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Images being released for the upcoming Batman TDK Movie.
 Heath Ledger as The Joker

Batman on the Batpod
 

December 12th, 2007 7PM

Holiday Party at Meltdown!! You are invited to our holiday party this coming Wednesday (DEC. 12th). We couldn’t have made BOOM! a success without our friends and fans, so come and help us celebrate another successful year. Most importantly - FREE BEER. So be there or be square!

Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
www.meltcomics.com

The whole BOOM! crew should be there with as many BOOM! contributors as we could bribe to come.

Hope to so you there! Happy Holidays!

December 12th, 2007
12pm-3pm
Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046
323-851-7223
www.meltcomics.com

On Set of The Hulk: Lindsay Lohan & Bruce Banner

 
via- – Jessica Gao:  www.myspace.com/supermarketla

Here’s the thing with LA comics: Los Angeles is home to amazing talent, excellent stores, and great facilities (i.e. a lot of artists have carved out enviable studios and workspaces) but it’s a black hole for cool comics shows.  Sure there’s that monthly one at the Shrine, but it’s only useful if you’re looking for replica swords (seriously??) or bootleg Nirvana videos.  It comes nowhere near representing the tight comics universe in LA.  Everyone here is interconnected.  Ready?  Take a deep breath and pay attention.  We’ll start with the Keyser Soze of LA comics, Gaston from Meltdown Comics & Collectibles.  Here is the store that is more than a store.  It’s basically a Warhol factory.  Meltdown has regular events, art shows, etc but has also hosted studios to several artists including Jordan Crane (NON, The Clouds Above, Uptight, The Last Lonely Saturday). Before working out of Meltdown, Jordan used to silkscreen with John Pham (Epoxy, Substitute Life) in John’s backyard crack shack.  This same shack was where the original super*MARKET press kits were hand silkscreened.  Those press kits were made by Martin Cendreda (Dang!) who has been featured in numerous comics anthologies including the hotshot Kramer’s Ergot which is put together by Sammy Harkham (Poor Sailor, Crickets) who co-owns Family, a store with fancier tastes than any mere mortal could hope to achieve.  Sammy’s got a studio at Family and he shares it with… guess who– Jordan Crane and John Pham.  That’s just the tip of the biggest iceberg ever.  
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