FOOD:

• Erin Thompson: Eat local and buy local. Go Local Cards [get you a discount.]
• Find food trailers by neighborhood on FoodTrailersAustin.com
• Karen Webb: Eat at Torchy’s on the way downtown in the mornings.
• Marc Rutrough: Eat at Casa Garcia’s Mexican Restaurant
• Denise Beeman Douroux: Go to Guero’s Taco Bar if you want real Mexican food, but stay downtown so I wont get stuck in traffic as I stick to my own hood that week.
• From Leea Mechling, the Center’s Executive Director: On Guadalupe and Westgate: Madam Mam’s
• Dario’s on East 6th Street: Not a fancy place at all, but you’ll see lots of happy Mexicans… I love the salad plate #2)
• Juan in a Million
• Joe’s Bakery
• Eastside Cafe: They have their own garden and make great food
• Ruby’s BBQ
• Milto’s
• The Clay Pit (Indian) on Guadalupe at about 15th Street
• Upper Crust Bakery on Burnet Road
• Of course Whole Foods, Central Market
• South Congress has lots of fun eateries including Guero’s Taco Bar, the South Congress Cafe and Vespaio’s, a very expensive Italian place but it’s good.
• And oh yes, Magnolia Cafe

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AREAS TO VISIT:

• Attend RARE: Hard-to-find posters & prints by Austin artists
• Melissa Stewart: There will be a local artists’ market at Guerro’s on Thursday, Friday and Saturday from noon to 9pm. Good stuff!
• Marc Rutrough: Visit the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture.. It is a fantastic place with a really neat stuff to see.. Look for a tour by Freddy.
• Karen Webb: Skip some of that sxsw stuff and hit south Lamar and South First streets…
• Dede Thompson Saenz: Enjoy South Congress too
• Ann Minner: Go see one of the best independent bookstores in the country – Book People on Lamar. You won’t be sorry.
• Sharon Arnoult: Book People, yes, and don’t forget Waterloo Records and Antone’s Records, too, and many other funky, independent, unique shops on lower N. Lamar and South Congress. The Hike and Bike Trail around Lady Bird Lake to clear your head and get some fresh air.
• Sandy Hines: Barton Springs, any of the many greenbelts, rent a bike and ride it around.
• Jan Rosner Collinson: They can find me and I can face/body paint them! Email: familyentertainer@gmail.com

Stay tuned for a list of events the Center has planned during the week.

Born in 1940 in Houston, Shelton attended more than one university…completing his bachelor degree in the social sciences in 1961.  Gilbert was part of the amazing group of student writers and artists that worked on the University of Texas’ humor magazine The Texas Ranger. He worked along side other budding artists and partners in crime like Tony Bell

Directly after graduating, Shelton moved to New York City and got a job editing automotive magazines where he would sneak his drawings into print. The idea for the character of Wonder Wart-Hog, a porcine parody of Superman, came to him in 1961. The following year, Shelton moved back to Texas to enroll in graduate school and get a student deferment from the draft. The first two Wonder Wart-Hog stories appeared in Bacchanal, a short-lived college humor magazine, in the spring of 1962. He then became editor of The Texas Ranger and published more Wonder Wart-Hog stories.

Around 1967 Shelton became involved with the Vulcan Gas Company, the premier psychedelic club in Austin. He created many of the clubs early posters created to advertise. In 1968 Gilbert moved to San Francisco as co-founder of Rip Off Press, along with his Austin friends Jack Jaxon and Dave Moriaty.  Although he did create some music posters while in San Francisco, it was during this time period that his comic book art really took off.  Rip Off Comix featured much of his comic book art.  A prolific artist, he produced a huge body of work that became wildly popular.  In 1991 Shelton moved to Paris, France, where he still resides.

His most recent work, in collaboration with French cartoonist Pic, is Not Quite Dead, which appeared in Rip Off Comix #25 and in five Not Quite Dead comic books. In addition to a new Wonder Wart-Hog story in Zap Comix #15 (2005), his Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers has been made into an animated film, soon to be released.    Remember, no decent parking at the Museum, so please park on Collier Street and walk over to the Museum.

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