Tag: Los Angeles
LA Comic Con 2025: Avi Roque and Trans Masculine Representation in Entertainment
On screen representation of minorities has been shown to be important: not only to help broaden the minds of those who may not encounter that minority in real life, but also to help people from those minority groups see themselves in a positive manner. Read the interview at The Geekiary.
LA Comic Con 2025: Twenty-Sided Tavern Panel and David Carpenter – Interview
When the COVID lockdowns hit, the performing arts scrambled to figure out ways to keep their audiences engaged. Some did virtual shows, others did talks and panels with creatives, and some came up with inventive ways to do something new. Read the interview at The Geekiary.
WonderCon 2025 Interview: Composer/Music Producer Aaron Gilhuis
To be a composer for Hollywood, you have to be able to do it all. Composer/music producer Aaron Gilhuis was one of the panelists from Impact24’s panel “3rd Annual Scene Breakdown: Behind the Camera of Film and TV Shows” at the 2025 WonderCon. I talked to him after the panel about writing for different mediums, genres, and project sizes. Read the full interview at The Geekiary.
WonderCon 2025 Interview: Composer Ian Arber
Ian Arber is a London-based composer who has been working in television and film for about ten years now. He was at WonderCon as part of Impact24’s panel “3rd Annual Scene Breakdown: Behind the Camera of Film and TV Shows”. Afterwards, I got to talk to him about his process and career. Read the full interview at The Geekiary.
WonderCon 2025 Interview: Legion M’s ‘Fade to Black’
How far would you go to get a movie made in Hollywood? That is the basic plot behind the upcoming thriller Fade to Black. The cast and crew were at WonderCon promoting one of Legion M’s latest projects and participated in a roundtable interview. Read the article at The Geekiary.
‘Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity’ Exhibit at the Skirball Cultural Center
‘Jack Kirby: Heroes and Humanity’ is an exhibit of wonder: showing off both the artwork he’s known for (Marvel and DC Comics) as well as pieces he did commercially and personally. Read the article at The Geekiary.
WonderCon 2025 Interview: Ashley Maria of ‘Super Human Anxiety’
A young girl stands on an elevator, holding a plastic cup. The doors open, and there are a lot of her fellow students. Staring. When she asks if they are going up, they scoff and complain that they are now going to be late. The girl suddenly breaks the cup in her hand.
So opens the short film Super Human Anxiety. Screening as part of the Los Angeles International Children’s Film Festival at this year’s WonderCon, the nine-minute movie is a charming venture into anxiety and how to manage it. Read my interview at The Geekiary.
PaleyFest 2025: ‘Cobra Kai’ Panel
After six years, the dojo is finally closed. Cobra Kai, the series with a 94% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes, has ended its run on its own terms. On March 22, 2025, the series was celebrated at this year’s PaleyFest and I was lucky enough to attend the event. Read the write up over at The Geekiary.
“Dark Delicacies” Closing Physical Shop – Interview with Del Howison
In an unassuming strip mall, there’s a small shop that has darkened windows that hides what type of wares you might find behind the door. A black sign adorns the purple-painted wall, giving the name. Inside is a smallish shop – intimate. One could almost say … unsettling. Read the interview over at The Geekiary.
LA Comic Con 2024 Interview: Sound Editor/Mixer John Chalfant
During the 2024 Los Angeles Comic Con, Impact24’s panel “Post-Production Workshop: Behind-the-Scenes of Film and TV” offered “a unique behind-the-scenes look at the art and craft of filmmaking.” One of the panelists was John Chalfant, a sound editor and mixer who has worked on various projects, including the documentary Tony Hawk: Until the Wheels Fall Off. Read my interview with him over at The Geekiary.