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 FEBRUARY 10th ARTIST TALK MONKEYWRENCH BOOKS Monkeywrench Books is hosting a talk and discussion with Michael Schliefke about his work on the Really White Vigilante, art and politics, and the gentrification of East Austin. Also speaking that night are writer Ben Reed and artist and EAST co-founder Shea Little.
AUSTIN BOOKS AND COMICS If you can't make it to the East Side, Austin Books on North Lamar has a full collection of RWV comics to satiate your needs!
THE RWV AND DOMY BOOKS You can buy your copies of the whole series at East Austin's only book store - starting on Nov. 4th!
FOLLOW THE RWV ON FACEBOOK: Become a friend of the Vigilante on the latest social network before it gets
replaced by a newer one.
THE REALLY WHITE VIGILANTE AND THE EAST AUSTIN STUDIO TOUR.. TOGETHER AGAIN! What's a more fitting place to pick up your issues of the comic book series about the gentrification of East Austin than the East Side's own artist studio tour? Author/artist Michael Schliefke will be selling books and original artwork from the series at the studio of Ian Shults, who also painted the three covers
of the series.
VOLUME THREE HITS THE STREETS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3rd! After a few months of incubation, the long awaited third act in this fight against the gentrification of East Austin finally is on sale!RACKET MAGAZINE TAKES ON THE VIGILANTE! Racket Magazine caught up with Michael Schliefke and talked about the comic books and what's the deal with hipsters anyway?
BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE ON AMAZON.COM Missed the first two adventures? Both books are now ready for purchase on Amazon.com: Volume One Volume Two
GET YOUR REALLY WHITE VIGILANTE T-SHIRTS NOW! Featuring a bunch of designs from Corey Goering's satirical ads from the first books, there are plenty of designs to wow your friends with. Order some today!
VOLUME THREE PROGRESS REPORT: Ian Shults is signed on to work on the third cover of the book, and Corey Goering has again agreed to produce some more ads for the third volume of the four book series. The book is now written and into the drawing stage, with over 300 reference photos loaded up and ready to go.
POSTERS!!! The boys at Bearded Lady produced four great silkscreened posters with some collaboration from Michael Schliefke. They'll be posted and on sale at this site shortly!
IT'S BEARDED LADY VS. THE REALLY WHITE VIGILANTE! Saturday, October 11th A unique art show featuring new work from East Austin's premier printers alongside original art and prints from the Really White Vigilante. Bearded Lady is located at 3504 East Fourth Street in - where else - East Austin!
REALLY WHITE VIGILANTE AND AUSTIN BOOKS Both volumes of the Really White Vigilante are on sale at Austin Books. So swing on by!
INTERVIEW ON KUT Michael Lee interviewed Michael Schliefke about the saga of the Really White Vigilante on Arts Eclectic.
THE STATESMAN MADE IT Michael Barnes swung by the opening night festivities and wrote a nice little write up about the comic books on his blog.
OPENING NIGHT PARTY Thanks to everyone who came out for the release party on 9/24! It was a great time and it was with a twinge of regret that the Really White Vigilante pinata got smashed to bits by the gentrification stick! They'll be pictures on schliefkevision soon, so check back!
THE REALLY WHITE VIGILANTE HITS THE BIG SCREEN! 'The Two Bobs', a film directed by Tim McCanlies and shot this spring in Austin, used Volume One as a prop throughout the
movie. Look for it onscreen in 2009.
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