Warner Bros. and Comedy Central are packing up and heading to Austin for South by Southwest (SXSW) March 9-18.

Warner Bros. will feature its DC Entertainment properties via pop-up shop and super hero experience, the SXSWXDC Super Hero Lair, from noon to 10 p.m. daily throughout the entire festival. Located at 717 Red River Street, just a few blocks from the Austin Convention Center, visitors will be able to immerse themselves in the world of DC Comics and its expanded universe. That includes a preview of Syfy’s latest DC origin story, Krypton, which tells the story of Superman’s grandfather.

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Also on display at the Super Hero Lair will be Batmobiles and Bat-cycles, including Val Kilmer’s 1995 ride from Batman Forever, The Dark Knight’s Tumbler and Bruce Wayne’s Batmobile from Justice League. Visitors can meet DC comic book writers and artists Jim Lee, Frank Miller and more while sipping free Jitters Coffee from Central City during the day or local beer from Supernatural star Jensen Ackles’ local brewery, Family Business Beer Company, in the evening.

Other displays will include a look at how the Constantine comic has been resurrected as a digital series, photo ops with Teen Titans Go!, whose movie opens in July, and signings with the cast and producers of WBTV’s Black Lightning, now airing on The CW.

On Friday and Saturday nights during SXSW, the Lair will morph into party central with Laserman performing to the Justice League soundtrack by Danny Elfman. Justice League comes out on DVD and Blu-ray on March 29.

Meanwhile, Comedy Central is bringing The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Corporate to Austin, holding two panels and closing out the festival with its annual Backyard Bash on Friday, March 16, and Saturday, March 17.

Akash Goyal, Comedy Central vice president of digital content strategy, will lead a panel on Saturday, March 10, titled “Real Fake News Never Stops.” The conversation will take place at the Austin Convention Center in Ballroom EFG and will include Daily Show producers Jocelyn Conn, Ramin Hedayati, Matt Negrin and correspondent Roy Wood Jr.

On Tuesday, March 13, Comedy Central President Kent Alterman and Superfly Co-Founder Jonathan Mayers will chat about their new multi-format festival, Clusterfest, which they launched last year and takes place again this year from June 1-3 in San Francisco. Their panel takes place in room 12AB at the convention center on Tuesday, March 13 from 5-6 p.m.

Both Corporate and Clusterfest will stage events at Esther’s Follies at 525 E. 6th Street during the course of SXSW. The stars and creators of Corporate will perform stand-up on Saturday, March 10 at 10 p.m., while Clusterfest Spring Break will feature performers from the San Francisco festival on Tuesday, March 13 at 8 p.m.

Comedy Central will close out SXSW with Backyard Bash, an event the network has hosted since 2014. Located at Pelons/508 Tequila Bar at 802 Red River Street, attendees on Friday and Saturday afternoons (March16 and 17) can help themselves to two free beers and an egg taco while dunking historical figures at the Drunk History dunk tank, making friendship bracelets at the Broad City station or taking a selfie in the Comedy Central GIF photo booth.

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