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Mar 162010

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The “Little Lulu” Mystique

Posted by Jen Gruskoff on March 16, 2010 at 10:00am

Little Lulu, created by Marge Buell in 1935, has been a part of my life since I took my five-year-old daughter, Ava to Meltdown, an impressive comic book shop on the Sunset Strip. We needed to buy a gift for a friend of hers, and were looking for something off the beaten path of Target and Toys-R-Us. I thought that Meltdown would be a fun place to check out. Little did I know that I would be making many trips here, mostly for gifts for Ava, over the next several years.

At Meltdown, you can find a great selection of comic books, new and old, collectibles, toys and cool clothes for infants and babies. But it was the big-mouthed girl with the black oval eyes and what looks like cinnamon buns on her head that caught Ava’s attention. Ava hadn’t started reading then, but I could see she was really trying hard to work out the narrative of the story. It was fascinating to watch. What parent doesn’t love to see their kid with a book? So, I bought it for her, and it has literally been a four year love affair between Ava and Lulu.

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MELTDOWN.

This will be a fun show. Please come out and reblog and spread the word. It’s a great line up:

Whitney Cummings. I’m not sure if you saw her on the Joan Rivers roast but she completely dominated. She’s got such a great stage presence with really punchy jokes to back it up. Recently she starred in a pilot Produced by Ben Stiller, Directed by David Wain, and co-starring John Goodman.

Duncan Trussell. Duncan just recently wrapped up writing for NICK SWARDSONS sketch show on Comedy Central and has been progressively been becoming my favorite comic to see. One of the smartest and funniest guys around.

Eric Appel. Eric has been consistently pumping out amazing sketches since starting up on the Andy Milonakis Show back in 2005. Recently, he’s written on Crank Yankers, Human Giant and has been responsible for some of my favorite videos on FUNNY OR DIE, where he is a staffed Writer/Producer/Director. On top of that you can see him perform every sunday with Community’s Donald Glover at the UCB Theatres SHITTY JOBS.

K.P. Anderson. K.P. has been the Executive Producer and Head Writer of THE SOUP w/ Joel McHale for the past 5 years. Having been able to work side by side with him has been a delight. He regularly opens up for Joel McHale all across the country. Come see his rare L.A. appearance.

Brent Weinbach. Ask any comic that has performed with Brent and they will tell you ONLY good things. One of the more quoted and referenced comedians within the comedy community. I often find myself trying to describe his bits to friends and am always falling short of being able to. It truly is only something that you have to experience live.

Plus Special Guest: STEVE AGEE. Steve, a regular cast member on the Sarah Silverman Program is a wreck. One of the funniest hypochondriacs you will ever come across. Steve will swing by to talk about why he might just be about to die or almost just did.

This is a show full of headliners and I couldn’t be more happy to show them to everybody who comes. This is handpicked comedy.

jonah ray.

THIS IS HAPPENING!

JUST ADDED!

Frysmith will be here serving up tasty treats!

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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.

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!.