Crown Heights
Anyone Comics at 1216 Union St. in Crown HeightsCROWN HEIGHTS — For some Brooklynites, the only way to memorialize the Marvel Comics icon, Stan Lee, was with a vigil, a short eulogy and a shot of Maker’s Mark. More than a dozen comic buffs came out to Anyone Comics Monday
Arts & Culture
Natalie Raffaele head shot by Matt Pavone and an image from ANANKE, via KickstarterLifelong Dyker Heights resident Natalie Raffaele is inspired by Blade Runner, Alien and the way Downtown Brooklyn looks at night, when all the lights are on and the light contrasts so starkly with the dark. “You don’
Arts & Culture
Photo courtesy of Joshua Stulman.Joshua Stulman is founder of the Brooklyn Comic Shop — a stand near local arts favorite Apple Arts and his alma mater Pratt Institute — and, most recently, its online presence, BrooklynComicShop.com [http://www.brooklyncomicshop.com]. A Fort Greene resident who grew up outside of Philadelphia,
Comic Books
Run DMC member Darryl McDaniels. (Photo: Benjamin Thomas [https://www.flickr.com/photos/23927132@N05/3461194019/] / Flickr)Legendary rapper Darryl McDaniels [http://www.rundmc.com/dmc/], who helped popularize hip hop music in the 80s as a member of Run DMC, will speak at Kingsborough Community College this Wednesday about
Comic Books
Photo by sharynmorrow [https://www.flickr.com/photos/sharynmorrow/2325733342/] It’s hot outside! This Wednesday, cool off while the kids make their own comic book at Coney Island Library. Then sit back and let the kids make dinner on Saturday night — they’ll know just what to do after
"Mur-Mur"
(Photo by Chinwe Oniah)By Chinwe Oniah Compared to the Museum of Modern Art, The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts [http://mocada.org] is small. It occupies a tiny 1,500-square-foot space on Hanson Place that holds a wealth of information about African arts. Books about afros and Ankara
bellevue hospital
Babbitt remembered by his friends at Gothic Renaissance (Source: Gothic Renaissance via Facebook)It has been 10 days since the tragic death of Jeffrey Babbitt, a local Sheepshead Bay man killed at the hands of a deranged homeless man in Union Square. While a private funeral was held in Beth
amazing spiderman
Photo Courtesy of beforethetrailer.comLook out webheads, the Amazing Spider-Man 2 is filming in Bensonhurst, according to a report by Before the Trailer [http://www.beforethetrailer.com/2013/02/amazing-spider-man-2-filming-locations-in-brooklyn-feb-26-28th-near-82nd-street-and-14th-avenue/] . The filming of the most famous Marvel super-hero kicked off at 10 a.m. and goes on ’til 2 a.
classes
Got a little Joe Schuster [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Shuster] on your hands? A Harvey Kurtzman [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvey_Kurtzman] -in-progress? Maybe an aspiring Alison Bechdel [http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/]? Two Moon Art House and Cafe, the 4th Ave coffee shop that’s fast becoming a