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Mel also makes an appearance in the cool comic shop location in Ghost World.

Here he is with co-star Thora Birch:

This is, of course, all kinds of appropriate since Mel was designed by Dan Clowes, who also co-wrote the film based on his graphic novel of the same name.

You can watch the clip I captured this from here, and be sure to check out the Enid 15″ Fashion Doll in our online store.

Tom Frank is a stand-up comedian who was once a member of the Meltdown Family.

He is currently competing in an online standup comedy contest at famecast.com. Be sure to check out his All-Fanboy Set and then vote for him.

Tom is also a part of official DC continuity, having appeared as a character in Green Lantern #143:

You can learn more about Tom at his MySpace page.

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Meltdown Mel makes a prolific appearance in the film Smiley Face by indie director extraordinaire Gregg Araki, who has also directed such gems as The Doom Generation, Nowhere and Mysterious Skin. Smiley Face has already played at Sundance, but still has yet to see a larger release.

You can watch the trailer here.

(You’ll notice Brian Posehn in the trailer, a man who’s already appeared in Meltdown Mel’s Hollywood Retrospective by his own right)

Here’s a shot of Mel on set with actor John Krasinski:

Just about all the versions of Mel are here! In addition to the Dan Clowes, Michel Gagne and Andrew Brandou versions of Mel I’ve already covered in the blog ths past week, those of you with good eyes will also spot here the Coop, Junko Mizuno, Tony Millionaire, John Pham and Devil Robot verisons of Mel.

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Mel was seen hanging out with Jack Black backstage at the 19th Annual Kid’s Choice Awards.

This particular version of Mel was done by the ever-talented Andrew Brandou:

Andrew also designed the fun-for-everyone Sniper Bunny toy, which is for sale in our online store.

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Brian Posehn sported a very chic red-on-black Mel on Comedy Central Presents.

Watch excerpts from the show here.

The multi-talented Posehn also co-wrote the comic The Last Christmas from Image Comics.

Starting Memorial Day Weekend and lasting all summer through Labor Day, we’re having a $1.00 BACK ISSUE SALE! All unmarked back issues will be only ONE DOLLAR. Every day. All day. All summer long.

(Go ahead…feel free to salivate)

If you’ve never seen a comic book fly, this is your chance, because these back issues will be flying out of here.

The Meltdown Mel shirt that began this whole Hollywood retrospective is now for sale in our online store:

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Here’s an oddity from the vaults of 2001: Monkeybone!

In the film (based on the Dark Town graphic novel by Kaja Blackley), actor Brendan Fraser sports a Mel shirt after having his body taken over by his trouble-making cartoon creation, Monkeybone.

Watch a clip here, or just check out the screen captures:

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In honor of our mascot Mel’s upcoming Transformers appearance, I’m going to do a little Meltdown Mel Hollywood Retrospective. Where else has he appeared? Well, for starters, the original Dan Clowes version appeared on Andrew’s T-shirt in Buffy Season 6, Episode 4: “Flooded”

You can watch the episode here.

Do you know of any other Mel appearances? I do!

Thanks boingboing.net