Jack Kirby

The Best Concerts to See In L.A. This Weekend

Don't forget to check our constantly-updated Los Angeles Concert Calendar Friday, September 20 Human Eye LOS GLOBOS Some humans make music, some humans make medicine, some humans make monsters -- Human Eye's Timmy Vulgar makes all of those things at once. Basically, if you are a certain kind of fr ... More >>

Too Bad The Wolverine Isn't as Interesting as Hugh Jackman

Inside the World of L.A.'s Puppet Filmmakers

A movie must be completed before its screened, right? Not according to Graphation. Last night, in Downtown Los Angeles' Hive Gallery, the independent film group kickstarted their first installment of Works In Progress by presenting three unfinished films to an audience. The focus of the WIP seri ... More >>

YouTube Wars: Readers Weigh In

How Kevin Eastman Invented the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

The owner of Heavy Metal magazine is returning to the comic that made his name.

With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story

Sun Araw, Eagles of Death Metal, Lil' Kim

Also, Harry Partch's Bitter Music, Jonneine Zapata, Alan Pasqua Trio and others

Kevin Eastman, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Co-Creator, Takes Over Meltdown Comics for 35 Days

Liz OhanesianKevin Eastman inside his Meltdown Comics studio, which features lots of goodies from Eastman's studio that will be sold by auction. ​There has been a lot of activity in the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle world lately. Last summer at San Diego Comic-Con, Nickelodeon announced that a n ... More >>

Captain America Review

Picks from San Diego Comic-Con's Schedule: Emily the Strange, Yoshitaka Amano, Buffy the Musical

Check out our Comic-Con picks for Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Sunday is Kids' Day at San Diego Comic-Con. Throughout the day, there will be lots of events for the young ones. But, if you don't have kids and you're not completely exhausted, there might be a few panels for you too. If you've been ... More >>

The Bish, The Fish and The Fantastic Four

Ginny Bishton, Tim Ebner and Mark Todd

Frank Zappa to Jack Kirby: "I Could Have Scored 'Star Wars'!"

The current issue of visually spiffy pop culture magazine Royal Flush has a really interesting interview with Ahmet Zappa, where he reveals details of his dad Frank's surprising friendship with legendary comics maverick Jack Kirby. (Yes, the LA Times blogged about this a month ago, but bear with us. ... More >>

A Marvel-ous Deal for Mickey

That is, if Disney can stop itself from ruining the comics company

Last Round: "At the Brewery Project: The Finale"

Looking forward into the past

The Incredible Hulk: Just Okay

Marvel's latest doesn't live up to its billing

Jon Favreau's Iron Man Has a Heart

Director and Robert Downey Jr. bring soul to the superhero movie

Chapter and Verse

Rick Moody, Jonathan Lethem and John Darnielle on the crossbreeding of literature and pop

Comic Genius

Overcoming the funny pages’ inferiority complex

10 Comics That Shook The World

(Of comics, anyway)

Heroes on the Boulevard

Gods and Monsters

And a big hello to Mr. Green Genes

Midnight Cowboy

Marvel Comics' Rawhide Kid comes out of the closet

My Affair With Romance Comics

A love story, born out of pain and joy

Letters

The Neurotic Superhero

Stan Lee & his human Marvels

Read This

comic creators recommend their favorites

Don’t Be Afraid

Nels Cline applies the hot iron