Entertainment and Media

Entertainment and Media	Notes	Creator Salute
Ace Theater	A movie theater in the 1940s on Daigh Street where Loony Leo came to life.
A.C. in the A.M.	A morning television talk show on one of the networks in 1997.
Astro City Comicon	Held at the Astro City Convention Center in 2000.
Astro City Experience	A "totally new experience" in 1997 with new shows every hour. Located in the Astro City Experience Hall.
Astro City Heroes	Astro City's professional football team.
Astro City Jazz Festival	Was held in an auditorium in 1995(Nov 10 to 19)
Astro City Rocket	The newspaper of Astro City
Astro City Stars	Astro City's Major League Baseball team. Their home games are played at Schwartz Field. They hold an annual Frontiersman Memorial Baseball game usually around July 4.
Astro Kidz 2Day	A television hosted by Stanley Tripp aimed at children/teenagers in Astro City during the mid 1990s. Unknown which station it is or was on.	Stanely Tripp is a reference to Little Lulu writer John Stanley and artist Irving Tripp.
Astro Sunrise	A morning news/talk show on one of the television stations in 1997.
Bulldog Comics	A comic book publishing company owned by Manny Monkton, who was known for his wild and sensationalism of "actual" stories.
Current Magazine	Astro City's weekly feature magazine.
Doc Salem	A comic book that Lew Wein and Jim Aparo had a run on. It's unknown if its a fictional hero or a real life hero in Astro World.
Fago's Funny Features	The studio that created Loony Leo's cartoons in the 1940s. Not likely located in Astro City.	Animal comic artist and editor Vincent Fago.
KACT	A television station. It's call letters would presumably be for Astro City Television. Possibly Channel 4
KAST	Channel 7. Featured Mary Doerr roving reporter in 1996. It's letters would stand for Astro.	EC comics office boy Paul Kast?
KBAC	A television and a radio station in Astro City. News Radio 71 and television channel 3.	Self reference to Kurt Busiek's Astro City.
The Monster from the Dark Continent	A 1946 movie, with Korgga the Gorilla, that came to life in Astro City thanks to Professor Borzoi's belief ray, which also brought Loony Leo to life as well. Seen in Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #13.
Neet Comics	A comic book publishing company that published the Penny Bright comics, as well as the titles, Carmichael and Little Butch.
Rampart Comics	A cook book publishing company.
She's Twins	A television show, most likely a sit-com in 1996. First mentioned Kurt Busiek's Astro City Vol.2 #3.	Was originally mentioned in a comic story called "Tooth & Claw" in a Creepy story.
Tomorrow's Dawn	A soap opera style television show on KBAC featuring the Cantrell, notable for having the Crimson Cougar on it.
Tooth & Claw	A television show	Was originally the name of a story written by Kurt Busiek for the comic Creepy.
Veidt Street Art Gallery	An art gallery that opened in December 1997, with Jack-in-the-Box stopping the Brass Monkey from a robbery attempt.	See Veidt Street.