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Why Comic-Con Is Really About Community

In Southern California, you can be certain that the bigger the event, the more religious protestors you'll see across the street. Oftentimes, convention-goers will counter the protestors with signs bearing absurd slogans. That was the case in San Diego this year, when attendees dropped as many nerdy ... More >>

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 >>

Joss Whedon's The Avengers Grossed $1.5 Billion. His Next Film? A Shakespeare Play He Shot in His Backyard

What Is a Movie Critic's Job in the Summer of Comic Books? A Discussion

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.

Bent Con

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 >>

The Amazing Spider-Man Review: The Spider Becomes a Man — and a Joy

Roger Slifer, DC Comics Legend and Transformers Producer, Gravely Injured in Santa Monica Hit-and-Run

Another tragic hit-and-run in Santa Monica last weekend has left comic-book great Roger Slifer, 57, in critical condition. The legend behind DC Comics superhero Lobo and the beloved old TV show Transformers was crossing 5th Street at the Colorado Avenue intersection around 12:57 a.m. early Saturday ... More >>

On Its Centennial, Paramount Pictures Celebrates Its Peak: The 1970s

Valiant Comics: Two Students Did Not Want to See Their Favorite Comic Book Brand Die. So They Bought the Company

In 2005, Dinesh Shamdasani and Jason Kothari, two slight, sleep-deprived undergrads from USC and the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, respectively, sat in Kothari's dorm room surrounded by the towering boxes of legal documents that had consumed their lives for the past six mo ... More >>

The Avengers Review

Superheroes bump superegos in Joss Whedon's all-star movie

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

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 superheroes to Gallery 1988 on Melrose Avenue for "Assemble." The show, which actually takes place at a ... More >>

Brouwerij West, an L.A. Microbrewery That's Turning Its Bottles Into an Art Gallery

Beer talk runs the gamut from the frat boy refrain "beer is beer" to craft beer enthusiasts sparring in fermentation terminology. If there is any "art" to the drink, it lies within the bottle, and rarely will the conversation veer to what's outside it: the label. "It's not like you can open up the ... More >>

Marvel Taps Rising Comics Sensation Sam Humphries for Ultimates

Today, Marvel announced that L.A.-based writer Sam Humphries will be joining veteran comic book author Jonathan Hickman as co-writer of Ultimates, an alternate-universe version of the Avengers superhero team. Humphries will come on board with issue 10 of the Ultimate Comics series, set for release i ... More >>

Bent-Con: Bringing LGBTQ Comics and Genre Entertainment to Los Angeles

Liz OhanesianSean Holman runs Bent-Con.​"Bent-Con started out of a desire of a bunch of a queer geeks who were tired of going to cons and being the niche within the niche within the niche," says Sean Holman, who organizes the convention that took place at Downtown's Bonaventure Hotel last week ... More >>

Skrillex, Major Lazer, Caspa - Hard Haunted Mansion - Shrine Expo Hall - 10-29-11

Timothy Norris​See also: Our cover story on Skrillex *More photos from Hard Haunted Mansion Skrillex, Major Lazer, Caspa, Goose and others HARD Haunted Mansion Shrine Expo Hall 10-29-11 Better than... watching Skrillex on YouTube. This year's Hard Haunted Mansion -- the two-day electronic m ... More >>

There's Three Of Us, But We're Not The Beatles: The Ten Most Illogical Rap Lyrics In History

Wait, where's Ringo?​By Chaz Kangas "No one ever climbs a ladder alone," said Bill Clinton at his Hollywood Bowl fete on Saturday. This makes not a lick of sense. But perhaps he was just taking cues from the world of hip-hop, which is famous for its wildly inaccurate and illogical statements. ... More >>

Why Is NBC L.A. Phasing Out Its Latino Reporters?

