Josh Chesler

A couple of different origin stories exist as to how black-and-gray tattooing ended up as one of the prominent body-art forms in SoCal, and each likely would require a book to tell. Regardless of who you believe, they'll almost definitely agree that Freddy Negrete has been there since the beginning......

For three days, Catalina Island was overrun by even more drunk bros in trucker hats than usual — and it was glorious. Over the weekend the island hosted the Catalina Wine Mixer. Yes, that Catalina Wine Mixer. "The fuckin’ Catalina Wine Mixer” featured in Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly’s Step Brothers.  The important......

For many aspiring writers and illustrators in the comic book industry, working on Batman projects for DC or Captain America storylines for Marvel seems like a dream job. For one of L.A.’s prominent comic book writers, Kyle Higgins, it was only the beginning. “Work for hire stuff — Batman, Nightwing,......