Again with more CosPlayers! Simply the best part of Comic-Con.
My favorite? It’s a toss-up:
Felipe Smith, a product of the School of the Art Institute, wanted to create comics so bad, he slept on floors at conventions and taught himself Japanese.
In 2004, Felipe won second place in Tokyopop’s Rising Stars of Manga competition. This lead to his first series, MBQ, which was published by Tokyopop. After MBQ ended, Felipe’s next series, Peepo Choo, debuted in Morning 2, a comic magazine from Japan’s largest publisher, Kodansha.
Felipe’s tales are set in the real world. His heroes are the everyman; the fast food worker, the comic nerd.
Felipe returned to the states for the first time in two and a half years. I sat down with Felipe to talk about Peepo Choo, his favorite spots in Chicago, and transvestites.
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I love summer. I also love TV. But if I’m going to choose staying inside and watching TV over enjoying a beautiful summer night (nights that make suffering through Chicago winters worthwhile), you better believe it’s gotta be pretty damn good TV.
Huge
ABC Family: It’s not just for pregnant teens anymore! It’s now also for sassy overweight females! Huge is my favorite new summer show. It’s about Will (an angsty teen who loves her chub) and the fat camp she’s forced to attend. She’s surrounded by other kids who look just like her, but of course that doesn’t help because when everyone’s fat, the playing field is even — though she’s still the odd-girl-out for refusing to conform to the fat camp’s ideals. She quickly bonds with several other misfits and suddenly I’m back at Olin Sang Ruby Union Institute, reliving the dramas of teen overnight camp — the cat fights, the hook-ups, the Shabbat sing-a-longs! OK, that last part didn’t make the show, though there is at least one Jewish character, sporting a Star of David around his neck (in case you didn’t pick up on his Jew-fro and penchant for songwriting.) This show is hilarious, touching, and makes me long for the days where summer was spent outdoors ALL DAY and your biggest worry was what you were going to wear to stare at a campfire.
(Part 1 of a Series that will run as long as she writes for it, Julie lets us know, what’s good, what’s great and who delivers when it comes to Summertime TV.)
Hey folks, Fred the Tuckpointer here. Things have been terrible lately…and if you guessed its Obama’s fault, you win the prize. It all started while I was reading Brad the College Idiots’s latest rant and mockery of American values. Richie called: the “stimulus” money finally ran out, so the tuckpointing gig at the Terminal Tower is over. Kaput. No more tuckpointing. I thought the Porkulous package was supposed to create or SAVE jobs that were already there? So the economy is still sputtering, and while it was nice to make some nice, fat tuckpointing cash for a change, Obama’s plan has failed miserably and I’m out of a job. Again.
We’re luckier than most – Sadie’s teaching job covers most of the major bills like the mortgage and my medical debt. Still, a man’s got to work and provide for his family, and I’m not about to switch to Pabst again. Its either Great Lakes Beer or nothing.
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Again with more CosPlayers! Simply the best part of Comic-Con. My favorite? It’s a toss-up:
Sylvester Stallone, Dolph Lundgren, Jet Li, Jason Statham, Stone Cold Steve Austin, Bruce Willis…
I love summer. I also love TV. But if I’m going to choose staying inside and watching TV over
Formed in 1997, Schad began performing sketch comedy on Chicago’s north side. The troupe has since performed at countless venues around the world including The Goodman Theatre, The Second City, Steppenwolf, Lollapalooza, ImprovOlympic, the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre (LA), HERE (NYC) and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
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