Please watch and support our good friends Carl Jones and Titmouse Inc’s new Hip Hop Cartoon “Freaknik The Musical!”

Producer Carl Jones and T-Pain.
Adult Swim teams up with Carl Jones, the producer of the hit animated series “The Boondocks” and Grammy-winning recording artist T-Pain to debut Freaknik: The Musical March 7, 11:30 p.m. (ET/PT) on Adult Swim. Freaknik: The Musical is voiced by an all-star cast headlined by T-Pain and featuring Lil Wayne, Cee-Lo, Rick Ross, Big Boi, Snoop Dogg, Mack Maine, Charlie Murphy, DJ Drama, DJ Pooh, Affion Crocket, Kel Mitchell, Carl(Tubesteak)Jones, Bootsy Collins, George Clinton, Kelis, Lil Jon, Sophia Fresh, William “Clip” Payne and Young Cash. Ten years after the city of Atlanta shut down Freaknik, the biggest spring break party known to man, a group of kids searching for fun successfully resurrect the spirit of Freaknik, who appears in the form of a party ghost voiced by T-Pain. Students from all over America once again descend on Atlanta to perform in Freaknik’s Battle of the Trillest.
Freaknik: The Musical is created and executive produced by Carl(Tubesteak) Jones and Nick Weidenfeld. T-Pain is also executive producer.
Freaknik: The Musical is produced for Adult Swim by Titmouse Inc.

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May we have the envelope, please…? 

The Golden Globes, the Oscars, the Grammy’s, the Director’s Guild, the Writer’s Guild, the Producer’s Guild, ahhh!  The list goes on and on and on and… well, you get the point.  It’s definitely awards season; that time of year when there’s an awards show or ceremony for almost anything and everything in entertainment.  There’s even an awards show for things that suck.  Too bad there isn’t an award for the worst awards show…. hey, there’s an idea.  Well, we want to get in on this action by presenting the first Meltdown Comic Awards of 2009, or the MCA’s since every good awards show needs a nickname, and we need your votes to find the winners.  Since there’s no better authority in these categories than the people who actually read the comics themselves, we’re going to let you choose who will win.  The following categories were carefully selected by a painstakingly arduous process (we threw darts at a cork board), and the nominees were picked based off of Diamond Comic Distributors Top 100 Selling Books of 2009.  Take a peek at the following categories below, and like the saintly old knight warned Indy:

“You must choose, but choose wisely.”

 Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the 2009 Meltdown Comic Awards (cue cheesy orchestra music!)  And the nominees are:

1. Best Indie Series:                                                                             

1. KICK-ASS (Icon) 2. SCOTT PILGRIM vs.THE UNIVERSE (Oni Press) 3. CHEW (Image)

                     

 

 2. Best Series:

1. BATWOMAN – Detective Comics (DC) 2. INVINCIBLE IRON-MAN (Marvel) 3. INCOGNITO (Icon)

                    

 

3. Hero of the Year:

1. BATWOMAN – Detective Comics (DC) 2. GREEN LANTERN – Green Lantern: The Blackest Night (DC) 3. SPIDERWOMAN – Spiderwoman (Marvel)

                    

 

 4. Villain of the Year:

1. BLACK HAND (DC) 2. NORMAN OSBORN (Marvel) 3. NECRON (DC)

              

 

5. Most Horrific Death:

BLOB – Head bitten off by Hank Pym – Ultimatum #3 (Marvel) HAWKGIRL – Impaled on a spear by Sue Dibny – Blackest Night #1 (DC) ARES – Head split in two with an axe by W.W. – Wonder Woman #31 (DC)

                   

 

6. Best Return from the Dead:

THE FLASH – Flash: The Rebirth (DC) SUPERBOY – Final Crisis: Legion of Three Worlds #4 (DC) CAPTAIN AMERICA – Captain America: Reborn (Marvel)

                     

 

7. Best Cover:

NOVA #22 – Cover by Juan Doe (Marvel) INCOGNITO #6 – Cover by Sean Phillips (Icon) SCALPED #30 – Cover by Mark “Jock” Simpson (Vertigo)

                   

 

8. Best Spin Off Series:

BATMAN & ROBIN – by Grant Morrison (DC) THE LITERALS – by Bill Willingham and Matt Sturges (Vertigo) DEADPOOL TEAM-UP – by Fred van Lente (Marvel)

                   

 

9. Coolest New Costume:

BATWOMAN – J. H. Williams III (DC) THE PLUTONIAN – Peter Krause (Boom) IRON PATRIOT – Mike Deodato (Marvel)

                    

 

10. Best Graphic Novel:

ASTERIOS POLYP – by David Mazzucchelli (Pantheon) THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN 1910 – by Alan Moore (ABC) FABLES: THE DARK AGES – by Bill Willingham (Vertigo)

                    

 

 11. Best Writer:

MARK WAID – Irredeemable (Boom) GEOFF JOHNS – The Blackest Night (DC) BRIAN K. VAUGHAN – Ex Machina (Vertigo)

                    

 

12. Best Artist:

JOHN ROMITA Jr. – Kick-Ass (Icon); Spiderman (Marvel) JOHN CASSADAY – Planetary (Wildstorm); Astonishing X-men (Marvel) STEVE McNIVEN – The Goon (Dark Horse)

                    

13. Best Celebrity Made Title:

KEVIN SMITH – Batman: Cacophony (DC) JOSS WHEDON – Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season Eight (Dark Horse) GERARD WAY – The Umbrella Academy (Dark Horse)

