What:It is generally believed that modern Chinese martial arts derived from two separate mountains: Shaolin and Wudan.
Yet, before these two traditions established themselves, the development of kung fu is shrouded in a rich and mysterious past, rife with magical beasts, angry gods, and fearsome warriors.
To celebrate the coming Chinese New Year (the Year of the Dragon!), I reworked sixteen myths and legends and paired each one with sixteen different artists and illustrators from diverse artistic and cultural backgrounds.
Each was asked to work solely in black ink on white paper to create pieces that honored the tradition of kung fu manuals.
Never before in the history of comics (and likely never again) you can win the ENTIRE contacts of an iconic true-blue pop-culture phenomenon’s ART STUDIO with only one bid!
The KEVIN EASTMAN ART STUDIO auction will run for 10 days beginning on Dec 25th – Christmas Day – at 9:00 PM (PST). It will wrap the evening of January 4th at 9:00 PM, which will be the final night of the 35 DAYS OF KEVIN EASTMAN event at Meltdown Comics in Hollywood. It will be a HUGE blowout, and we’ll follow the final hours of the auction live at the closing night party!!
A portion of the proceeds from this auction will go to benefit THE HERO INITIATIVE, a non-profit organization that raises money to assist comic book creators in need.
We don’t have a link to the auction page yet (it won’t be available until it goes live) but here’s a link to the eBay account that will be hosting the auction: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/oranj - – feel free to publicize this link if you wish. It will be running Kevin Eastman related auctions throughout the special event.
Here are some of the highlights you’ll find contained within this treasure trove!
* Kevin’s Drawing Table and Chair (table is as it was when Kevin decided to do this auction). Includes Pens, Shotglasses, Empty Redbull Cans, etc. * Original Illustrated Storyboards for HEAVY METAL 2000 * Highlander Animated Series: press pack, Early Cut of the Movie, Copies of entire Movie as Directed by Yoshiaki Kawajiri * Over 600 DVDs – most of them partially watched while working on art in the studio. Includes DVD deck and monitor. * Double-Sized Production Prototype of OZZY OSBOURNE “Bark At The Moon” Action Figure sculpted by Digger T. Mesch * Photocopy of Simon Bisley’s Lobo/Authority Pencils & Layout for the entire story * 2 Pgs of Original Art from TNMT Movie Adaptation – 1 Featuring Twin Towers – 1 Featuring Statue of Liberty – Framed with US Flag from Kevin’s Home * Richard Corben Original Art (at least two pieces – there may be more!) * Signed Elizabeth Hurly Photo from Austin Powers. * Kevin’s personal San Diego Comic Con Badges going back about 10 years * Various Movie Posters – Comic Prints – and More . . . used to “wallpaper” the studio! * Toy Guns, Knives and a Hand-Grenade (non-functional) used as reference for comics * Original art portrait of Kevin by Simon “BIZ” Bisley (there’s actually quite a bit of BIZ art in here!) * Trigun, Lain, and other favorite Anime Animation Cells * A Fishtank (formerly held Kevin’s gecko) filled with various odds and ends tossed in over a six year period – ??? * TMNT Comic 5-Color Press Proof Overlays (from back in the days before digital press proofs) * Box of Original Photos of Playmates & Models (mostly nude) – Photography by Julie Strain * Turtles Car Windshield Sunblock – Still in Original Shrinkwrap * Turtles Cereal Box (cardboard mock up – never assembled) * TONS of random Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles goodies . . . prototypes . . . and oddities * Original Comic Art by Various Creators * Statues & Action Figures – - Pin-Up, Fantasy, Superhero, Turtles (natch) and more! * Various Billiken Models From Japan (Frankenstein, Dracula, Creature, Mummy and MORE) * LOTS OF HEAVY METAL ART . . . BOOKS . . . UNUSED TREASURES! * and so much more . . . some of these boxes have not even been opened. Who knows what lurks inside?!
NO MINIMUM – NO RESERVE – INCREDIBLE, BUT IT’S ALL HERE – YOU GET WHAT YOU GET!
The Rejection Show 10/18/2011
Join host Jon Friedman, for NYC’s popular variety show, The Rejection Show as it comes to LA on Tuesday October 18th at the NerdMelt Theater. Tickets $8 in advance, $10 day of show.
18 Oct 2011 08:00 PM Tixs availableHERE
The Dork Forest with Jackie Kashian LIVE 10/20/2011
Jackie’s dork-on-dork dialog this episode is with Marc Maron (wtf). What is his “true” dorkdom? Is it scrabbling around peoples brains to figure out how they do life? Is it Japanese sneakers? We will find out. Jen Kirkman (Chelsea) will close the show with stand up comedy. Neat.
20 Oct 2011 08:00 PM Tixs availableHERE
Friday, 8PM
The Business 10/21/2011
It’s The Business, and Business is booming. This popular San Francisco stand up collective comes to L.A. bringing a unique blend of stand up, story telling, and song. Material stretches and develops organically as the performers interrupt and improvise with performers ranging from comedians to authors, dancers to sandwich artists. Featuring Brendon Walsh, Beth Stelling, and more! $8 in advance, $10 day of show
21 Oct 2011 08:00 PM Tixs available HERE
Saturday, 8PM
Opening Night Reception October 22nd, 7:00pm-11:00pm
MELTDOWN GALLERY inside Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90046
Phone: 323.851.7223
Up through November 7th. FREE and Open to the Public
Tons and tons of comedians performing shorter sets of fanboy-themed material.
Since December, 2007 ”Comics and Comics” has been entertaining crowds at Meltdown Comics and Collectibles in Hollywood with the nerdiest, geekiest stand-up comedy imaginable. While not the first or the only stand-up show performed in a comic book shop, “Comics and Comics” is unique in that the material presented within the show covers topics of interest to people who would be patronizing such a store to begin with: comic books, movies, videogames, role-playing, action figures, etc. The show was created by stand-up veteran Tom Franck who can claim the ultimate nerd comedian status as an appearance in Green Lantern 143 labeled him as the top comedian in the DC universe. The comedians on the show are not only some of the funniest working today, but also have the geek street cred to enable them to remain on theme throughout their sets.
September 10th, 7:30pm
FREE!!!
Meltdown Comics
7522 Sunset Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90046
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