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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
This Saturday and Sunday is Long Beach Comic Con! Be sure to drop by and check us out at Booth #412. We’ll have a wide assortment of work by our talented contributors Alicia Hollinger, Celina Armenta, Dax Schaffer, Diego Paz, Fungus, Jessica Broughton, JSalvador, Kevin Harman, Leesasaur, Mark Batalla, Megan Hutchison, Naomi Baker, Sasha Palacio, [...]
We take for granted today’s oversaturation of comic book movies. After 1997′s Batman and Robin, film adaptations of comics had an uphill struggle to get greenlit. By 2001, the success of the grim and gritty approach taken by Blade and X-Men had once again made comic books attractive to Hollywood. And within comics, the ones [...]
Here’s my latest review for the 10 Years Ago blog: When I wrote about Invader Zim in a previous 10YA post, I briefly mentioned the state of the animation industry during that period. Anime in particular was becoming very prolific across the globe, with numerous licensing deals on television and theatrical releases outside of Japan. [...]
Tonight is opening reception for the “Old School Video Game Show” at Gallery 1988 Venice. Over 90 artists will be re-imagining pixelated nostalgia. Gallery 1988 Venice is located at 214 Pier Avenue, Santa Monica, CA. Opening reception is from 7pm to 10pm and the artwork will be on display from the September 16 to October [...]
In addition to the PixelDrip art gallery, Sasha, Diego and myself were drawing sketch cards for the people in attendance. You can check them all out after the jump. This includes the entire set except for the Hugo that I drew and the Blanka that Diego drew. Sasha drew Morrigan, Chun-Li, and Q-Bee. Diego drew [...]
September’s theme is “Versus the World.” Pick a videogame character or make a team of characters and show why you feel they can take on any and all opponents thrown their way. These elite, kick ass characters come in many forms. They can be space marines, bounty hunters, mutants, scientists, plumbers, or even teenagers with [...]
