On Saturday, July 28, 2012, JJ Villard introduced me to comic creator Lawrence Hubbard (aka Rawdog), best known for the gritty, violent and streetwise mayhem of Real Deal Comix that revels in explosive depictions LA’s seamy underworld. JJ and Lawrence are collaborating on an animated piece based on the edgy and irreverent spirit of this indie comic   Read More …

The terrible mass-murder at the midnight premiere of Christopher Nolan’s The Dark Knight Rises, in Aurora, Colorado will forever be linked in the minds and hearts of the public to the brilliant final installment of the filmmaker’s epic Batman trilogy. Los Angeles Times film critic Kenneth Turan’s thought-provoking essay probes the question of blame and   Read More …

Here are links to KPBS radio’s coverage of Comic-Con 2012, which prominently feature the documentary Comics Are Everywhere: http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/jul/02/preview-comics-are-everywhere/ http://www.kpbs.org/news/2012/jul/02/documenting-comic-con/