James Urbaniak

#LAWebAwards: The 2013 Winners List

The Internet just won't stand still. A few years ago it was all about Facebook and Twitter. Then Pinterest, then GIFs. Now we're all taking a crash course in something called Vine. Oh, and did you hear MySpace is back — and Yahoo is beating Google? But as online life continues to evolve, the ... More >>

The Greatest Gathering of Vine Creators Ever

Andy Warhol overshot when he predicted everyone would be famous for fifteen minutes. Apparently, all one needs is six seconds. That's the length of a Vine, the video app explored during last Sunday's Everything Is Vine, a segment of Cinefamily's fourth annual Everything Is Film Festival. Hosted by ... More >>

Cinefamily's Annual Grab Bag, the Everything Is Festival

Thrilling Adventure Hour Heads to Comic-Con with Kickstarter-Funded Comic Book

Ben Blacker had just arrived at San Diego Comic-Con when we met. The writer was preparing for a whirlwind of events surrounding Thrilling Adventure Hour, the live show he created with Ben Acker eight years ago. There's a signing, an official Comic-Con panel and four sold out evening performances of ... More >>

Funny or Die's iSteve Beat All the Other Steve Jobs Biopics to the Screen. Maybe Because It Was Shot in Five Days

The Tangled Web We Watch: A Bizarre Episode of Father-Son Bonding in the 21st Century

Top 5 Cartoon Series You Need to Watch Before San Diego Comic-Con

See also: *14 Essential Items to Bring to Every Fan Convention *5 Essential Cosplay Tips for Beginners With two weeks to go until San Diego Comic-Con, news about panel appearances is just starting to hit the web. For animation fans, there's a lot in store from networks like Nickelodeon, Cartoon Net ... More >>

Jackie Kashian: The Dork Forest

Acting Drunk Is Not Like Being Drunk

The Venture Bros. : Convention Do's and Don'ts for Fans

Shannon Cottrell​See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's gallery, "The Venture Bros. @ San Diego Comic-Con 2011." Adult Swim's cult hit The Venture Bros. was back at San Diego Comic-Con this year. Friday's panel featured show masterminds Jackson Publick and Doc Hammer along with James Urbaniak, ... More >>

San Diego Comic-Con Announces Friday, July 22 Schedule: Doc Hammer, Jackson Publick, Chris Elliott, Wil Wheaton, Felicia Day and More

Shannon CottrellDoc Hammer and Jackson Publick with amazing Venture Bros. cosplayers at SDCC 2010​San Diego Comic-Con just posted it's panel schedule for Friday, July 22. For fans of Adult Swim's cult favorite series, The Venture Bros., you'll want to mark this down (and prepare to get in line ... More >>

Jackie Kashian Discusses The Dork Forest Podcast Performance at Meltdown Comics' NerdMelt

​ We're dorky for the hilarious comedy of Jackie Kashian, who brings her podcast The Dork Forest to NerdMelt at Meltdown Comics on Thursday, July 7, with guests Dana Gould and James Urbaniak. While on vacation in Australia, she kindly A'ed our Q's. Congratulations on 45 episodes of The Dork ... More >>

Make Us Laugh, Funny Girl! Jackie Kashian

So Thrilling! So Adventurous!

James Urbaniak: Dr. Red Herring

Five Nerd Heroes From LA Weekly's New People Issue

Patton Oswalt and Grumpus​ LA Weekly's brand new People Issue, out on newsstands Thursday, has enough nerd heroes to fill a whole, err, nerds don't know sports. But they do like systems and categorization, and so we put them in a list: 5. James Urbaniak

Thrilling Adventure Hour Interviews: Ben Acker and Ben Blacker

For more than five years, Thrilling Adventure Hour has been bringing L.A. a dose of "old-time radio." Well, sort of. Created by writers Ben Acker and Ben Blacker, Thrilling Adventure Hour is actually a stage show done in the style of radio. In other words, you're watching actors on stage in front o ... More >>

Carlos Ramos: From Stanley Kubrick to David Bowie

Last summer, Carlos Ramos embraced his love of Stanley Kubrick's film in his show "Kubrick" at Bergamot Station's Copro Gallery (see "Carlos Ramos Reinterprets Stanley Kubrick's Greatest Film Moments"). While working on that show, a new inspiration hit him-- David Bowie. Shannon CottrellCarlos Ramos ... More >>

Martians and Superheroes and Nazis, Oh My!: 'Adventure Hour' Thrills Sell-Out Largo Crowd

Photo by Jonathan ReillyNathan Fillion strikes his best heroic pose as Annie Savage looks on​ Fearless superheroes battling feathered evildoers, male Martians having their egg sacs (!) violated by their disgusted compadres, and pint-sized sidekicks being brainwashed by Nazi vamps to assassinat ... More >>

Best of the Fan Conventions 2009

Photographer Shannon Cottrell and I started off 2009 with Anime L.A. and then proceeded to hit up every convention and non-con fandom event we could attend. Needless to say, it's been a whirlwind year of panels, cosplay, ball-jointed dolls and "Hare Hare Yukai" dance-offs. We decided to end the year ... More >>

How to Survive the Holidays, Part 1

What to do Thanksgiving week

Rudy, Rudy, Rudy

Film Reviews: Delta Farce, Hollywood Dreams, Fay Grim and more

Also reviews of Even Money, In Search of Mozart and Paris Je T’aime

American Splendors

Kevin Costner and Harvey Pekar deliver the goods

In Sync

The Sticky Fingers of Time