Before completely closing the book on San Diego Comic-Con until next year, there was one event I was invited to that wasn’t widely advertised: the Dos Equis Most Interesting Academy Dinner. Renowned chef Craig Thornton traveled south from Los Angeles to San Diego to serve four dinners over two nights to comic-con artists, nerdlebrities and movers… Continue Reading →
Just like that and San Diego Comic-Con is over. All the weeks of prep and the days just blew by once the event was finally here. I’m sure you’re already seeing a ton of comic-con recaps out there, covering everything from upcoming movie releases, breaking news, reunions and limited-edition collector’s items. Here’s my update on… Continue Reading →
San Diego Comic-Con is here again. This year marks the 10th year Paul and I will be exhibiting in Small Press and countless years attending. With that, we’re always looking for new places to recommend to people or visit if we have a chance to take a break before or after exhibiting. It goes without… Continue Reading →
San Diego Comic-Con 2011 has been over for a week and while other sites may do coverage of the latest news to affect Hollywood and— god forbid— news about comics, I’m sharing the culinary side of the convention: costumes, products and food. There were the usual scantily-clad slave Leias on parade during the convention along… Continue Reading →
It’s that time of year again and no, I don’t mean that or even that. I’m talking about the largest pop culture convention in the world, located right here in San Diego: Comic-Con! San Diego Comic-Con International starts Wednesday with preview night and continues through Sunday and as usual, I’ll be helping Paul at his Cool Jerk table, located… Continue Reading →
For the sixth year, I’ll be off and working Paul’s table again. I’ll also be doing a little exploring and visiting people I see only a few times a year — usually at these types of conventions. I was planning to do a post about something comic-related but ran out of time. Instead, I’m linking… Continue Reading →
The past few days, I actually had a few food-related conversations among talk of pop culture and, egads, comics. Possibly the strangest and most surreal was with David Arquette, you know… Courtney Cox’s (of Friends) husband. Why I was in line to meet him and Paul Reubens, I really don’t know. It seemed to be… Continue Reading →
It’s been awhile. Two years to be exact but San Diego Comic-Con is officially in person again. Despite the high rate of COVID infections, Paul and I will be appearing again after the long hiatus. We’ll be older, not necessarily wiser and with a new graphic novel, 88 Hours, about our experience of losing Doctor… Continue Reading →
All good things must come to an end and for me, that was Zagat. My job at Zagat arrived at a time when I needed it the most. In 2013, I was laid off from my full-time job. As a perk of not having a schedule, we went on a dream cross-country road trip to… Continue Reading →
If you were to ask me what my decade in blogging looks like, I’d have to say it was full at the start and became uneven towards the end of the 2010s. Since I starting my blog in 2005 to write about cupcakes, it’s evolved quite a bit. But since I’m strictly focusing on the… Continue Reading →
My Burning Kitchen 