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Meltdown University Expands! Webcomics and Kids Comics Classes Offered!

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May 242011

As it nears its third anniversary, Meltdown University is about to more than double the amount of classes offered! In addition to our Creating Comics and Drawing Basics classes, we’re announcing two new classes and will be adding two more in just a couple of weeks.

First up is The Webcomics Workshop. The class will meet for eight weeks and will cover developing your comic idea, designing the page, marketing, and more. It will be taught by Geoffrey Golden, who has written for National Lampoon, Warner Bros., and Comedy.com. Geoffrey is also the writer of the popular webcomic Leetstreet Boys, and is the Editor-In-Chief of the bold, exciting… dare I say, brash? anthology of comics and comedy called The Devastator. The class will meet on Saturdays from 12 to 3pm and starts June 4th so sign up now!

The second is Drawing Comics For Kids. Moms, Dads, caretakers, if you’ve got kids between the ages of 7 and 10 years old, we’ve got a place for them to learn about drawing and to practice making their own comics. It will be fun and a great way for them to express their creativity and ideas. The class will be taught by Donna Letterese, who has taught kids how to make comics for years, is a comics editor, a tutor, and a talented artist herself. Donna’s art has appeared in juried exhibits and gallery shows all around the city. The class will meet on Tuesdays from 4 to 6pm and starts July 5th.

For more information & to sign up, click the link below. Tell your friends and pass it on!http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/meltdown-university/

New Class On Writing and Drawing Comics Starts This Monday!

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Feb 022011

Meltdown University’s next 13-week series of Creating Comics classes starts this coming Monday at 7pm. Students from previous classes have gone on to form a fledgling comics making studio, have sold their minicomics at conventions like the Alternative Press Expo (APE) in San Francisco, and have had them on sale in stores all across the country. The question is, why aren’t YOU doing this?

If you want to learn how to write a comics script or to write and draw an eight-page minicomic, sign up now! Writers and artists are both welcome. Follow the link below for more details about the class and to sign up.

http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/meltdown-university/

Meltdown University Cools Down For The Summer

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Jul 072010

Jim Higgins here, teacher and program director at Meltdown U. Due to factors like summer vacations and something called Comic-Con (they keep talking about it on Attack of the Show), there won’t be any new series of Meltdown U classes starting till September.

If you want to take either the Drawing Basics or Comics Creation classes, you can sign up now or anytime in August.

More information is here: Meltdown University.

We haven’t set exact start dates yet but look for announcements here in about a month.

ALL PRESENT CLASSES ARE STILL MEETING! If you’re in any of the classes now, I’ll be back this Monday, July 12.

Take care and have a good summer folks.

This Thursday, May 27th @MeltdownComics: Comics on Comics Radio Live! 5 BUX Lots-o-Fun!

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May 262010

Comics on Comics returns to Meltdown Comics in L.A. for a special live taping of Comics on Comics Radio!

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Join host Sax Carr and comedians Jonah Ray (Web Soup), Tim Powers (Second City, The Schmoes) and journalist Blair Marnell (MTV Splash Page) as they welcome superstar comic writer Paul Dini (Detective Comics, Batman: The Animated Series, Zatanna) and The Middleman creator Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Medium, Annihilation Conquest: Wraith) for an amazing night of comics and comedy!

Thursday, May 27th @ 8pm
Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd. Los Angeles, CA. (map)

admission is $5!

The event will also stream LIVE at ComicsOnComics.com!

Thursday, May 27th @MeltdownComics: Comics on Comics Radio Live with Paul Dini and Javier-Grillo Marxuach! | Meltdown, Inc..

Just Added: G4 TV “Web Soup” & “Jonah Ray’s Meltdown” Jonah Ray (@jonahray) will be on hand to Judge your moves!

Meltdown Comics, Lionsgate Films, Comics on Comics, CC2K and Geekscape Invite You to Shut Up And Kick Ass!

SHUT-UP AND KICK-ASS!

That’s what Lionsgate Films is asking of every fan within the blast radius of Meltdown Comics in Hollywood, Calif., along with Comics on Comics, CC2K and Geekscape. They’re inviting everyone with the nerve to show off their asskicking skills to come down to Meltdown at 7 p.m. Wednesday April 7 and perform for a panel of judges that includes comedian/actress Shannon Hatch and Comics on Comics Radio Host and comedian Sax Carr, as well as several other special guests. It’s all in celebration of the new movie Kick-Ass from Lionsgate.

Each contestant will get one minute to demonstrate their kills for the judges. Entrants are invited to do whatever they want – as long as it kicks ass. Martial artists, comedians, dancers and raconteurs of all stripe are welcome to come out. Just don’t suck.

In fact, we dare you.

Everyone will be taped, and a video of their performance will appear on Meltdown’s official blog, with additional publicity on Comics on Comics and CC2K. The denizens of the mighty Internet will then elect their favorite asskickers.