Here’s my review of Orange County for Marcus and Stevi’s Ten Years Ago: Films in Retrospective blog.
Aw, geez, is it almost time for my high school reunion already? Ten years ago was my senior year, so it coincided pretty nicely with the release of Orange County. In the film, Colin Hanks’s Shaun Brumder is a senior anxiously trying as hard as he can to get accepted into Standford so he can escape his life in Orange County. Read the rest of this entry »
Today is the start of Anime L.A. at the Los Angeles Airport Marriott. One-day memberships are $25 for Friday, $35 for Saturday, or $20 for Sunday. Weekend memberships are $50. The Los Angeles Airpor Marriott is located at 5855 West Century Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. The event is from January 6 to January 8.
Saturday night is opening reception for the Tarot art show at The Hive. J will have some new Super Emo Friends, along with some plush versions, on display. Celina will be performing with her band, WHITFVZZ, at midnight. Cover at the door is $8. The Hive is located at 729 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA. Opening reception is from 8pm to 12:30am. The artwork will be on display from January 7 to January 28.
Here’s my last 2011 contribution to Marcus and Stevi’s Ten Years Ago: Films in Retrospective blog:
I consider Saving Private Ryan to be the definitive cinematic World War II experience. I hold Black Hawk Down in the same regard when it comes to contemporary 90s conflicts. I’m pretty sure I’m not the only one that feels that way. One has to look no further than the videogame industry’s many attempts to recreate the visceral experience of watching this film. There’s NovaLogic’s Delta Force: Black Hawk Down, which was based on the events of the Somali Civil War. But that game never reached the heights of popularity as 2007’s Call of Duty 4: Modern Warfare, which had an action sequence leading up to its most iconic moment where the player had to rescue a downed Black Hawk helicopter pilot in a hostile urban environment. Fast forward to 2011’s Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 and that game has a mission that takes the player through a hostile Mogadishu. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s about time we got caught up on Work of Art, don’t you think? Lots of great artists have been eliminated these past few weeks, and one crappy one has not. Let’s get to it!
Tonight is the League of Extraordinary Ladies “Craftacularstravaganza” at Meltdown Comics. J will be among the numerous geeky indie vendors. He will be debuting several new additions to his “Super Emo Friends” series. Meltdown Comics is located at 7522 Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA. The event goes from 6pm to 9pm.
This weekend is “The JP Show” at Gallery Nucleus. The exhibit curated by Julia Vickerman and Brandon Bird focuses on the human characters of the Jurassic Park franchise. Gallery Nucleus is located at 210 East Main Street, Alhambra, CA. The artwork will be on display from December 3 to December 4.
Saturday night is opening night for the “Price… Less” show at The Hive Gallery. Much of the featured artwork will be available for $250 and under. The Hive is located at 729 South Spring Street, Los Angeles, CA. Cover is $8 at the door. Opening reception goes from 8pm to 12:30am and the artwork will be on display from December 3 to December 31.
Also on Saturday night is Game Night 7 at Giant Robot 2. Attract Mode, Meat Bun, and Angry Bananas bring you an evening of gaming featuring Poyltron’s Fez and superHYPERCUBE. And don’t forget to bring your Nintendo 3DS for the Streetpass meetup. Giant Robot 2 is located at 2062 Sawtelle Boulevard, Santa Monica, CA. The event goes from 7pm to 10pm.
Sunday is the last Comic Book Sunday! meeting for 2011. Previously postponed due to the rain, CBS! will be back at Jim Krueger’s. Bring comics, beer, and/or snacks. If you don’t have any of those, a $5 donation is always appreciated to keep things going. Jim’s pad is located at 11619 Moorpark Street, Studio City, CA. The event goes from 3pm to 6pm.
I’m currently trying out to be one of the artists for The Line it is Drawn on Comics Should Be Good. The way that feature works is Brian Cronin comes up with a theme each week, then specific suggestions within the theme are chosen on by the site’s twitter followers, and finally the artists choose to draw one of the suggestions. This week’s theme was to take a real or fictional person and give them powers to become a superhero or supervillain. One of the suggestions was Charlie Chaplin, so I gave him the same powers as the Shade. For those not familiar with the Starman villain, he’s an immortal gentleman dressed in black that can manipulate shadows to create monsters or teleport through space and time. I figured he matched up pretty well with Charlie Chaplin’s look. Plus, I always jump at the chance to do straight black and white pieces.
Next week’s theme is to team up two comic book characters that have never teamed up before. After that, Brian, a panel of judges, and the readers will then vote for the top three artists.
This Friday is the League of Extraordinary Ladies Craftacularstravaganza at Meltdown Comics. J will be among the numerous geeky indie vendors. He will be debuting several new additions to his “Super Emo Friends” series. Meltdown Comics is located at 7522 Sunset Boulevard. The event goes from 6pm to 9pm. And if you can’t make it in person, you can order prints online starting from $15.
Incidentally, this is also what Shane sees when he looks in the mirror.
Holy freakin’ crap.
Well, its official – Shane has gone off the deep end (if you haven’t watched last night’s episode of The Walking Dead, there be spoilers here!). Read the rest of this entry »
Two episode reviews with a single click, how convenient! Let’s get something straight, I choose to release these reviews long after anyone would have any interest in reading them. Now that that’s out of the way, on to Week 4…
I like kids, even though they generally ruin everything they come into contact with. It’s not their fault – kids are basically just wild animals that must be gradually trained to become well-adjusted adult humans. In their natural state, however, they are raw, unfiltered, curious, whimsical, brutally honest beings. For that reason, the best artists are often the ones that never really grew up.
