN, Inc owned by George Russell) will have their movie, Naked Horror, playing in the festival on Saturday night at midnight! Hopefully, they will have a booth set up all weekend. If they do, then you should stop and say hello to Naked Horror director Carlo Rodriguez, cinematographer Jason Henderson, and cameraman/editor/cat lover Luis Torres!

Click HERE for more information about Naked Horror and their other movies, Long Pig and Psycho Killer Attack.






Expect more updates from us about this event, and I hope to see you there! We will be taking lots of pictures!

May the Fourth be with you, Huntsville, TX!

Today we are going to look beyond Huntsville, Texas and the surrounding areas… and think about a galaxy far far away!

Happy May 4^th! The (Un)official Star Wars Celebration Day!

Today is the day to pull out your VHS copies of Star Wars IV: A New Hope, Star Wars V:  Empire Strikes Back, and Star Wars: VI Return of the Jedi, and watch them all back to back relishing in the original Ewoktastic ending!

It’s a day to fondly remember the Star Wars Kid and to look up Where He Is Now.

Conversely, let’s try to forget the 1978 Star Wars Christmas Special!

However you may celebrate today, whether it is by getting a tattoo…

Or by wearing your favorite Star Wars T-Shirt…

I hope everyone has a Happy May 4^th!

Oh but wait… there is another…