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Top 10 Geek Heroes of 2012

In 2012, Stan Lee got his own comic book convention, Akira creator Katsuhiro Otomo came to town, web sensations like the comic Homestuck and series Dick Figures had wild success on Kickstarter and Lloyd Kaufman put a whole ton of Troma films on YouTube. Sure, there's plenty more that happened in 2 ... More >>

Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo 2012: Is It L.A.'s Comic-Con? Not Yet, But...

See also: *Elvira and Peaches Christ Celebrate Independent Horror Movies *Stan Lee Has His Own Convention Now: Stan Lee's Comikaze *Comikaze Expo 2011: First-Time Convention Brings Big Names, Big Crowd Over the weekend, Stan Lee's Comikaze Expo took over Los Angeles Convention Center's South Hall a ... More >>

Elvira and Peaches Christ Celebrate Independent Horror Movies at the Vista Last Night

See also: *Elvira's World: Our 2010 cover story *Top 5 Elvira Moments on YouTube A block-full of people descended upon Elvira's Macabre Mobile last night as the Mistress of the Dark pulled up in front of Los Feliz's Vista Theatre with fellow midnight movie authority Peaches Christ in tow. Cameras f ... More >>

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

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 Expo, the new pop culture fan convention that took the Los Angeles Convention Center by storm last fa ... More >>

Tim Leiweke's NFL Stadium Position: AEG is Willing to Share Revenue, and Today's EIR is Out to Change L.A. Driving Habits

By Hillel Aron Some call AEG's Tim Leiweke Los Angeles' most powerful man. But hours before today's release of a 10,000-page Environmental Impact Report for Farmers Field NFL stadium, Leiweke was stressed. Jacket off, slumped in a chair, drinking a Coke, he didn't seem like president of a firm with ... More >>

Downtown L.A. Stadium Developers Need Bigger Play For NFL Team

This week backers of a downtown NFL stadium will roll out a $27 million environmental impact report that will undoubtedly tell us how good this venue will be for Planet Angeles. Fair enough, but a new report over the weekend casts some doubt on the grand designs of Anschutz Entertainment Group, the ... More >>

Top 10 Cult Stars of 2011

Shannon CottrellWhere's Andrew W.K. on this list?​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, be it an event or a piece of art, that is memorable. ... More >>

Best of the Cons, Part 2: The Top Southern California Conventions of 2011

Shannon CottrellHatsune Miku in concert at Anime Expo​ Read more in "Best of the Cons Part 1: 8 Standout TV Shows, Cosplays, Games and More from 2011." Is Southern California the land of the superfan? Maybe. At the very least, it's the land of the fan conventions. Trying to hit up ever con in ... More >>

Comikaze Expo 2011: First-Time Convention Brings Big Names, Big Crowd

Shannon CottrellTitmouse animation panel at Comikaze​See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshow, "Comikaze Expo 2011." Jhonen Vasquez, creator of Johnny the Homicidal Maniac and Invader ZIM, is working with L.A.-based animation studio Titmouse on a few new projects. The catch is that he ... More >>

International Alchemy Conference: Getting Magickal and Mysterious in Long Beach

Tanja M. LadenDome and performance stage at the International Alchemy Conference​ Whether it's through Kundalini yoga, Vedic astrology, FengShui, Wicca or Kabbalah, the people of Los Angeles have always been willing to go to any lengths to find answers to the unexplained, especially with 2012, ... More >>

Farmers Field or Blade Runner Stadium?

The downtown NFL arena deal allows a sea of billboards, congestion and millions in public costs

Durarara!! Remains a Big Hit at Anime Expo 2011

Shannon CottrellDurarara!! cosplayers at Anime Expo 2011​When we covered Anime Expo back in 2010, we noted that characters from a new series called Durarara!!, then only available in the U.S. through Crunchyroll, were amongst the most memorable cosplays of the convention. We saw numerous femal ... More >>

Danny Choo Makes Second Appearance at Anime Expo, Culture Japan to Air on U.S. Television

Liz OhanesianDanny Choo at Anime Expo 2011 Press Day​"I've been through some tough times to get to Japan," says Anime Expo 2011 guest of honor Danny Choo. Raised in the U.K., but now living in Japan, Choo has turned his love of Japanese culture and language into more than a business. His web ... More >>

Skullgirls: The Next Big Fighting Game?

Reverge LabsSkullgirls​ For more on Skullgirls, see "Skullgirls: Screenshots from the Next Big Fighting Game." Check out our E3 2011 category for more coverage from the show. See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshows, "E3 2011: Day One" and "E3 2011: Day Two." Over the course of E3, th ... More >>

Video Games Live: The E3 Event That's Open to the Public

Marcin Wichary, Creative Commons via WikipediaTommy Tallarico playing Video Games Live in 2009​Today is the first day of E3, the annual event where video game companies unveil their latest products. There's a lot of hype surrounding the three-day show, but, unfortunately most people won't be a ... More >>

Is Anaheim Comic Con a Sign of What's to Come When Wizard World Heads to L.A.?

