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March 5, 2007
The Los Angeles Times is Stupid (Canto MCXVI)
It's painful picking up the Los Angeles Times every morning and notice it's getting lighter every week. While they're doing this, however, their Chicago pendejo overseers are spending mucho millions on how to attract more readers. Their supposed salvation: Mexicans. If so, why in God's green earth ... More >>
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July 30, 2007
Times reporter attacked at Comic-Con
Well that sucks. Los Angeles Times pop culture reporter Geoff Bouche was covering the con when he got jumped on a sidewalk in San Diego's Gaslamp Quarter. He writes: "In the 15 years I have been writing for The Times, I have covered wildfires, riots, gang murders and plenty of other mayhem. I never ... More >>
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March 11, 2009
TOMORROW: Two Chances to Rock Out for a Good Cause
Here's fair warning on some cool events going on tomorrow for some good causes, and even better: they're across the street from each other!
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March 12, 2009
TONIGHT: Benefit for Comic Universe at Avalon Bar
We talked about this a bit yesterday, but here's some more info for y'all--Comic Universe in Fountain Valley is closing its doors soon, another victim of our depressingly dire economic times. Tonight at Avalon in Costa Mesa is a benefit for the store, with both the hopes of helping the owner pay off ... More >>
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August 7, 2008
Stripper Fans
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October 11, 2007
Youngblood at Heart
Seven years after leaving the industry that made him a star, former comic book wunderkind Rob Liefeld is ready for his heroes to be reborn
Film
June 29, 2006
Such a Nice Young Man
Super, even
Film
June 30, 2005
Turning Japanese
Anime, superheroes and the outsourcing of the American imagination
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April 29, 2009
ALSO TONIGHT: Final Day of Comic Universe!
We've talked before here about the struggles of Comic Universe in Fountain Valley, but now it's official: the store is closing its doors as of tonight.But at least it's going out the right way: music from Okashii, the Flying Saucers and DJ Oldboy, along with (as you can see from the flier), "music, ... More >>
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July 27, 2009
Art Review: "R. Crumb's Underground"
Grand Central Art CenterThere's an exhibit going on at the moment that may be of some interest to comic strip fans. It's the "R. Crumb's Underground" exhibit, at the Grand Central Art Center in Santa Ana. It contains a mixture of 100 drawings, collaborations, sketches, and published pieces of Rob ... More >>
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July 15, 2009
'Green Lantern' Writer Geoff Johns Signing Today at Beach Ball Comics in Anaheim
LA-based comic book writer Geoff Johns has been pretty much one of the biggest names in comic books these past few years, making himself a hero to DC Comics fanatics through beloved stints on The Flash, Action Comics, Teen Titans, JSA, Green Lantern and a bunch of other titles the company publishes ... More >>
Culture
September 24, 2009
[Trendzilla] That's Why the Ladies Like Vamps
LA-based comic book writer Geoff Johns has been pretty much one of the biggest names in comic books these past few years, making himself a hero to DC Comics fanatics through beloved stints on The Flash, Action Comics, Teen Titans, JSA, Green Lantern and a bunch of other titles the company publishes ... More >>
Columns
September 24, 2009
[¡Ask a Mexican!] Garfield: ¿Gato Racista?
