Casey Burchby

"I'm glad I remembered the 'cum salad' story," is the first thing Greg Behrendt said backstage after "Iron Comic" at the UCB Theater on Saturday night. Fortunately, we are talking about comedy. Iron Comic is an improvisational stand-up competition created by Nato Green. Behrendt and four other contestants (Louis Katz,......

The musician and songwriter Ry Cooder is lamenting lost Los Angeles. "Local human experience isn't a thing you can commodify, if you follow what I'm saying," he says. "If you lived in Chavez Ravine or East L.A., it's not worth anything -- even though that was your store or your......

"In a city that is mostly 'showcase' clubs, it's a nice change of pace to be able to do a full hour-long headline set in front of good, appreciative crowds." So says comedian and podcaster Jimmy Pardo. He was talking to us about Flappers, a nightclub that opened in September......

It's probably not fair to Alex Toth's memory that he is best known for his work with Hanna-Barbera, where he created '60s-era animated heroes such as Space Ghost, Birdman, and The Herculoids. Some people remember those cartoons fondly, but Hanna-Barbera has never had a reputation for excellence. A new book......

In the world of comics, writer Grant Morrison is known for mythic grandiosity, narrative complexity, and visionary experimentation. Morrison's prolific work for both Marvel and DC includes defining titles such as Arkham Asylum, All-Star Superman, Batman RIP, the first three volumes of the ongoing Batman and Robin series, Final Crisis,......

An Angeleno for the last two decades, Sugar Ray Leonard has remained a furiously energetic personality both inside and outside the world of boxing. He was, for all intents and purposes, the face of American boxing from his gold medal-winning performance at the 1976 Montreal Olympics through his final title-winning......

"All Your Base are Belong to Us" famously circulated as an Internet meme a decade ago. Originating as a poor English translation (from Japanese) of dialogue in Sega's 1991 video game Zero Wing, the phrase has a new life as the title of Harold Goldberg's cultural history of the video......