CA – Scott Pilgrim’s Game Night

Bryan Lee O’Malley appears at Giant Robot’s Game Night 2 on Saturday, August 21, 2010 from 5:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Giant Robot 2
2062 Sawtelle Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90025
310.445.9276

In conjunction with the Attract Mode videogame culture shop, Giant Robot is proud to host Game Night, a new event that takes place at GR2 every two months. Each evening will feature a different developer and its games in a relaxed, community-building setting.

For Game Night 2, Giant Robot is pleased to present artist Bryan Lee O’Malley, who will be celebrating the sixth and final installment of his Scott Pilgrim comic-book saga (adapted into a movie directed by Edgar Wright for Universal) and playing the brand new Scott Pilgrim video game (published by Ubisoft with art direction by Paul Robertson and music by Anamanaguchi).

O’Malley will sign volumes of Scott Pilgrim from 5:00 – 7:00 p.m.

Games will be played from 7:00 – 10:00 p.m.

Bryan Lee O’Malley is also featured as the cover artist of the July-August issue of Giant Robot magazine. Giant Robot was born as a Los Angeles-based publication about Asian, Asian-American, and new hybrid culture in 1994, but has evolved into a full-service pop culture provider with shops and galleries in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City, as well as an online equivalent.

Game Night 2 will take place on August 21 from 5:00 – 10:00 p.m.

NYC – Secret Asian Man Signing

Tak Toyoshima announced a signing on April 23: Headed down to NYC and doing a book signing for Daily Days at Giant Robot from 6-8pm on Friday! I’m very psyched about this. If you’re in NYC head over to GRNY after work. I may have some surprises in store.

Giant Robot Store, 437 East 9th Street, New York, NY 10009

www.grny.net

CA – JJ + Giant Robot Talk

Giant Robot and the Japanese American National Museum are proud to host an intimate conversation with artist James Jean and Giant Robot publisher Eric Nakamura on Friday, December 11, 2009, at 7:00 pm.

The talk will cover various aspects of the artist’s career and associations with the pop culture magazine.

A special limited edition print will be released on this date.

Programs are free for Members and included with admission for visitors, unless otherwise noted. Reservations are recommended by calling 213.625.0414 or by e-mail to rsvp@janm.org at least 48 hours prior to the event (please indicate name, number of reservations, date, and time of the event). Seating is limited.

Japanese American National Museum, 369 East First Street, Los Angeles, CA 90012

http://www.janm.org

SF – Little Paintings 4

Giant Robot SF, 618 Shrader Street, San Francisco, CA 94117
www.gr-sf.com
415-876-4773

Giant Robot is proud to present Little Paintings 4, an art show featuring new works by James Kochalka.

Indie cartoonist James Kochalka is well known for having a raw, humorous, and powerful style and prolific pace; he draws one diary strip a day for his Web site, and still manages to create an ever-growing catalog of graphic novels. His range extends from the autobiographical (American Elf) to kid-friendly (Johnny Boo) to serious (The Cute Manifesto) to raunchy (SuperF*ckers) to iconic (Monkey vs. Robot). His comix work has won four Ignatz awards and one Harvey award. He is widely regarded as the inventor of the daily-diary comic strip, and has inspired countless younger artists.

The Burlington, VT-based artist has also released several CDs with his band, James Kochalka Superstar. His song “Britney’s Silver Can” was named one of the 100 best songs of 2006 by Rolling Stone, and his song “Hockey Monkey” was used as the theme song for the Fox television sitcom The Loop.

For Little Paintings 4, Kochalka is continuing his series of acrylic 2″ x 2″ paintings on 3″ x 3″ paper, and possibly making a few that are comparatively large, 4″ x 4″ or 6″ x 6″. “The emphasis of this show is squarely on portraits of battle cats, royal cats, and royal aliens,” he says. “Of course, there’s a mix of random nonsense thrown in as well. When you paint well over a hundred paintings in a single month, you’re bound to go a little bonkers, I guess.” The paintings are small, simple, and cute, but featuring a cuteness with tenderness and soul–never the cloying kind–and the simplicity has depth.

“As the world economy melts down, I think the philosophy of making cheap art that real people can afford is more important than ever,” Kochalka adds. “People need real art in their homes, things made by real human hands… And because my paintings are small and inexpensive, my buyers are often young people just beginning their art collections. Many people have confessed that my paintings are the first art they’ve ever bought. I’m immensely proud of this.”

At the reception, Kochalka will also be performing songs from his latest CD, Digital Elf, featuring 8-bit style music created on the GameBoy Advance.

