Tag Archives: los angeles

Will You Get Your Toys And Big Books For Christmas?

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Industrial action at the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach was tentatively settled earlier this week after an eight-day strike over outsourcing of labour and lack of contracts. The ports were shut down after workers refused to cross a …

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Be A Comic Industry Intern In Los Angeles

Posted on October 17, 2012 by Rich Johnston

I understand that small time comic book publisher Studio 407 are looking for a little help. As long as they don’t have to pay for it… Here is their company-non-specific Craigslist ad… LA-based indie comics publisher is looking for a …

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Segal’s Superheroes In Suburbia

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Rich Johnston

Gregg Staples exhibition, Super Heroes At Home is being exhibited again at Chelsea Markets in New York. A series of photos taken by Gregg of people who perform in superhero costume, when they get home. Here’s a small selection… …

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Leaving On A Jet Plane. Won’t Be Back Till Sometime Next Week.

Posted on July 10, 2012 by Rich Johnston

There we are. Brendon and me, on the British Airways flight to Los Angeles. Don’t I look patriotic? Doesn’t Brendon look like a Tim Burton character? We’ll be whizzing from there to San Diego for the show, and then back …

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Baseball And Cosplay, The Perfect Combination

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Rich Johnston

The day before the Phoenix Comic Con, Phoenix baseball team the Diamondbacks played the Los Angeles Dodgers, and won. But also had quite a lot of cosplay action to deal with…

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The Art Of The Avengers

Posted on May 4, 2012 by Rich Johnston

One gallery, many top artists, all unofficial images of The Avengers. This is Assemble, a new show at Gallery 1988 on Melrose, Los Angeles, open until Sunday. Just in case any of Marvel’s lawyers want to pop by. Or their …

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Frank Darabont’s LA Noir is Loading Up on Cast

Posted on February 22, 2012 by Brendon Connelly

The scope of Frank Darabont‘s LA Noir sounds remarkable, taking in characters on both sides of the thin blue line and, if it runs for long enough, decades worth of conflict between them. The pilot is set in the 1940s, …

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Kevin Eastman To Exhibit Himself At Meltdown Comics Through November And December

Posted on November 16, 2011 by Rich Johnston

From November 30th until January 4th, Turtles co-creator Kevin Eastman will be running five different shows in Metldown Comics’ new gallery space at 7522 West Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles. And exhibiting himself. This will include a new art exhibit opening …

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Bat Vehicle Hovers Above Los Angeles In Dark Knight Rises Shooting

Posted on October 1, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Filmed at a Costco parking lot in Los Angeles today, some very Bat-like vehicle from The Dark Knight Rises being lifted by helicopter… seen first, here on Bleeding Cool, thanks to our Little Bleeder, one Thom Hunt and his quite …

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X-Men Logos In The Sky Above Los Angeles [Updated With Video]

Posted on May 29, 2011 by Mark Seifert

When I first saw The Surrogates writer Robert Venditti mention this a few hours ago, I dismissed it as perhaps a one-time prank or coincidence. But it would appear that there is a rather unusual and ambitious marketing campaign for …

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Swipe File: All Star Superman And LAX Buses

Posted on March 14, 2011 by Rich Johnston

Faster than a speeding coach service…. more powerful than a logo motif… In Swipe File we present two or more images that resemble each other to some degree. They may be homages, parodies, ironic appropriations, coincidences or works of the …

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Diamond To Close Los Angeles Warehouse

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Rich Johnston

In a week when the LA Distribution Center has been beset with delays, Diamond Comics Distribution has informed comic stores that the warehouse will be closed from next March. It’s been a good long while since Diamond closed any such …

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West Coast Comic Shops May Suffer Weather Delays On DC And Marvel Titles

Posted on December 6, 2010 by Rich Johnston

I understand that huge snow storms in New York have caused truck delays this week for Diamond Comics Distributors. Most hit it seems so far are stores who are supplied by Diamond’s Los Angeles warehouse, who have received invoices for …

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