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Comedy Meltdown 9
Whom: MATT BRAUNGER
BLAIR BUTLER
KYLE KINANE
MATT DWYER
ERIK CHARLES NIELSON
Hosted by: JONAH RAYÂ
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Date: Friday, August 22th
Time: 8:30 p.m.
Place: The swanktastic Meltdown Gallery at the rear of the store which is located here:
7522 W Sunset Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90046-3408, US
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Edited by celebrated mystery writers Christopher Chambers (Special Interest, Sympathy For The Devil) and Gary Phillips (The Jook, Violent Spring), The Darker Mask is an anthology of original stories focusing on aspects of the superhuman not usually depicted in popular fiction. Settings range from run-down industrial towns to urban areas about to be gentrified; characters may be non-white or non-male, but every story will thrill superhero and noir fans alike.
Writers included in Darker Mask include Walter Mosley, Ann Nocenti (best known for taking the baton from Frank Miller on Daredevil), Edgar-award winner Naomi Hirahara, and Gary Phillips. Artwork from top creators such as Shawn Martinbrough (Detective Comics) and Jeff Wang. Get the book first @ Meltdown–come by Saturday, August 23rd from 3-5 PM for our signing/Q&A featuring Editor & Writer Gary Phillips, and writers Wayne Wilson and Steve Barnes. Refreshments will be served (as well as justice).
Aug 182008
Do you remember our War on Terror Tournament from April 2007? (HINT: If not, you can watch the videos here and here)
Well, according to Cambridge News, authorities consider the board game dangerous and criminal and have confiscated it:
War on Terror, similar to games like Risk, revolves around creating empires that compete and wage war.
Each player starts as an empire filled with good intentions and a determination to liberate the world from terrorists and from each other.
In their cardboard version of realpolitik George Bush’s “Axis of Evil” is reduced to a spinner in the middle of the board, which determines which player is designated a terrorist state.
That person then has to wear a balaclava (included in the box set) with the word “Evil” stitched on to it.
Kent police said they had confiscated the game because the balaclava “could be used to conceal someone’s identity or could be used in the course of a criminal act”.
Andrew fumed: “It’s absurd. A beard can conceal someone’s identity. Are the police going to start banning beards?”
All High Street retailers declined to stock the controversial game. But more than 12,000 copies have been sold online or through independent stockists.
You can learn more about War On Terror from their site.
For Immediate Release:
Show Title: Prodigal Reality
Where:Â Â Â Â Â Â Melt Gallery inside Meltdown Comics
September 29th –October 30th, 2008
VIP showing: October 4th, 2008, 5PM – 7PM
Opening reception: October 4th, 2008, 7PM -11PM
7522 Sunset Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90046
1.323.851.7223
www.meltcomics.com
About the Show:
Prodigal Reality is a show of art works by alumni of The Otis Art Institute in Los Angeles and is one of a series of citywide events marking the 90th anniversary of the school. Prodigal Reality is curated by renowned Low Brow artist Anthony Ausgang, and artist Hazel Mandujano who chose Otis alumni that use the graphic language of comic books and cartoons in their work. Meltdown Comics, a world famous comic book store, is hosting the Prodigal Reality exhibition and will have the artists’ comic books and other merchandise for sale in the main store.
About the artists:
Andrew Brandou’s (graduated in ‘90) paintings remind us that cute animals can hide evil intention while Bob Dob’s (’01) characters show us our “shadow side†and lets us in on our own dirty secrets. Gideon Boomer (’06) allows humans to play in a world that belongs to the animals as Mia Araujo (’07) concentrates on the complexities of worlds built around women. Mark Dean Veca (’85) takes Dr. Seuss as his starting point for a freeform abstraction of planet Earth and Hazel Mandujano (’03) writes and draws and self publishes her own comics and has founded the company Cakemountain. Anthony Ausgang’s (’83) paintings of psychedelic cats are on a vacation from reality so that David Magdaleno’s (’03) characters can ponder existential questions as they populate a sparse planet. Continue reading »
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