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The Ramen and Half crew crashes Wizard World as their extended adventure to meet their pop culture icon celebrities and finding that must have comic and figure for their personal collections. Find out what they have to say before they hit the convention floor. This promo is also a sneak peak at what to expect in their upcoming Wizard World videos.
What a double dose of Vinyl Pulp! Yupe, we are still at Woot Bear for the “Vive La Lolligag! Vinyl Doll Release & Custom Group Show. We catch up with artist Daniel Fleres on his custom reinterpretation of the Lolligag doll and his upcoming vinyl toy project, the Swanicorn! It’s coming!
On brezzy Saturday night, August 28, 2015 in the Richmond District SF, Woot Bear Gallery held the “Vive La Lolligag!” event. Both an art show featuring a collection of contemporary artist reinterpreting the Lolligag vinyl doll and a final release edition of the Lolligag doll, the grape colorway Lolligag figure.
Our Vinyl Pulp team was there to recap the event and interviews with the creators and artists on hand.
Another cool episode of Vinyl Pulp is out and this time we are at Kidrobot for the release of Junko Mizuno’s Violet Soda Lady 8″ figure. The Violet Soda Lady was released in 2012 for a 3″ Dunny series. Now, Kidrobot and artist Junko Mizuno go big with an 8″ Dunny Violet Soda Lady figure with some new accessories.
This is a truly wonderful collectible for fans of Neil Gailman’s acclaimed The Sandman series and chess fans alike. All 32 chess piece figures come from the Sandman universe and sculpted by Paul Harding.
If you didn’t know, our Ramen host The Eddie favorite show was on TBS, King of the Nerds. While at Twin Galaxies, The Eddie had a chance to interview Xander Jeanneret from King of the Nerds.
Yes, once again, we are still at Twin Galaxies in Banning, CA. The Ramen crew interviews Twitch Streamer Miss Mia Rose and we find out what hit game she’s playing.
We are once again at the invite-only opening of Twin Galaxies and catch-up with the voice actor Michael T. Coleman. Who is he? Well, he was the voice-actor for “Cody” in Capcom’s Street Fighter series.
If you’re a fan of the Call of Duty franchise, you’re probably familiar with these two names: Mark Rubin and Robert Bowling. While at the invite-only Twin Galaxies event, the Ramen crew interviews the two key players. The guys talk about their time at Infinity Ward, their work on Call of Duty, indie game development versus big corporate game development and games they are currently playing.
The Ramen crew was recently at the invite-only Grand Opening of Twin Galaxies in Banning, CA. Host Eddie Ballar grabs some interviews with 3-time NBA champion/LA Laker Rick Fox and his buddy Jace Hall of Twin Galaxies.
On this episode of Vinyl Pulp we visit Woot Bear SF where they join forces with Boundless Brooklyn and Outre for the Art on Guard: Lifeguard Tower Art Show. This show featured over 40 different artists and their custom lifeguard towers. Vinyl Pulp also interviews the man behind Outre apparel brand.
The Ramen crew took a midnight trip down the I-5 from the Bay Area to SoCal, more precisley, Banning, CA for the invite-only opening of the iconic arcade store Twin Galaxies. The guys played some pinball, some Mortal Kombat and also got some cool nerdy interviews. Here’s a recap of the event!
I’m a fan of Frank Cho’s, “Apes and Babes”, illustrations of women. And when I came across Nicole Brune’s art, I can definitely say if you love his work – you’ll undeniably love hers!
I especially love how Nicole Brune fashions some of her pin-up illustrations with pulp-fiction fantasy appeal that works from darkness to sweetness, or sweetness to darkness. I guess this would depend on what you notice first. See her artwork at www.nicolebrune.com
In a quick interview, Eddie Ballar asks Steve Wyatt what will happend to BigWow Comicfest with a new Comic-Con in town?
Steve Wyatt is the director and producer of many comic conventions in the Bay Area, and he explains how Steven Wozniak and Stan Lee are teaming up to create the Silicon Valley Comic Convention (SVCC).
Once again it’s Big Wow! Comicfest and our Ramen crew talks to their favorite inker Mick Gray. Mick teases us about his latest work on Son of Batman and the character of Damian Wayne. And more importantly, he discusses the Hero Initiative.
Looking for graphic tees and neat vinyl toys, check out BeeFy & Co. Our Ramen crew was at Big Wow! Comicfest 2015 and interviewed BeeFy & Co. founder Menh Voong.
We first met this cosplaying couple 3 years ago at Big Wow! Comicfest. Anthony Misiano aka Harley’s Joker and Alyssa King aka Joker’s Harley are back at Big Wow! Comicfest in San Jose, CA. Our Ramen host Eddie Ballar catches up with the fun cosplaying partners and gets some relationship advice.
More than just a cosplayer, Meg Turney is also Internet personality. Our Ramen host Ramon Angel interviews Meg Turney on cosplaying and about working at Rooster Teeth.
The great thing about Big Wow! Comicfest is that it showcases the many talented artists like HaiNaNu Saulque aka Nooligan. Nooligan talks about his upcoming projects and his very own comic book series Union St. Choir.
Like artist Adam Hughes, comic book artist Frank Cho also has a knack for drawing sexy female superheroes and villains. Ramen host Ramon Angel catches up with Frank at Big Wow! Comicfest 2015 talking about his latest projects and the “Spider-Gwen” internet buzz.
Talented artist/creator Ben Seto has been drawing comics since he was in grade school. We catch up with Ben at his artist booth in San Jose, CA for Big Wow! Comicfest 2015.
When it comes to drawing the female anatomy, nobody does it better than Adam Hughes. He’s a comic book artist and creator, but also known to draw many iconic DC and Marvel covers of female superheroes and villains. Here’s our interview with Adam Hughes at Big Wow! Comicfest 2015.
This sexy French Canadian and professional Cosplayer became an online hit with her Mortal Kombat costume character – Frost.
Marie-Claude Bourbonnais has a background in fashion design with 16 years of experience. In her interview she tells us how she made it as a cosplayer, a model and a designer – and how she has to sometimes give her fans what they want – a little cleavage and sometimes nudity. “It’s a part of modeling and I wouldn’t be doing it if I wasn’t comfortable with it”, she tells me. She also tells me how latex became a costume fabric hit in the costume making world of cosplay… But what was it really used before that? The latex-fabric utilizing company that gave her the costume-making edge was Polymorphe.
We got a new show on our Retrenders’ YouTube channel – it’s Vinyl Pulp. Since we’ve done many events at Kidrobot and Woot Bear, we had in mind on a show just focusing on vinyl toys, toy art collectibles and urban art, and so here it is, the first episode of Vinyl Pulp!
What is it like to be a young talented comic artist! We caught up with Ethan Castillo at BigWow Comicfest 2015 to ask a couple of personal questions and find out if he’s anything like an ordinary child – and what we got, were simple words of wisdom.
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