The reception for the artist will be held from 6:30 – 10:00 on Saturday, November 14. For more information about Kochalka, GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact:

Eric Nakamura
Giant Robot Owner/Publisher
eric@giantrobot.com
(310) 479-7311

Secret Identities Coast-to-Coast

 

 

In preparation for Secret Identities‘ San Diego debut, anthology contributors will be out in full force on both coasts this weekend. First up, Jeff Yang will be joined by Walden Wong, Jimmy J. Aquino, Alexander Shen, Tanuj Chopra and Tiffanie Hwang for a book release party and signing at Giant Robot – San Francisco at 6pm on Thursday, July 16. Then, on Friday, July 17 at 7pm, Yang, Wong and other guests will be at the Salinas Public Library in Salinas, California for a special signing event.

On Saturday, July 18 in Baltimore, Maryland, Keith Chow, Jerry Ma, Alex Tarampi, John Franzese and Larry Hama will be hosted by Geppi’s Entertainment Museum beginning at 12:30pm. The museum presentation will be followed by a special signing event at Ukazoo Books in Towson, Maryland at 6pm that same day. Finally on Sunday, July 19 at 1pm, veteran DC and Marvel artist Greg LaRocque will be joining Hama and the Secret Identities team for a meet & greet and signing event at The Avenue‘s Barnes & Noble in White Marsh, Maryland.

http://www.secretidentities.org/

Countdown to Comic-Con: SDCC Digest #1

Avatar confirmed for San Diego? Dr. Who movie to be announced? Get the latest buzz concerning Comic-Con International: San Diego.

NEWS

• Photo of banner released by CCI confirms Avatar presence?
• Coventry Telegraph – The Geek Files: Doctor Who movie to be announced at Comic Con?
• /Film: Kick-Ass Footage To Premiere at Comic-Con; New Photo Revealed
• Hollyscoop: Michael Jackson’s White Glove to be on display
• MTV Movies Blog: Mike Judge Brings ‘Extract’ To Comic-Con
• Examiner.com: Burn Notice (with Bruce Campbell) and Chuck Panels
• FEAR.net: Robert Englund to be at SDCC
• MTV Movies Blog: ‘Pandorum’ Brings The Fear To San Diego Comic-Con And MTV.com
• Examiner.com: Pysch Panel Confirmed
• The Venture Bros. at SDCC
• Visit Red 5 Comics at SDCC!
• First Look!!The 40th Anniversary Souvenir Book cover Original art by Rick Geary
• Steam Crow is working on an exclusive print.
• Toy Anxiety Blog: Part 33: Dark Avengers/Uncanny X-Men: Utopia #1 Sketch – San Diego Comic Con 2009 Exclusive
• IGN: Exclusive Blackest Night Green Lantern Figure Set
• KOTOBUKIYA: COMIC-CON EXCLUSIVE X-Force: Wolverine Fine Art Bust
• KOTOBUKIYA: COMI-CON EXCLUSIVE Yelena Belova Black Widow Bishoujo Statue
• Major Spoilers: Live sculpting courtesy of Kotobukiya
• io9: Middleman panel to include “a cast reading of the unmade final episode.”
• StarWars.com: Fantastic Raffle Prizes Await Attendees At Star Wars Fan Club Breakfast
• Official Pix will be offering a very special limited edition photo of Mark Hamill as Luke Skywalker at San Diego Comic-Con.
• Toy Anxiety Blog: Part 34: Lord of the Rings Mount Doom – San Diego Comic-Con 2009 Exclusive
• Action Figure Insider: CAPCOM SDCC Exclusive – Dark Void figurine and Statues
• YouBentMyWookie: Weta SDCC Exclusive: The Unnatural Selector, Minature Edition
• David Choe at SDCC with Giant Robot
• TOYSREVIL: Big Rollin’ Rascal by Scott Tolleson (Throwback Edition) for San Diego Comic Con 2009
• TOYSREVIL: Exoskeletons 0-49 Print by The Tarantulas for SDCC 2009
• TOYSREVIL: Teaser For SDCC-Exclusive Soopa Maria by Erick Scarecrow x ESC Toy
• TOYSREVIL: Of Secret Nibblers and Header-Sneaks by The Tarantulas (for SDCC 2009)
• TOYSREVIL: Carlos The Jackal custom BUD by Jon-Paul Kaiser (for SDCC)
• TOYSREVIL: New Sample Images for Boris The Raccoon by Nathan Hamill (July 17-launch)

GUIDES

• Steam Crow: Survive San Diego Comic-Con
• Bleeding Cool: How To Be A Celebrity At The San Diego Comic Con
• Sci Fi Wire: 11 hot things you MUST see at Comic-Con in San Diego this month