Shannon CottrellHanging out at the GNB Cosplay booth at Anaheim Comic Con​ See more of Shannon Cottrell's photos in "Anaheim Comic Con 2011." Read more in "Southern California Ghostbusters Turn up at Anaheim Comic Con" and "Green Lantern Goes Samurai at Anaheim Comic Con." On the morning of A ... More >>

Farmers Field, Downtown L.A.'s Proposed NFL Stadium, Gets Staples Center's Architects, Gensler

Gensler's vision.​The people who intend to build an NFL stadium in downtown L.A. have chosen an architect for the project, Gensler. Anschutz Entertainment Group went with the firm that also designed its neighboring development downtown, Staples Center. The stadium, which doesn't have the ble ... More >>

Staples Center Chief Tim Leiweke Defends Prospective NFL Stadium Downtown As A Boon To Taxpayers

NFL next door to Staples Center?​How close is L.A. to getting a new NFL stadium? Tim Leiweke, CEO of Anschutz Entertainment Group, the Staples Center-owning company that might or might not build a billion-dollar football venue downtown, says it's at least three years off. Still, there's been ... More >>

Proposition 19 Dreams of Legal Weed

Bruce Margolin has defended 25,000 pot cases and Timothy Leary. Now he's primed for ganja tourists and sensimilla spas

Tim Leiweke, Staples Center's Boss, Wants To Turn Part Of Los Angeles Convention Center Into NFL Stadium

L.A. conventioneers, soon to be under AEG's supervision?​Touche, Ed Roski. Yesterday the developer said his proposed NFL stadium in the City of Industry could also double as a World Cup venue. (To which we said all three soccer fans in L.A. were elated). Well, today the other shoe dropped. An ... More >>

Ever Get the Feeling You've Been Conned?

The search for authenticity at Comic-Con 2010

Top 10 Memorable Cosplays of Anime Expo

Check out more photos in "Anime Expo 2010: Thursday, Day One," "Anime Expo 2010: Friday, Day Two," and "Anime Expo 2010: Saturday, Day Three." For Fourth of July weekend, tens of thousands of anime fans headed downtown to the Los Angeles Convention Center for Anime Expo. Many of them were in cospla ... More >>

Ten Anime Series You Should See Before Anime Expo

Check out photos from Anime Expo 2009 in Shannon Cottrell's slideshow "Anime Madness: Cosplay Characters at Anime Expo '09." This Thursday, tens of thousands of anime fans will head downtown to the Los Angeles Convention Center for Anime Expo. The largest anime con in the U.S., AX will feature fou ... More >>

In Fight To Host Comic-Con, Anaheim Enlists Facebook

A scene from Comic-Con.​The city of Anaheim recently launched a Facebook Fan Page in its effort to woo the packed Comic-Con convention from San Diego. The city also penned an open letter to the organizers of the get-together, stating, "You need to be assured that moving to Anaheim is the best ... More >>

BONGS, SCHLONGS AND OTHER PHALLIC THINGS

The People's Porn Star: Erotica LA Preview with Belladonna

Belladonna: The People's Porn StarDespite seminars like "Expanding Your Orgasm: Backdoor Basics and Beyond With Amy Sung," and shopping for naughty gifts like RealTouch's laptop compatible interactive media massager, according to Erotica LA there is only one reason to attend the convention this year ... More >>

Anti-Christ Protest at E3 Computer and Video Game Expo

Today a group of religious protesters gathered outside the E3 Expo at the Los Angeles Convention Center to rally against the EA-helmed game Dante's Inferno. The protesters' message was simple: Play Dante's Inferno and go to Hell. Check out the photograph below of our favorite sign bearing the slogan ... More >>

This Zombie Moment: Hunting for What Lies Beneath the Undead Zeitgeist

"Zombies are always the monster for fear of something larger than yourself, whether it's the recession, or going on boats without pirates attacking, or countries far, far away plotting our doom. Zombies make sense right now."

GO LA: Lewis Black, German Cinema, Sheryl Crow for the Congo, and more

Where to go in L.A., February 13-19

Queer Town: The Subtle Lessons of the Equality Summit

On Saturday, January 24, Equality California and other major gay organizations hosted an event called the Equality Summit at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown L.A.. Since these groups, many of which were heavily involved in the "No on 8" campaign, never held a live, in-person town hall m ... More >>

Labia, Sarah Silverman, Phantom of the Opera and more!

What to do in L.A., January 23-29

Does Anybody Remember Laughter?

Mega-Billboard for Billionaire Anschutz: What's Next, Preparation H Pavilion?

City Council rolls over for tycoon, ignoring its own anti-billboard law

Playing Tribute to Bono, Judy ... and Johnny Wadd

What to do in L.A., August 8-14

Stanton Kaye: Father of Reinvention

Could tracking technology save the Hollywood dreams of a former golden boy?

Faster Cynthia!! Kiln! Kiln!

What to do in Los Angeles this week

WGA Strike Q&A

The 411 on the “Holloween” fear and loathing

Aging Stormtroopers, Bland Blockbusters and Ingénues

Things to chew on this Memorial Day weekend

A Whole Lotta Whoop-De-Do

What to do in Los Angeles this week

Ice Cream, Barbie . . . and Queercore

Dub Town

Got rims? The latest wheelchairs do . . .

David Ehrenstein, Meet David Ehrenstein

Hahn Solo

Hahn Solo

Jimmy doesn’t like to be called dull. In fact, he defends his style with, uh, passion

O Brother, Where Art Thou Screening?

Dawn in L.A.

What were 12,000 people doing at the Convention Center?

From Motown to Rimtown

The blinging of Los Angeles

Lord of the Race

Serving on two powerful air-quality boards., L.A. Marathon founder William Burke sets a fast pace. But it just might be when he crosses the finish line, the public — and clean air — are the big losers.

Goldberg and the Guv

Body Work

Bikram Choudhury wants to restore the chassis of the Western world