Five stories that have North Texas talking: Latino Comic-Con coming to Dallas; Texas universities aren鈥檛 feeling the national enrollment slump; woman behind Amazon鈥檚 Alexa has UNT ties; and more.
At the end of this month, Dallas will host the state鈥檚 first at the Latino Cultural Center.
, who created the comic 鈥溾�� in 2011 as a Dallas ISD teacher, tells that it鈥檚 about time for Latinos to have a place to celebrate the medium and their stories.
鈥淎s a community, we鈥檝e been very patient,鈥� he says. 鈥淲e鈥檝e always been involved in the comic book medium as consumers. Growing up on the border, I鈥檝e always been accustomed to Mexican comics, as well as the American comic books. I felt that the time is now for Texas to have its own Latino comic con.鈥�
Along with Rodriguez, who also founded , participating artists include , the co-creator and writer of 鈥�,鈥� , who鈥檚 got major Marvel credentials, Dallas-based illustrator and more.
The July 29 event will also include panels about the state of Latino comics and pop culture, a cosplay competition and short film screenings.
While the conventions can be expensive entertainment, the inaugural Texas Latino Comic Con is free to all 鈥� an intentional decision by Rodriguez to be more inclusive. [Texas Standard]
- Texas universities are year over year. Universities nationwide are seeing a 1.5 percent decline in student enrollment. [Houston Chronicle]
- An Austin-based writer tells the story of learning 鈥� a doctor who tested psychedelic drugs on Texas inmates in the early 1960s. [Texas Tribune]
- Meet the brain behind Amazon鈥檚 Alexa: , who graduated with a bachelor鈥檚 degree in anthropology from the University of North Texas. [MarieClaire]
- Texas native and Olympic gold medalist stands at just 4 feet 9 inches tall, but she can dunk 鈥� watch below. [四虎影院]
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