Ana Garcia: 6 p.m. golden girl, no more.​A cross lettersent to KNBC President and General Manager Craig Robinson by the California Chicano News Media Association yesterday points to a strange trend, given L.A.'s booming Latino population: Five Latino news anchors working for Channel 4 have bee ... More >>

Miles Morales: Spider-Man's PC New Replacement Is Half-Black, Half-Latino

MarvelMiles Morales​Apparently, half-human, half-spider wasn't diverse/culturally cutting-edge enough for Marvel Comics' most revered superhero. Sorry, Peter Parker: In its "Ultimate" line of Spider-Man adventures, Marvel is looking to do like Beyonce and "Upgrade U" (or, more accurately, ki ... More >>

Captain America Review

San Diego Comic-Con Announces Thursday July 21 Schedule: Bruce Campbell, Yoshiki, Stan Lee, Mike Judge and More

Shannon CottrellYoshiki and Stan Lee will appear together at San Diego Comic-Con on July 21​We're two weeks away from San Diego Comic-Con and now the panel schedule for Thursday, July 21 is online. You know what that means. It's time to start preparing. Check out the full schedule on SDCC's w ... More >>

Theater Reviews: I Never Sang for My Father, The Temperamentals

Also, The All Night Strut!, Veronika Decides to Die, Wait Until Dark and more

Spider-Man on Broadway; La Traviata at the Met

Big loves in Gotham

We Are All Hoarders

Worst movie year ever? Or is Hollywood just feeding our addiction to garbage?

A Day In the Life of Hall H: Mostly Awesome, Briefly Chaotic

Nicole CamposThe Avengers, together at last! A genius ending to an insane day...​ The largest exhibition room at the San Diego Convention Center is Hall H, a huge 6,000-plus seater situated at the complex's south end that every year during Comic-Con International hosts the biggest, baddest, an ... More >>

Digital LA Hosts Pre-Comic-Con Panel at Meltdown

By: Jennifer Stavros As Comic-Con approaches, it is with no surprise that the hype is rising about the future of the industry. Last night, a now yearly panel hosted by Digital LA at Meltdown Comics and sponsored by Filter focused on the convergence of the digital world within this booming and evol ... More >>

'Thundercats' Cartoon Writer Murdered

Stephen Perry.​Police in Florida this week said 56-year-old Stephen Perry, who wrote for the 1980s cartoon series Thundercats, was murdered. The man had gone missing for nearly two weeks, and police reportedly found his arm inside of his abandoned van on the grounds of a Tampa Bay hotel May 16 ... More >>

Captain America To Be Filmed In ... England

Marvel​Even as the city of Los Angeles has been trying to keep film production here and Marvel Comics vowed to make its movies in the Southland, news this week reveals that Captain America: The First Avenger will be filmed in London. Bloody hell. That's according to the Los Angeles Times, whi ... More >>

BEST SPOT TO SPY ON JAMES BOND

Form and Emotion: The Art and Life of Alain Resnais, at LACMA

Five decades of French director’s work featured in monthlong retrospective

Quentin and Harv, Marty and Leo, Tom and Jerry

Filmdom's Controversial Duos

Comic Con Trades Tights for Toques, Keeps Utility Belts

Home Box Office, inc."Synthetic blood products contain varied cellular content than actual blood." Comic Con is known for its masked, spandex-clad, fans -- not its cuisine. In fact, "bring your own lunch" tops most Comic Con survival guides. But, when the annual event once again opened its door ... More >>

Gang Worker "Bow Wow" in the Dog House

Call it a career relapse, but Marlo Jones allegedly couldn't remember if he was a gang member or a gang-intervention worker last week, when, police claim, he participated in a violent jewelry heist. Jones and a group of people allegedly robbed a musician from the R&B group Bones Thuggs & Har ... More >>

Credit Crunch Hits Hollywood Studios

Paramount Is First to Feel Financing Woes

The Incredible Hulk: Just Okay

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

Hollywood's Always-Delicate "Friendships" Feel Even More Strain

Depp's loyal heart and Moonves' disloyal buds

Big Media, Behemoth Media, Bewildered Media

The best of the week: DeadlineHollywoodDaily.com

Spider-Man, in Black and White

When good superheroes turn reductive

Film Reviews

Including this week's pick, Cavite

10 Comics That Shook The World

(Of comics, anyway)

Eight-Legged Freaks

New York trembles as Spidey, Doc Ock play patty-cake

Midnight Cowboy

Marvel Comics' Rawhide Kid comes out of the closet

Letters

The Neurotic Superhero

Stan Lee & his human Marvels

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comic creators recommend their favorites

Babes in Armor

Tia, Cleo and Bruce

Life in the 31st Century

Matt Groening: Past, present, Futurama