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100 Colorado Creatives: Charlie Boots

#68: Charlie Boots Who is Charlie Boots? Yesterday you might not have known his name, but today Boots (aka Aaron Mulligan) is ready for his closeup. The young artist will make his public debut this weekend as the first-ever visual-arts fellow of the Powerhaüs Artist-in-Residence (PAIR) Program at P ... More >>

Stan Lee cancels appearance at Denver Comic Con

Superhero legend and comic book creator Stan Lee, who was supposed to appear at Denver Comic Con at the Colorado Convention Center on May 31-June 2, announced today that he won't be able to make it because of another engagement. Tickets to see and meet Lee, which ranged from $175 to $275, sold out ... More >>

Last call! Westword is organizing its first Comics issue -- and we want to include you

Holy opportunity, Batman! Just in time for the second Denver Comic Con, Westword will publish its first Comics issue on May 30, 2013 -- and we want you to be a part of it. We're accepting submissions from any Colorado artist who'd like to create a cartoon about life in the Mile High City, and we'll ... More >>

Westword is organizing its first Comics issue -- and we want to include you

Holy opportunity, Batman! Just in time for the second Denver Comic Con, Westword will publish its first Comics issue on May 30, 2013 -- and we want you to be a part of it. We're accepting submissions from any Colorado artist who'd like to create a cartoon about life in the Mile High City, and we'll ... More >>

Denver Comic Con: Tickets to meet Stan Lee go on sale Wednesday, April 24

Our Spidey senses have been tingling with news about this year's Denver Comic Con for days now, and today that news is finally out: The godfather of comics himself, Stan Lee, will be stopping by Denver Comic Con on Sunday, June 2, for his first visit to the Mile High City in more than two decades -- ... More >>

Breckenridge Brewery and Denver Comic Con will team up again on a superpowered beer

Some people need a phone booth to become super heroes. Others need a mask and a utility belt or just a lot of stress and anger-management issues. But in Denver, it takes a little something different to turn a man into a myth: their local brewery. On Thursday, the heroes of Denver Comic Con, who wil ... More >>

Photos: Spider-Man and Hulk (and the Denver Post) battle Dr. Doom in the "Colorado Caper"

The weird shit you find in your attic.... During a recent spelunking mission, I came across an amazing artifact from the '80s: "The Colorado Caper," a full-length Marvel comic starring Spider-Man and the Hulk in an exciting advertorial for the Denver Post and the now-defunct May D&F department stor ... More >>

Denver Comic Con announces Chris Ware and more celebrity guests for 2013

Denver Comic Con streaked out the gate last summer in its inaugural year; in 2013, the popular fan convention is already on track to surpass last year's success, at least from the looks of the guest list. Yesterday, DCC announced that New York Times bestselling graphic novelist and illustrator Chri ... More >>

Aurora eco devo official: Smaller projects on the rise even if former Gaylord hotel in limbo

The economic development news out of Aurora this year hasn't been great. The high-profile deal to build a 1,500-room hotel hit a big snag when developer Gaylord Entertainment restructured its company. But Yuriy Gorlov of the Aurora Economic Development Council says that while blockbuster deals are w ... More >>

Spider-Man, X-Men property of Colorado company? Inside Stan Lee Media lawsuit

Could the X-Men and other characters created by Stan Lee belong to a Colorado company? That's the contention of a lawsuit filed here by locally based Stan Lee Media, Inc. against The Walt Disney Company. The suit claims SLMI is entitled to "billions of dollars of profits" from movies and more even t ... More >>

Denver Comic Con announces 2013 dates and confirmed guest Stan Lee

This year's Denver Comic Con was too good to be true: Drawing more than 27,000 comix gawkers to the Colorado Convention Center over three days in June, the inaugural expo exceeded all expectations, proving once again that Denver is one lovably geeky city. We can dress up like Wonder Woman and the Hu ... More >>

Reader: Star Trek outfit at a Star Wars party? Fail!

