#meltdowncomics

[brianewing]

DANZIG "BLACK ARIA" VARIANT LINK IN BIO! Use code "RENTMONEY" for a super-secret discount! 18”x24" Screen Print Artist Edition of 50 Signed & Numbered . To keep the MISFITS/DANZIG theme going and to get in the upcoming #HALLOWEEN mood... I'm releasing a new version of this long sold out print! If you haven't figured out that I like the MISFITS and DANZIG...I kinda do. . I originally designed this for my 2013 solo show #HORRORBUSINESS! . Last March was the 38th anniversary of THE MISFITS #WALKAMONGUS album!!! . I remember buying that record when I was a kid way back in 1888! WALK AMONG US was the album that began my love for the #MISFITS and has lasted to this day. I’d heard the band before from friends and #Metallica’s cover on the #GarageDays ep, but never actually owned anything by them. Until then. . The MISFITS shaped who I am and continues to influence me 32 years later!!! . That same year, #GlennDanzig ’s first album - cleverly titled “DANZIG” came out and I was reborn. Then came the tour! My friend Jason and I were at the Milwaukee show! We saved up our paper route money so we could buy tickets! It was AMAZING and kinda scary. At one point Danzig, wearing boxing bag gloves, knocked some dude out for jumping on the stage. . I would see Danzig play a few more times after that. After moving to LA, I would also see him shopping at #MeltdownComics , at the offices of #HustlerMagazine, and for a couple of years, he was few booths down from me at Comic-Con. . #BrianEwing #weare138 #silkscreen #fiendclub #artprint #design #punkrock #illustration #darkart #screenprintingaddicts #screenprinting #ミスフィッツ #somekindoflove #somekindofhate #ダンジグ #ウイング #lucifuge #blackaria #twistofcain #howthegodskill #verotika https://www.instagram.com/p/CFUsQcUFizD/?igshid=1qvzg8fbda3v8

[felipesmithart]

#TBT: This watercolor illustration I made was used for posters & flyers for @meltdowncomics’ 13th Anniversary back in 2006!

[danielclowesreader]

Meltdown + Dan Clowes

Perhaps you’ve heard the sad news that Los Angeles comic-book mecca Meltdown Comics is closing. The store has long been associated with Daniel Clowes, who, in 1996, designed its logo and mascot, the one-eyed, three-legged, comic-book reading alien named Melt. 

The store’s signage is one of the largest displays of the cartoonist’s work:

Nighttime neon:

Meltdown’s own toys, patches, stickers, candy-bar wrappers, and other items often feature the logo and mascot. 

Here’s a semi-rare sticker sheet with several Clowes Meltdown characters that appear nowhere else:

The store has been a prominent supporter of Clowes. holding many release parties and signings for his comics and graphic novels.

While on a cross-country trip in 2004, I knew I needed to make a pilgrimage. I was happily surprised to see so much Clowes -- several pieces of his original art hung on the walls, and shelves and display cases overflowed with Clowes toys and comics. Outside of Harry Naybors’ basement archive (see Ice Haven, 2005), Meltdown may have housed the largest collections of Clowes stuff ever.

(Please note our book The Daniel Clowes Reader on the wall and at the lower right corner, next to Pussey!)  

Like any right-thinking comics-loving weirdo, I’m sorry to see Meltdown go.

[nathanhamill]

Sorry to hear about @meltdowncomics ‘ closing. They hosted the launch of my first vinyl toy, Boris, and could not have been more accommodating and professional. I’ll always owe you guys one. Thank you! #meltdowncomics #boristheraccoon

[uncannyfantastic]

Angelenos! If you're in the neighborhood of @meltdowncomics (7522 Sunset Blvd), stop by for a signing of Iron Maiden: Legacy of the Beast, starting at 6 PM -- that's right now! Writer @llexileon and artist Kevin J. West are there, Sharpies at the ready. #signing #ironmaiden #eddie #llexileon #kevinjwest #heavymetal #heavymetalmagazine #meltdowncomics

[scenefromthesidewalk]

September 25, 2017

“ATOM”

by Tristan Eaton

DC Comics superhero, The Atom, first appeared in 1961. When Ray Palmer, physicist and professor at the fictional Ivy University, discovers a mass of white dwarf star he fashions a lens allowing him to shrink matter, eventually developing the ability to reduce himself to subatomic size. In his latest time-hopping iteration, The Atom—played in this case by Brandon Routh—joined a team of DC characters for CW’s action-adventure series, Legends of Tomorrow, confronting events of the future. As one of the most prominent streets working today, and as a former toy designer, it seems particularly appropriate that Tristan Eaton painted Atom—also embedding a representation of team member Sara Lance, deadly fighter with the League of Assassins—behind Sunset Boulevard’s Meltdown Comics in early 2016.  @tristaneaton​  @meltdowncomics  @cw_legendsoftomorrow  @dccomics  

[litaero]

#starfire ? More like #starpower ☺️ I kid but she did #werkthatwig this #halloween #meltdowncomics #rionaodonnell #atnempire #werknotwork (at Hollywood Hills)

[drawingnikki]

Happy Power Rangers Movie Day!  My “Mighty 90′s” 1/1 art print is available at @meltdowncomics GO check out the art show!