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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 >>

Equestria L.A.: Southern California Gets Its Own Brony Convention, for My Little Pony Fans

See also: *Top 5 Lessons for Adults From Friendship Is Magic *My Little Pony Project at Toy Art Gallery *Lauren Faust: Profile From Our People Issue *Lauren Faust on Childhood Toys and Pitching Animated Shows My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic is the animation phenomenon of this decade. A childre ... More >>

Top 7 Lessons Learned at San Diego Comic-Con 2012

See also: *"San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Hasbro Listens to Fans With New, Exclusive Toys" *"San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Dethklok Gives Metalocalypse Fans a Sneak Preview of Upcoming Tour" *"San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Firefly's 10th Anniversary Symbolized by Jayne Cobb's Hat" *"Cosplay on Display at Comic- ... More >>

San Diego Comic-Con 2012: Hasbro Listens to Fans with New, Exclusive Toys

Over the course of two seasons, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic has emerged as the kid's cartoon with a far greater audience than just children. Adult fans of the show -- known primarily as Bronies, as well as the less frequent term Pegasisters -- have created their own online forums and fan con ... More >>

Anime Expo 2012: Cosplayer Yaya Han on Turning Her Hobby into a Business

See also: "Anime Expo 2012: Tiger & Bunny and Puella Magi Madoka Magica Draw Huge Crowds at AX" On Sunday afternoon at Anime Expo, I met Yaya Han. The Atlanta-based cosplayer was at her booth inside the exhibit hall, surrounded by cat ears, unicorn horns and pegasus wings. Han is part of a growing ... More >>

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 >>

Top 5 Things You'll Find in an Anime Convention Exhibit Hall as Seen at AM2

See also: *14 Essential Items to Bring to Every Fan Convention *Homestuck Has Me Hooked Last weekend, AM2 returned to Anaheim Convention Center for another weekend of anime, manga and music. The annual event is relatively new to the convention scene -- this is its second year in Anaheim -- but it's ... More >>

Lauren Faust on Her Favorite Childhood Toy and Pitching Animated Shows for Girls

See also: *"Lauren Faust: Let's Hear It for the Girls" *"Top 5 Lessons for Adults From My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic" For this year's L.A. Weekly People Issue, I interviewed Lauren Faust, the fabulously talented artist and writer who has worked on top-notch shows like The Powerpuff Girls and ... More >>

L.A. Weekly's People 2012 Issue

Lauren Faust: Let's Hear It for the Girls

One of the fascinating Angelenos featured in L.A. Weekly's People 2012 issue. Check out our entire People 2012 issue here. "I've always looked at my work feeling like I was trying to make stuff for girls," says animator Lauren Faust, "and then accidentally getting guys interested as well." Faust, ... More >>

My Little Pony Project Brings Bronies and Pegasisters to Toy Art Gallery

See also: *More photos from the My Little Pony Project opening at Toy Art Gallery *Top 5 Lessons for Adults From My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic *Boba Fett as a Girl: N.C. Winters Mashes Up Star Wars and My Little Pony in 'Abandoned Menagerie' Just before 8:30 p.m., when the line to enter Toy ... More >>

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 >>

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Royal/T to Close: Top 5 Memorable Events at the Culver City Maid Cafe

Royal/T is preparing to close its Culver City digs. The popular restaurant/art gallery cultivated a unique vibe with a staff dressed in costumes inspired by Japanese maid cafes and a variety of unusual events. While the physical location is closing, there's more in store for the popular local brand. ... More >>

Top 5 Lessons for Adults from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic

See also: "Boba Fett as a Girl: N.C. Winters Mashes Up Star Wars and My Little Pony in 'Abandoned Menagerie.'" It's easy to forget that My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic is a kids show. After all, it's mostly adults -- known as Bronies and Pegasisterss -- that we see dressed as Rainbow Dash at co ... More >>

Boba Fett as a Girl: N.C. Winters Mashes Up Star Wars and My Little Pony in 'Abandoned Menagerie'

In "Abandoned Menagerie," open at Gallery 1988 through April 7, artist N.C. Winters delves deep into his childhood memory for a series of pieces based on pop culture figures of the 1980s. The Carlsbad-based artist paints characters from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Gremlins, The Muppets, Super Mari ... More >>

Why Disney Characters Make Us Horny While Disney Movies Do Not

Women clearly have an ambivalent relationship with Disney characters. In question 12 of our sex survey, UCLA vs. USC: Who's Sluttier?, we asked about the worst date movies, and Disney films were named again and again by our female respondents: The Little Mermaid, The Princess and the Frog and "anyth ... More >>

Top 10 Events in the History of Polka Dots

"A polka-dot has the form of the sun, which is a symbol of the energy of the whole world and our living life, and also the form of the moon, which is calm. Round, soft, colorful, senseless and unknowing. Polka-dots become movement... Polka dots are a way to infinity." --Japanese polka dot artist, Ya ... More >>

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

See more photos in Shannon Cottrell's slideshow, "Anime Los Angeles 2012." I've been to Animé Los Angeles five times now. For my first three years, I visited ALA as a regular attendee (unlike many other conventions, they don't offer press passes). But, for the past two years, I've attended as a pa ... More >>

Top 11 Fashion Trends of 2011

Lina Lecaro ​The barrage of blogs tallying the year in trends and fashion has begun, and of course, we are totally participating. We do it every year, after all. And while we try to note the obvious, we also strive to call out the stuff you're not likely to see on the other blogs, stuff we no ... More >>

Best of the Cons Part 1: 8 Standout TV Shows, Cosplays, Games and More from 2011

There are still a few more conventions left for 2011, but it's not too early to begin the countdown of the best of the superfan scene. This week, I'm counting down a few of the most popular trends spotted at conventions this year. This list avoids perennial favorites (i.e. Star Wars, Star Trek and D ... More >>

Sweet Streets 2011 Show Sets Stage for My Little Pony Collaboration

See more photos from Shannon Cottrell in "Sweet Streets at WWA Gallery." In just three years, Sweet Streets has become one of the most anticipated events for L.A. fans of Japanese street fashion. The annual group show/fashion event, which opened Saturday night at WWA Gallery, brings together artwor ... More >>

L.A. Zoo Will Have a Carousel Made Entirely of Endangered Species (Plus a Unicorn!)

Los Angeles TimesDibs on poison dart frog.​Never has jumping on the green train looked so goddamn fun. Meet the Conservation Carousel at the L.A. Zoo: It's not the first of it's kind (and the Bronx Zoo beat us to an insect carousel! Jealous!), but it's the first to feature a serval, a maned w ... More >>

Morning Glory Food Fight: Ruen Pair vs. Crispy Pork Gang & Grill

Morning glory, hollow as a reed and as deeply green as Robin Hood's cap, grows bountifully throughout the waters of Southeast Asia. Most Southeast Asian dishes, then, make ample use of morning glory in their cuisines in some way or another; one of the more popular morning glory dishes is Thailand's ... More >>

Nightranger: Inaugural L.A. Nightie Awards

Nightranger: Smashing Patience