"Comics and sci-fi are the new archetypes of our culture; we relate to Star Wars and Stan Lee's characters, and we've created new mythologies through them," says Dan Landes, restaurateur and self-confessed sci-fi geek. And on May 4, Landes's City, O' City hosted a full-on orgy of nerdness with the M ... More >>

Top five sci-fi films according to Dan Landes

Science fiction isn't for everyone. But those who get it, really get it. "Comics and sci-fi are the new archetypes of our culture, we relate to Star Wars and Stan Lee's characters; we've created new mythologies through them," says Dan Landes, restaurateur and self confessed sci-fi geek. And this Fri ... More >>

Reader: Comics illustrator John Severin helped color our world

John Severin's Sgt. Fury.​A true legend passed away last weekend: Illustrator John Powers Severin, whose sixty-year career in the comics world stretched from the dawning of MAD magazine to the Silver Age at Marvel to a gay revival of the Rawhide Kid and beyond. "Truly the art world has suffere ... More >>

John Severin, comics giant, enters another dimension

Legendary illustrator John Powers Severin, whose 60-year career in the comics world stretched from the dawning of MAD magazine to the Silver Age at Marvel to a gay revival of the Rawhide Kid and beyond, died over the weekend at his southeast Denver home. He was 90 years old. "Truly the art world h ... More >>

Jason Mewes would have been a roofer if not for Clerks

Jason Mewes​On Thursday, February 2, movie theaters across the country will screen a one-time-only film: Kevin Smith: Live From Behind. The evening will comprise a live recording of Kevin Smith's podcast with longtime pal (and film sidekick) Jason Mewes -- but you probably know him better as t ... More >>

Colorado Avalanche-Arby's 4-Pack deal should be sent to the penalty box

​I'm a big hockey fan and have been since junior high, when my Penguins won their first two Stanley Cups and the Pittsburgh suburb where I grew up exploded with joy. But I'm now a working Colorado father and the NHL has all but priced out middle-class families, with many upper-level tickets sp ... More >>

Karlis Skrastins, Ruslan Salei, ex-Colorado Avs players, killed in Russian plane crash (VIDEOS)

Karlis Skrastins.​Today, a jet crash in Russia claimed at least 43 lives, including two former (and well-remembered) Colorado Avalanche players, Karlis Skrastins and Ruslan Salei. Skrastins was known as the "Iron Man" for playing 487 consecutive games between 2003 and 2008, while Salei skated ... More >>

Walk Like A Hero

Top 10 flipping the bird moments in honor of Shane Boor, whose finger case has been dropped

​Shane Boor, who faced harassment charges for flipping off a state trooper, is free to let his finger fly again. The Colorado State Patrol requested that the matter be dropped after the ACLU let it be known the organization would defend Boor's right to express himself digitally -- just like th ... More >>

Colorado Avalanche superhero: Check out Avs entry in Stan Lee's Guardian Project (VIDEO)

​The National Hockey League is trying to entice young fans to the ice -- and what better way than with superheroes. That's the theory behind the Guardian Project, a Stan Lee creation that assigns a powerful character to each NHL team. Meet Avalanche!

The Avalanche get their own superhero -- what about Colorado's other teams?

​The NHL has commissioned Spiderman creator and general comic book legend Stan Lee to create a superhero squad based on every team in the league. They've been rolling them out for a while now, and the Avs got their hero over the weekend. He's there on the right. His powers include freezing th ... More >>

Seven things non-geeks should know about Iron Man

​Maybe you knew enough about Spider-Man not to embarrass yourself. And yeah, most folks know the basics of Batman. And seriously, even my grandma knows Superman well enough to carry on a decent conversation. But Iron Man? Even with the first movie under your belt, what with the fog of any ... More >>

Iron Man

Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man is a thing to marvel.

American Heroes and Zeroes at Sundance ’08

Morgan Spurlock makes us look bad, plus (separate!) films on baseball and steroids shine.

Spider-Man 3

Spidey gets hung up in an overdone web.

Our top DVD picks for the week of January 9

Special Ed

Young teens become super-empowered in Sky High.

Run, Do Not Crawl

Spider-Man swings in this touching, thrilling, superior sequel.

Still Smilin'?

Part Disney, part Barnum, the man who saved comics is all Stan Lee.

Violent Femmes

Tenderhearted mutants kick significant keister in X-2: X-Men United.

Dream Weaver

Spider-Man slings pop mythology for the masses.

Flame On

Out of financial and creative bankruptcy, Marvel Comics is mighty once more.

The Brave & the Bold

On September 11, the world needed superheroes. It found them not in comic books, but in real life.

Totally Bizarro

Can superheroes and alternative comic authors really get along?

Cough It Up

The man who created Josie and the Pussycats can't understand why his girls don't belong to him

The Man of Ink

Creator of Wonder Boys and supermen, Michael Chabon is a literary hero

Win, Lose, or Draw

Or: How do you bring a comic book to life without killing a superhero?

Revenge of the Fanboy

Alex Ross, painter of supermen and superwomen, makes it easy to believe in heroes.

Fatman and Slobbin'

DC Comics places its superheroes in the RealWorlds.

Spin City

A look at Den One, Denver's least likely regular hip-hop party.

KISS and Sell

Gene Simmons is offering the deal of the century on a slightly used rock band.