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This past Saturday was Free Comic Book Day and we went to one of the best comic book shops in SF – Isotope, The Comic Book Lounge. And it was 10 year-old Ethan Castillo first comic book shop signing event. This talented artist has a knack for drawing Marvel’s web crawler Spider-Man.
Celebrating International Star Wars day in Melbourne, Australia, the goal was to build the largest LEGO Star Wars’ Millennium Falcon. LEGO approved Master Builders Chris & Dan Steininger and fans help in building the biggest Millennium Falcon spaceship.
Marvel has not committed to a Black Widow flick, so SNL decides to make one, well a parody, Black Widow: Age of Me.
One of the YouTube trends is fans doing Reaction videos and here’s one done by the Inside Out crew, which is Pixar’s upcoming animated flick. The characters from Inside Out react to the Avengers’ Age of Ultron trailer.
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.
The popular G-Shock watch series by Casio has always been toy accessories for the boys to play with, now a G-Shock S-Series for Women. We girls, finally get G-Shock watches. The G-Shock S-Series features unique styling, colors and most of all, be able to match our wardrobe for the night out on the town.
Then’s been lots of HYPE over this new comic book mini-series Scarlett Couture by Des Taylor, so as it hits the comic book racks today, does it live up to the HYPE? The four-issue mini-series focuses on new spy-heroine Scarlett Couture created, written and illustrated all by Des Taylor.
Joss Whedon’s cult TV hit Firefly was cancelled after one season on FOX have some of the most rabid fans ever! After all these years, there have been various Dark Horse comics and a Funko/Super 7 action figure line-up, now a Serenity-themed Monopoly board game for the fans.
Vietnamese food is part of my daily diet, and I’m always down for a bowl of Pho. The father and son team of Vincent and Mikey Kha of Pho & Cafe Anh Hong gives us the basics of making and eating Pho.
I admit I haven’t touch a puzzle of any kind since I was like 8 years-old. I think frustration and irritation were part of the problem. I’m wiser now, so I think I might enjoy building a puzzle like this, since I’m also a big Zelda-fan. This is USAopoly’s The Legend of Zelda Collector’s Puzzle featuring 550 pieces. The 18×24″ puzzle maybe only picture of a map, but true Zelda-fans will geek out over the significance of this Zelda map puzzle.
Children’s program Sesame Street has been on a roll with their funny edu-tainment parodies, now comes Aveggies starring Dr. Brownie, Onion Man, Captain Americauliflower, Black Bean Widow, Mighty Corn and Zuchin-eye hope to stop a super-villain from destroying all the healthy veggies in the world.
I have to admit I only started watching this hit Showtime series only for Eva Green (Casino Royale, 300: Rise of an Empire), but I stayed for for the story and characters driving the “Penny Dreadful” program. We are already knee-deep into the second season and Titan Books has just released “The Art and Making of Penny Dreadful”, the official companion book to the program.
This is our quick recap episode of the 2-day comic book event, the Big Wow! Comicfest at the San Jose Convention Center this past weekend.
We just had the Star Wars Celebration this past weekend, now comes the UNIQLO UTGP 2015 Star Wars Collection. The winning Star Wars graphic t-shirts are in! The Global T-Shirt Design Competition 2015 received more than 5,000 entries from around the world.
BAPE aka A Bathing Ape is hitting on all cylinders with their latest collab project – Sesame Street! This is a fun and cute capsule collection for men, women and kids of all ages looking to rock this PBS educational program.
“Serenity now!” “No soup for you!” Classic lines from an iconic TV sitcom Seinfeld. The wait is over, vinyl Seinfeld figures are coming from Vinyl Sugar! The 8″ Vinyl Idolz line-up will feature: Cosmo Kramer, Newman, The Soup Nazi, Frank Costanza, J. Peterman and Puddy. Look for a Summer 2015 release!
If you find me at a Hot Topic, I’m usually trying to find some of the Funko/Hot Topic Pop Vinyl exclusives. But maybe this time, I will buy some clothes! This has peak my interest and curiosity, as Hot Topic has teamed-up with geeky girls apparel-maker Her Universe for this Marvel Avengers Fashion Collection. I can definitely see myself wearing these outfits.
Looking for a new streetwear brand to rock for this Spring 2015? Check out Ineffable Clothing Company aka ICC. This NYC street/skate clothing brand was started in 2013 by Zach Fryer when he was just in middle school! Yupe, that’s right.
Meet Aiko Chihira. She’s robot made by Toshiba and you will find her working at Mitsukoshi Nihombashi department store in Tokyo. Let’s go shopping!
This is our 3rd year covering the Big Wow! Comicfest at the San Jose Convention Center. Our Ramen team of Eddie Ballar and Ramon Angel cover the 2-day comic book convention.
My fellow Retrenders blogger Stevie J told me about this YouTube indie music artist Kawehi. So a couple of internet clicks away, I found myself watching most of Kawehi’s videos. She’s a one-woman band and making music.
I got the hangover blues this weekend. Okay, that 151 shot was a bad idea to end a Saturday night out, but I found this neat recipe at Munchies and I can make this! The Croque-Madame aka The Ham, Egg & Cheese Sandwich. Owner of Terrine restaurant in LA, Kris Morningstar walks us through this French sandwich dish.
Viral Video Friday goes all Teen Titans Go! Here’s a collection of funny clips collection for your cubicle break.
The Nike x Liberty Summer 2015 Collection is available now. This mini-capsule collection features Liberty’s Merlin shapes and pattern prints. Squares and circles is the rage. The collection features a range of sneakers, hoodies, hats and women’s tees.
Nike Air Rift Liberty; MSRP: $120.00USD
Kids Logic is back with more cute-like bobble-head type figures, this time is the Kid Nations Plugy Series 005 Avengers: Age of Ultron. You can only buy this a 5-set package which features: Captain America, Thor, Iron Man MK43, Iron Legion and Hulk Buster. The figures mearsures 3.5-4″ tall, comes with a headphone strap and keychain strap and LED lights on certain figures.
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