Email Author Liz Ohanesian

2012 Stories by Liz Ohanesian

• Kit Quinn and Tallest Silver: The Great Pretenders

  published May 23, 2012

  Two of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. Kit Quinn and Tallest Silver keep their legal names off the record. The best... More >>

• Lauren Faust on Her Favorite Childhood Toy and Pitching Animated Shows for Girls

  published May 21, 2012

  See also: *"Lauren Faust: Let's Hear It for the Girls" *"Top 5 Lessons for Adults From My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" For this year's L.A. Weekly People Issue, I interviewed Lauren Faust, the f... More >>

• Lauren Faust: Let's Hear It for the Girls

  published May 17, 2012

  One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. "I've always looked at my work feeling like I was trying to make stuff for g... More >>

• Lloyd Kaufman, Indie Film Legend of Toxic Avenger Fame, Wants You to Watch His Troma Movies for Free

  published May 17, 2012

  See also: "Why Self-Publishr Artists and Writers Explain at Long Beach Comic Expo" Lloyd Kaufman wants you to watch Troma Entertainment's extensive film catalog for free. Yes, really. The independent... More >>

• Why Self-Publishr Artists and Writers Explain at Long Beach Comic Expo

  published May 14, 2012

  See our coverage of Long Beach Comic Expo 2011: "Long Beach Comic Expo: Five Things We Love About Small Conventions." Sheika Lugtu is 24 and a student at Long Beach City College. A couple of years ag... More >>

• 14 Essential Items to Bring to Every Fan Convention

  published May 10, 2012

  It's that time of year where it seems like there's at least one big fan convention going on every weekend somewhere in the country. Whether you're planning to head to New Jersey for the Steampunk Worl... More >>

• My Little Pony Project Brings Bronies and Pegasisters to Toy Art Gallery

  published May 07, 2012

  See also: *More photos from the My Little Pony Project opening at Toy Art Gallery *Top 5 Lessons for Adults From My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic *Boba Fett as a Girl: N.C. Winters Mashes Up Star ... More >>

• The Avengers Art: 12 Awesome Artworks of the Legendary Marvel Characters at Gallery 1988

  published May 03, 2012

  Joss Whedon's take on Marvel's dream team, The Avengers, hits U.S. theaters at midnight. With anticipation for the movie swelling, a host of hot artists brought their own renditions of the famed super... More >>

• Deniz Kurtel Brings Art Basel LED Sculpture to Los Globos: Like Walking Into a Kaleidoscope

  published Apr 30, 2012

  Deniz Kurtel makes dance music. She also creates LED sculptures. Saturday night at Los Globos, Kurtel brought together both of her artistic pursuits for her "Double Exposure" tour. Inside the venue, s... More >>

• Five Unusual Designer Toys Based on Celebrities

  published Apr 26, 2012

  There's no shortage of toys and merchandise based on celebrities floating around the Internet, but some are a bit more unusual than others. In the designer toy and art toy world, artists turn recogniz... More >>

• 10 Interpretations of Legendary Monsters at Hyaena Gallery

  published Apr 23, 2012

  Hyaena Gallery is a small Burbank shop dedicated to dark art, outsider art, pop surrealism and other unusual styles. Every year, the gallery hosts an exhibition at the annual horror convention Monster... More >>

• Pulp - The Fox Theater - 4/19/12

  published Apr 20, 2012

  Pulp The Fox Theatre 4/19/12 See also: The Pulp Revival Continues With Eve Wood's Documentary The Beat Is Law Better than...watching cell phone videos from Pulp's New York and San Francisco shows.... More >>

• Royal/T to Close: Top 5 Memorable Events at the Culver City Maid Cafe

  published Apr 19, 2012

  Royal/T is preparing to close its Culver City digs. The popular restaurant/art gallery cultivated a unique vibe with a staff dressed in costumes inspired by Japanese maid cafes and a variety of unusua... More >>

• Top 5 Lessons for Adults From My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic

  published Apr 16, 2012

  See also: "Boba Fett as a Girl: N.C. Winters Mashes Up Star Wars and My Little Pony in 'Abandoned Menagerie'" It's easy to forget that My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is a kids show. After all, i... More >>

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  Coachella 2012: Five Must-See, Under-the-Radar EDM Artists

  published Apr 13, 2012

  You're at Coachella. You love EDM. But what do you do if you really don't feel like dancing to bottle service-party staples like Avicii, Kaskade and Swedish House Mafiar Chances are, if you check out... More >>

• Stan Lee Has His Own Convention Now: Stan Lee's Comikaze

  published Apr 12, 2012

  For more coverage visit our post on last year's event, "Comikaze Expo 2011: First-Time Convention Brings Big Names, Big Crowd" and check out photos from Comikaze Expo 2011. It's official. Comikaze E... More >>

• Five Comedy Web Series You Need to Watch Now

  published Apr 09, 2012

  Last weekend, the third L.A. Web Series Festival (aka L.A. Web Fest) took over the LAX Radisson Hotel, bringing a wide variety of Internet-based programming to screening rooms. I stopped by the event... More >>

• Adult Swim's Eagleheart With Chris Elliott: An Inside Look at the Second Season

  published Apr 05, 2012

  Also check out L.A. Weekly's interview with Chris Elliott from the first season of Eagleheart. On a blazing hot day last September, the cast and crew of Adult Swim series Eagleheart were holed up in... More >>

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  Photek: Veteran EDM Producer Is Not Glossy, Not Flossing

  published Apr 03, 2012

  Last November, Rupert Parkes was having coffee when KCRW's Jason Bentley called to congratulate him. "For whatr" asked the Hollywood electronic music producer and DJ, known as Photek. Turns out his re... More >>

• 7 Reasons You Should Be Watching Adventure Time

  published Apr 02, 2012

  Read more in "Adventure Time Is a Hit at San Diego Comic-Con" and "Adventure Time Creator Pendleton Ward on Video Games, Zombies and Comic-Con." It didn't take long for Adventure Time to become a cul... More >>

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  A-Trak: The Hipster's Hipster

  published Mar 30, 2012

  A-Trak will have you know that he isn't just a DJ -- he's a turntablist. Raised in Montreal and now based in New York, he was just 15 when he won the DMC World Championship, the prestigious DJ battle... More >>

• Boba Fett as a Girl: N.C. Winters Mashes Up Star Wars and My Little Pony in 'Abandoned Menagerie'

  published Mar 29, 2012

  In "Abandoned Menagerie," open at Gallery 1988 through April 7, artist N.C. Winters delves deep into his childhood memory for a series of pieces based on pop culture figures of the 1980s. The Carlsbad... More >>

• 10 Awesome Artworks Inspired by Retro Cartoons, at 'Gag Me With a Toon 4'

  published Mar 26, 2012

  For the past few years, L.A. artist Steven Daily has brought together a wide variety of artists to explore the animated influences in the group show "Gag Me With a Toon." Where previous installments o... More >>

• Natasha Leggero on Ugly Americans Voice Acting and What It's Like Being 'Cast as Domineering Bitches'

  published Mar 22, 2012

  In Ugly Americans, which began debuting new episodes last week on Comedy Central, wizards, demons, zombies, humans and more live together, and often clash, in New York City. At the center is Social S... More >>

• WonderCon's Big Hollywood Movie Panels: Did Fans Fall for the Prometheus Hyper

  published Mar 19, 2012

  Last weekend was WonderCon, the large, three-day pop culture convention organized by the same people who bring us San Diego Comic-Con every year. Normally, WonderCon takes place in San Francisco. Due ... More >>