                     

 

14. Best Event of the Year:

WORLD’S END (Vertigo/DC) DARK REIGN (Marvel) BLACKEST NIGHT (DC)

                     

 

15. Best WTF Moment:

HOUSE OF MYSTERY – The whole f’ing series (Vertigo) CAPTAIN AMERICA: REBORN – He was running around in four different titles before his actual resurrection! RED SHE-HULK – “’Nuff said” (Marvel) Write your own

                    

To have your vote count, post your selections in our comment section following this column.  For example: #1.-1; #2.-3; #3.-1; etc. (Even though she’s not nominated, we wouldn’t be surprised if Taylor Swift winds up winning something.)  The votes will be added up and the winners announced next week.  So, put on your best suit or dress, roll out the red carpet and get ready to be our judges!  Oops, there’s the music, we have to hurry this up before I get cut –

 

 by: Stacey Levin & Jason Vaughn         

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Night of the Nick-Nacks: Art inspired by the movie Return to Oz and the books of L. Frank Baum.
Opening Reception: February 27th, 2010. 6pm-10pm.

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SECRET WORD – 2.6.10 – 11:00 PM – SACRED FOOLS THEATER – www.sacredfools.org
660 N HELIOTROPE DR L.A. CA 90004 – PART OF THE SERIAL KILLERS PROGRAM

The pilot of SECRET WORD was a hit and we return with our second episode on Saturday, February 6 at 11:00 p.m. thanks to your love and support!

Groucho Marx has begun to tell his tale to Announcer George Fenneman (and those assembled nearby) and what we have seen in Groucho’s world is soul-shattering.

An insane W.C. Fields attacking all he encounters.  Three Stooges who would become the clown princes of crime.  A ninja who is cleverly disguised as a duck.

Join us this week at SERIAL KILLERS as we meet the rest of the Marx Brothers of Earth-Wrong as they serenade Lydia the Tattooed Lady in Episode Two of SECRET WORD…

“You Can Learn A Lot From Lydia”
Written & Directed by Marz Richards

Featuring Stephen Simon as Groucho Marx, Brian Wallis as Announcer George Fenneman, Elan Trinidad as The Duck, Nathaniel Harris as Harpo Marx, Michael Holmes as Chico Marx, Matt Valle as Zeppo Marx, CJ Merriman, Rachel Howe, Colin Willkie, Marz Richards & Alyssa Preston as Partygoers, Scott Leggett as Moe Howard, Bryan Krasner as Curly Howard, Krista Conti as Larry Fine, and Pat Towne as W.C. Fields with piano accompaniment by Ryan Johnson
Special Guest Star Kimberly Atkinson as Lydia the Tattooed Lady, the Muse of Action for the Marx Brothers!

SERIAL KILLERS is a late night production at Sacred Fools Theater in Los Angeles that takes place on Saturday evenings at 11:00 p.m. when we have a main stage production up and running (which is five times a year.)  Five shows enter, three shows leave and YOU decide who dies and who lives to return and entertain us next week!  Your love is our life’s blood and your support has been TREMENDOUS!  The show is selling out to capacity by 11:00 p.m. regularly, so if you want a seat, try to be in line between 10:30 and 10:50 p.m. so we can share an evening’s entertainment together.

The esteemed competition this week includes the returning serials:

THE INCREDIBLE SCOOTER COPS written by Michael Strom & directed by JJ Mayes
Police crime satire set in 1970’s Manhattan – “Better get out of the way, ’cause they’re on the beat!”

WATSON! written & directed by Jamie Robledo
Sherlock Holmes parody presented with fantastic theatrical stunts and stagecraft – “Elementary!”

and the challengers

BLOODY KNUCKLES written by Bob DeRosa & directed by Ben Rock
“If you want redemption, you’re gonna have to get a little bloody.”

ABOGADOS! written & directed by Jason Charnick & CJ Woods
“Un Abogado Estupendo For Your Accidentes Tremendos!”

SERIAL KILLERS – FEB 6 2010 11:00 PM – SACRED FOOLS THEATER

660 N HELIOTROPE DR L.A. CA 90004 – $7 – PARKING $5 – www.sacredfools.org
Post show vittles from the GRILL ‘EM ALL truck!  www.grillemalltruck.com
We love our mobile chefs and you will too.  See you at the show!

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Dear Meltdown friend Mr. Grant Morrison celebrates a birthday today. What can be said more than, Happy Birthday and thanks for all your friendship and support thru the years. Here’s a look back at all our Meltdown/Grant moments thru the years.

GRANT MORRISON * CLIVE BARKER * MENTAL MELTDOWN

TheOneRing.net Podcast – Grant Morrison & Don Murphy

Grant Morrison Explains Why We Haven’t Seen ‘The Invisibles’ Movie… Yet

Here, Grant Morrison talks about the film adaptation of his comic, We3:

And in this one, Grant recalls his fondest Comic-Con memories:

So, what’s next for Grant Morrison? In his own lilting Scottish tones, he tells us.

But that’s hardly all…Grant graciously discusses Final Crisis, Animal Man, Batman & Robin, and the ever-touchy subject of turning comics into films. Grant Morrison fans, you’re in the right place at the right time. Thanks, Grant!.

Grant Morrison April Fools’ Eve with Grant Morrison – Mar 31st 8PM

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