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PEOPLE & ARTS Thursday 19 July 2018

A Comic-Con without Marvel, HBO gives others a chance to pop

By LINDSEY BAHR and television shows.
Associated Press This year Warner Bros. is
Over 130,000 pop culture coming armed with stars
devotees are descending and footage from “Aqua-
on San Diego’s Gaslamp man,” ‘’Shazam!,” ‘’Fan-
District on Wednesday for tastic Beasts: The Crimes
the annual four-day comic of Grindelwald” and “The
book convention Comic- LEGO Movie 2”; Sony is
Con, the big, bright and hyping its Spider-Man spi-
very heavily branded con- noff “Venom”; and Univer-
fab of costumed superfans sal Pictures will be teasing
and the corporate spon- “Halloween” and M. Night
sors vying for their attention Shyamalan’s “Glass.” On
— and dollars. the television side, fans will
Interested in dining at a get a glimpse of new “Doc-
working replica of the “De- tor Who” star Jodie Whit-
molition Man” Taco Bell for taker and have a chance
the movie’s 25th anniver- to check out “Star Trek: Dis-
sary? Or witness a mock covery” and “Riverdale.”
court-martial of Star Wars’ And streaming services
Poe Dameron for leading like Netflix and Hulu will be
a mutiny in “Star Wars: The back with properties like
Last Jedi”? How about a Marvel’s “Iron Fist” and the
wine and beer tasting with In this Thursday, July 20, 2017, file photo, guests attend the first day of Comic-Con International in new J.J. Abrams-produced
Neil deGrasse Tyson? Or a San Diego. “Castle Rock,” based on
“Ready Player One” expe- Associated Press Stephen King stories. q
rience with retro gaming casion. Tickets for four-day
stations and recreation of access plus preview night
Room 237 from “The Shin- can set attendees back
ing”? If you like pop cul- $276, before hotel, travel
ture, it’s highly likely there is costs, food and any souve-
something tailor-made for nirs. And attendees have
you at Comic-Con 2018. come to expect exclusive
What started as a 300-per- merchandise on the con-
son event in 1970 has vention center floor, newsy
evolved into a massive op- announcements from
eration with events year- some of Hollywood’s big-
round. But San Diego Com- gest studios, and screen-
ic-Con is the marquee oc- ings of anticipated films

Cowboy Junkies’ ‘All That

Reckoning’ instantly great

By PABLO GORONDI
Associated Press
Cowboy Junkies, “All That
Reckoning” (Latent Re-
cordings)
Cowboy Junkies return
from a yearslong recording
sojourn with “All That Reck-
oning,” one of the best
albums of their extended
career.
Occasionally ramping up
the quiet, haunting sounds This cover image released by
Latent Recordings shows “All
of “The Trinity Sessions,” their That Reckoning,” a release by
1988 classic, with doses of Cowboy Junkies.
tougher arrangements and
topical themes, the three twist/To kick it up a gear.”
Timmins siblings and bassist Another peak is “When We
Alan Anton again perform Arrive,” which combines
up to their high standards. individual and ideological
“The Things We Do to Each issues.
Other” reflects the wider Over 30 years into their ca-
context, a song about ma- reer, “All That Reckoning”
nipulation and power: shows Cowboy Junkies in
“Fear is not so far from hate/ peak form, adding another
So if you get the folks to inspired, alluring album to
fear/It only takes one small their repertoire.q