To paraphrase Joni Mitchell, “it’s comin’ on to Halloween”. For film lovers, that means lots of great classic horror. There’s 1922’s Nosferatu, James Whale’s Frankenstein and the other wonderful Universal Monsters, seminal works of the 60s like Hitchcock’s Psycho, Romero’s Night of the Living Dead and the best Hammer horror, to 70s and 80s classics …
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Yes, it’s true. I was an SDCC special guest for 2024, and for the geeky among you, it was indeed as cool as it sounds. But let me back up and give you come context about my history with SDCC… The first time I went to San Diego Comic-Con was almost 30 years ago. It …
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Assuming you’re a Disney fan overall, your memories and appreciation of Scrooge McDuck, or Uncle Scrooge to his friends and family, largely depends on how old you are. Folks of the “Silent Generation”, all born before 1946, will remember him from his debut comic book in 1947, Christmas on Bear Mountain. Baby Boomers will remember …
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Azkatraz, my trip deep into Harry Potter fandom. I’m still having delightful flashbacks… Ah, Harry Potter. I thought i knew you….I’ve read all the books, more than once, I know all the art, the mythologies around the books and their creation, and i myself was a “professor of the magical arts” at one of …
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Such a gorgeous collection of art, had to put it up here and show it. It is impossible for me to get anything cooler or better–but i dare the universe to try! I got all this art as one collection, and it is all done by Disney Legend, Retta Scott! (I …
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DO YOU FEEL INSANE TRYING TO GET PREPARED FOR SDCC? TRY NEW CALM-I-CON! I’m imagining a commercial for some new drug made especially for us gallery owners who are freaking out about the HP con and the San Diego Comic-Con. You know, maybe Jon Favreau or Kevin Smith is the spokesman, and it’s …
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Happy Holidays! Monday, November 29, 2010 Jedi knights, stormtroopers, Disney princesses, wizards and witches, instead of sugar plums are dancing in my head… it’s Pagakwaanchristmakah! (or HOLIDAYS AT ARTINSIGHTS) The last two months of the year have been blowing by so fast i can hardly catch my breath. It’s been so long since i’ve visited …
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Happy Holidays! Monday, November 29, 2010 Jedi knights, stormtroopers, Disney princesses, wizards and witches, instead of sugar plums are dancing in my head… it’s Pagakwaanchristmakah! (or HOLIDAYS AT ARTINSIGHTS) The last two months of the year have been blowing by so fast i can hardly catch my breath. It’s been so long since i’ve visited …
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read more...{loadposition sliderabout} Get Directions View Larger Map LOCATION:ArtInsights is located in Northern Virginia, just outside Washington D.C., close to Dulles International Airport. The gallery is owned and run by Michael Barry and Leslie Combemale. THE OWNERS:Michael is an honors graduate of The Corcoran School of Art in Washington D.C. and is a musician and composer. …
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read more...Just came back from playing Belle in the Reston Town Center holiday parade. I asked my sister Coco to play Cinderella. She looks so much like her, she could be hired at Disney. We also had the 501st Legion with us in the parade, and they are always wonderful to have–helpful, very interested in …
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As it says in “Hello Dolly”, (and Wall-E!) “It only takes a moment”… for everything to change. Brrrrr, it’s COLD in January… for us life is about finding art no one in their right mind could refuse. I could say I trust in the universe on that, and maybe that’s true, because invariably …
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