Email Author Liz Ohanesian

2011 Stories by Liz Ohanesian

• Shelf Life: Yuri Lowenthal and Tara Platt Bring Action Figures to Life in Web Series

  published Feb 09, 2012

  ​Actors Tara Platt and Yuri Lowenthal know how to make things happen fast. Last spring, Platt had an idea for a story about action figures living on a shelf in the bedroom of a ten-year-old boy. More >>

• Shag's 'Animal Kingdom': Where Furries, Anime and 1970s Halloween Costumes Collide

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​"When [Mad Men] first started, all of my friends, everyone who knows me, said, 'You've got to watch it. You'll love the costumes and the sets,'" says Josh Agle, the artist best known as Shag. More >>

• The Mae Shi Reunite!

  published Feb 06, 2012

  ​The Mae Shi never broke up, technically. Still, the L.A. group's last show was nearly three years ago, in Germany, and featured only one original member. In the meantime, they've all gone on t More >>

• Taxidermy Her Bones: Elegant, Macabre Jewelry Featuring Animal Skulls, Teeth and Bones

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​When Ashley Marie Manzo was a child, her father took her to Necromance, the Melrose Avenue store filled with specimen jars, bones and macabre trinkets. She loved it, but many years had passed b More >>

• Fujiya & Miyagi - the Echo - 2/1/12

  published Feb 02, 2012

  ​Fujiya & Miyagi, Evan Voytas, TV Girls The Echo 2/01/12 Better than... listening to Fujiya & Miyagi through headphones. There were moments where it felt incredibly awkward to stare at Fujiya More >>

• Celebrity Charity Dungeons & Dragons at Meltdown Comics, Plus Tips for Beginners

  published Jan 30, 2012

  ​Actors, writers and artists got together on Saturday afternoon at Meltdown Comics for a day of Dungeons & Dragons with a purpose. Celebrity Charity Dungeons & Dragons set out to raise funds for More >>

• They Might Be Giants - Royce Hall - 1/28/12

  published Jan 29, 2012

  ​They Might Be Giants 30th Anniversary Show, Jonathan Coulton UCLA Royce Hall 1/28/12 Better than ... watching a Clarissa Explains It All marathon. Royce Hall isn't the sort of venue where you More >>

• Key & Peele on Comedy Central: Keegan-Michael Key and Jordan Peele's New Sketch Series

  published Jan 26, 2012

  ​"Did you ever have a situation where you meet somebody and you end up having a long, nerdy conversation with themr" Jordan Peele, who stars with Keegan-Michael Key in Comedy Central's new sketc More >>

• Skrillex - Cinespace - 1/24/12

  published Jan 25, 2012

  ​See also: *Our cover story on Skrillex *Top Five Girls Who Look Like Skrillex Skrillex, Alvin Risk, Koan Sound, Dan Sena Cinespace 1/25/12 Better than... Seeing Skrillex at a festival Skril More >>

• Homeland Co-Creator Howard Gordon on His New Novel, Hard Target

  published Jan 25, 2012

  ​When Howard Gordon was in 7th grade, he wrote a science fiction novel. He knew he wanted to write early on in life, but it was his love of television that brought him to Los Angeles to try his More >>

• Moguai - Monday Social at the Playhouse - 1/23/12

  published Jan 24, 2012

  ​See also: Our Moguai Interview: Deadmau5's Associate Leads A Big Beat Comeback. Moguai Monday Social @ The Playhouse January 24, 2012 Better than...Remembering that the week has only just sta More >>

• Beavis & Butthead in Real Life, the Viral Hit Sculpture, is Among New Work at 'Conjoined II' Art Show

  published Jan 23, 2012

  ​When artist Chet Zar was offered the chance to curate a show for CoproGallery last year, he brought together his friends from the special effects world with a variety of other artists for a scu More >>

• Moguai: Deadmau5's Associate Leads a Big Beat Comeback

  published Jan 23, 2012

  ​Veteran DJ Moguai was born Andre Tegeler; he's been playing parties and putting out music since the mid-'90s. Jams like "U Know Why" (2002) picked up on the Big Beat sound popularized by artist More >>

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  Eric Joyner's Vintage Robots Travel to Thailand in Paintings at Corey Helford

  published Jan 19, 2012

  ​Eric Joyner is known for robots, the tin toy variety that appeared in the U.S. during the mid-20th century and pointed to a future that may now seem quaint. He hasn't kept track of how many of More >>

• Adult Swim Takes Over Gallery 1988, From The Venture Bros. to Aqua Teen Hunger Force

  published Jan 16, 2012

  ​See more photos in "The Best Art Inspired by Adult Swim." Gallery 1988 has hosted plenty of group shows that explore the influence of pop culture. From video games to cult films, Garbage Pail More >>

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  Yoshiki of X Japan Composes Golden Globes Theme Songr!

  published Jan 13, 2012

  ​ There's a special treat in store for fans of X Japan planning to watch Sunday night's Golden Globe Awards. This year, the annual award show will feature a theme song composed by none other tha More >>

• Homestuck Has Me Hooked

  published Jan 12, 2012

  ​I think I'm hooked on Homestuck. Homestuck is a web comic, the fourth story in the MS Paint Adventures collection created by Andrew Hussie. It started in April of 2009 and is ongoing, with fi More >>

• Club Cheval - Check Yo Ponytail 2 - 1/10/12

  published Jan 11, 2012

  ​Club Cheval Check Yo Ponytail 2 @ Echoplex 1/10/12 Better than... spending another night looking for Soundcloud mixes. You know DJs have skill when Shazam is completely confused by what's More >>

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  Anime Los Angeles 2012: The Changing Face of the Anime Convention Community

  published Jan 09, 2012

  ​See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshow, "Anime Los Angeles 2012." I've been to Anime Los Angeles five times now. For my first three years, I visited ALA as a regular attendee (unlike More >>

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  Kaboom! Brings Back Peanuts: Interview with Artist Matt Whitlock and Writer Shane Houghton

  published Jan 05, 2012

  ​When artist Matt Whitlock was seven, he wrote a letter to Peanuts creator Charles Schulz with one request. He wanted to help draw the cartoonist's famed strip. "I got a form letter back with More >>

• Kevin Eastman's Studio: See What's Up for Auction

  published Jan 02, 2012

  ​Read more in "Kevin Eastman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-Creator, Takes Over Meltdown Comics for 35 Days." See more photos in "Kevin Eastman @ Meltdown Comics." When Teenage Mutant Ninja T More >>

• Heavy Metal Cover Superstar Stacy E. Walker on Working as an Artist's Model

  published Dec 29, 2011

  ​Read more in "Kevin Eastman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-Creator, Takes Over Meltdown Comics for 35 Days." See more photos in "Kevin Eastman @ Meltdown Comics." Stacy E. Walker has done a More >>

• 5 Standout Cosplays of 2011

  published Dec 27, 2011

  ​See more photos in "2011: The Year in Cosplay." Read more in this years "Best of the Cons," Part 1 and Part 2 and "Top 10 Cult Stars of 2011." While some conventions attract more people in cos More >>

• Nero - The Music Box - 12/22/11

  published Dec 23, 2011

  ​ Nero (DJ Set) The Music Box 12-22-11 See also: Photos from Friday night's set. Better than... Listening to Nero's new CD. Earlier this month, Cherrytree Records released in the U.S. the ha More >>

• Top 10 Cult Stars of 2011

  published Dec 22, 2011

  ​I had the chance to interview quite a few people this year. Some were famous. Others weren't. However, most of this year's interviewees had a few things in common. They all created something, b More >>