Reprinted from the Austinist, a noble experiment in documenting a city and its social stratas that ended a couple years ago. I met lots of people who sweated and worked hard to make the website interesting, fun and provocative, and Benjamin Reed‘s 2007 review of my satirical comic book started a long friendship: DECEMBER 17, 2007 The Accidental…
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My Onion Interview
In 2007, I took some time off from painting to work on a book. Unbeknownst to me, the story I was about to write was a bit more autobiographical than I ever wanted to admit at the time, and the project took on the format of a comic book. In November, shortly after the book’s…
A Talk About the Really White Vigilante
Michael Schliefke, author of the Really White Vigilante comic book series, takes a moment to answer a question about gentrification as EAST co-founder Shea Little and Austin writer Ben Reed look on at the recent event at Monkeywrench Books.