LA-based comic book writer Geoff Johns has been pretty much one of the biggest names in comic books these past few years, making himself a hero to DC Comics fanatics through beloved stints on The Flash, Action Comics, Teen Titans, JSA, Green Lantern and a bunch of other titles the company publishes ... More >>
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October 1, 2009
Long Beach Comic Con
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February 22, 2010
Over the Weekend: Long Beach Comic Expo
Albert ChingAnd the award for "best iconic comic book convention photo" goes to...Click here for the slideshow! Four-and-a-half months after the inaugural Long Beach Comic Con, the organizers of the event (check out our interview here) saw fit to whet comic book fan appetites with the one-day Lon ... More >>
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May 26, 2010
Five Things We Hope Are Covered in the Comic-Con Documentary
Keith MaySuper Girl, super flexible.First discussed in February of this year, and confirmed earlier this week, a documentary about the annual Comic-Con International in San Diego is about to go into production. The team behind it is sort of an all-star roster in the intersection of film and geeks ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
10 Must-See Panels at Comic-Con
San Diego Comic-Con is a week away, but it's not too early to start strategizing about what you should see when you're there. Especially if you've seen the size of the event's program schedule.But there's no reason to battle eye strain. We've put together a list of the 10 comic-related events to ... More >>
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July 14, 2010
God's Lonely Man: R.I.P. Harvey Pekar
Fine Line CinemaHarvey Pekar"Life is a war of attrition. You have to stay active on all fronts. It's one thing after another. I've tried to control a chaotic universe. And it's a losing battle."--Harvey PekarGraphic novel writer Harvey Pekar, author of the autobiographical underground comic bo ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Criminally Underrated: Six Crime Comics You Haven't Read From the Past 10 Years
IDW/Darwyn CookeCrime comics used to be big business. Titles like Crime Does Not Pay, True Crime Stories and Crime SuspenStories flooded newstands in the 1940s and '50s. They had a flood of popularity that, along with horror comics, could only be staunched by a book on juvenile delinquency and su ... More >>
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July 15, 2010
Chuck DeVore Reverts to the Geek We Knew He Was
John Gilhooley / OC WeeklyChuck DeVore waits while downloading the lightsaber app.When Irvine state assemblyman Chuck DeVore started running for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate more than a year ago, our first impression was that he was an affable nerd running something of a jo ... More >>
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July 19, 2010
[UPDATED:] Luis Mijangos, Alleged "Sextortion" Hacker, Pleads Not Guilty
UPDATE: Luis Mijangos pleaded not guilty today to 16 federal charges, including conspiracy, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, extortion, wiretapping and other counts. U.S. Magistrate Judge Charles F. Eick in downtown Los Angeles set an Aug. 9 status conference in the case.In the Marvel Comic ... More >>
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October 7, 2010
Breaking Into the Boys Club: The New Crop of Female Comics Creators (Part 2)
Oni Press/Terry DodsonThe portrayal of fictional female characters took it on the chin this week. And that chin happened to belong to The Facebook Movie Social Network.Anyone who had ever hidden a friend's Farmville update dog-piled on the movie's negative depiction of women, claiming the filmmak ... More >>
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October 18, 2010
Stranger Than Fiction: Nonfiction Writers Who Would Create Awesome Comics
Comic books have a nasty habit of forever being associated with superheroes. Even among people who should know better: regular comic book readers. But tying the medium of comics and graphic novels to just stories about Spider-Man and Batman is a bit like saying the novel simply exists to sho ... More >>
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October 28, 2010
Long Beach Comic Con
Long Beach Convention Center
Culture
November 25, 2010
Ron English's Telegrinnies, POPaganda, Camo Clownboy and More!
"Status Factory: The Art of Ron English" at Orange Coast College showcases the work of the culture-jammer extraordinaire
Blogs
December 2, 2010
Julio Salgado, Long Beach State Student and Proud DREAMer, Gets Attention for His Dream Act-Themed Art
It's great to see Julio Salgado, former editorial cartoonist for Long Beach State's Daily 49er, start getting national attention for something I've known about for years and something he's been posting on my Facebook wall for months: his comic strip, Liberty for All, which follows the travails of ... More >>
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January 6, 2011
The Last Days of Judas Iscariot
STAGEStheatre
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January 13, 2011
Treasure Hunters Roadshow
Holiday Inn San Clemente
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February 17, 2011
Jaime Hernandez
Fullerton Library
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March 24, 2011
The Slow Poisoner
The Pike Bar
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October 13, 2011
Steampunk: History Beyond Imagination
Museo
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December 15, 2011
'London Calling' Exhibit
OCCCA

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