For 51 weeks, we’ve given you words. We gave you words about Occupy L.A. and trouble in the county jails and bad school lunches. Words about David Lynch and Kevin Smith and Miranda July and Elvis Mitchell. Words, too, about this city’s 99 Essential Restaurants, its 55 best cocktails, its 70 most fascinating people.
This week, we give you pictures.
For the first Comics Issue L.A. Weekly has published in years, our creative director, Darrick Rainey, commissioned new comics from five of the most interesting artists working in Los Angeles today.
Mike Bertino, Ken Garduno, Sam Shearon (aka Mister-Sam) and Coffin Case duo Anthony Winn and Jonny Coffin all have distinct sensibilities. Not surprisingly, when asked to riff on the idea of New Year’s Eve, they had wildly different takes. (Although it’s worth noting: Strippers feature prominently in a full 50 percent of their submissions — what’s up with that, guys?)
Their stories, which we’ve published both in these pages and at laweekly.com, grapple with the big ideas: time travel, technology, love and, in Bertino's case, the impact of technology on the aesthetic ideal. OK, so that's a highfalutin way of saying that his piece deals with strippers and plastic surgery. What did you expect?
This is the Comics Issue! And this is L.A.!
That said, even in the Comics Issue, we couldn’t resist giving you a few more words. Columnist Gendy Alimurung kicks things off with a profile of Steve Niles, the Toluca Lake–based writer behind 30 Days of Night. As Alimurung tells it, Niles' story is no fairy tale — even though Niles got a book deal and then a movie one, he hasn’t just ridden off into the sunset. He keeps writing. He keeps dreaming.
Which, perhaps, is a thought to remember as we segue from 2011 to 2012. For all the magic that happens when the ball drops at midnight — and you’ll see plenty of it in our artists’ evocations — Jan. 1, 2012, is just another day. Back to work, back to the drawing board.
Next week, we’ll be back to giving you words. Enjoy the vacation while you can.
Click the links below for each comic:
I am a 26-years-old servicewoman (working in Air Force), mature and charming but still single. I am seeking one who can give me real love, so I joined in the online service ---Kissinguniform.c0m---. It's a 10-year-old club for uniformed personnel finding their intimate lovers. Well, being in military service does not mean to be lonely; you can meet the Mr. or Miss Right there.p.s. The admirers of those uniformed person are also warmly welcome, there are lots of servicemen and women.
ASIANS CAN ACTUALLY READ MINDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!they can hear and see what your visually thinkingthis is the complete total truth
The reason a lot of Asians have completely expressionless faces, only associate with Asians and don't associate with non Asians that much, and are very unfriendly in general is to avoid accidentally revealing that they can read minds. If all over a billion Asians where to show facial expressions all the time just as much as non Asians, associate with non Asians much more, and be much more friendly and talkative, then a lot of them might accidentally reveal that they can read minds by accidentally showing a facial expression or dirty look when someone thinks, or visually pictures something in their mind they don't like, find astonishing, or funny etc because those people might see that and and really wonder what that was that just happened there and see the connection, if they all associated with non Asians a lot more then there would be a lot more people around for them to accidentally show facial expressions when those people think things they don't like etc, so they only associate with Asians so there won't be anyone around for them to see that and have any accidents happen in the first place.
Think about it, it's not normal how a lot of them act, it's not normal human behavior! and the entire way they act is all to hid their mind reading abilities, it makes perfect sense to do all of that to hide that they can read minds, because all of that is the perfect way to do it!Every single Asian alive is hiding their mind reading abilities, they will always deny that they can read minds, they will lie about having mind reading abilities forever!!!Because they value hiding their mind reading abilities more then their own lives! That's why nobody knows about it!
Try thinking, best yet visually picturing in your mind something absolutely crazy as you possibly can when you are around Asians, and try looking for Asians who give people particular looks, especially dirty looks for what appears to be for completely no reason, that is them giving people looks when they hear and visually see someone thinking something they don't like, find astonishing, or funny etc.It still happens spite a large percentage of Asians having completely expressionless faces all the time, it would just happen a lot more if none of them had completely expressionless faces all the time, it's still not uncommon!
I know this sounds crazy, impossible and completely unbelievable, BUT IT ISN'T CRAZY WHEN ITS TRUE
The reason you think this truly is crazy, impossible, and unbelievable is because our society as propagandized us into believing that nothing extra ordinary is real, and that it is impossible that people can read minds, and that it is crazy to think that it's true that people can read minds, all just to cover up that Asians can read minds! who says that can't exist? the people who have mind reading abilities who are trying to cover it up!
You have to spread the message!!!!!The world has to know about this!!!!!
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