LA based street artist Lauren YS says their new mural on the side of Unkindness Art and Nevermore in Northside is an independent, self-funded project meant to communicate a human message rather than a political slogan. “There’s no sponsors, no corporations involved,...
According to artist Massa Lemu, it is the year of the dupe. Lemu describes election season in his home country, Malawi, as a time of trickery and deceit, during which the elite makes their way to the ground from their “ivory towers,” as Lemu puts it. While he isn’t home for the election season, Lemu wants to be part of the action.That's why he...
Good afternoon and happy holidays, comic fans of the RVA! Welcome to yet another riveting issue of your RVA Comics X-Change -- your biweekly go-to stop for what is new and good in the land of comics and pop culture! I hope you filled up on turkey and stuffing over the weekend because while this week is slim pickings for your recommendations,...
Good afternoon, comics fans! Welcome to issue #6 of RVA Mag’s Comics X-Change, piping hot off the press and now with a holofoil variant just for you. A lot is going on the next couple weeks for us in comics-land, and in the beautiful not-so-underground that is Netflix. As if we weren’t packed as it was, I was parking my car in front of Alpha...
For Richmond, 2018 is a time for us to come together to understand not only the present we live in, but the ways in which the past has influenced us. The Virginia Museum Of History & Culture is doing just that with their most recent installation, Fresh Paint: Murals Inspired By The Story Of Virginia. Armed with their creativity, ten Virginia...
Not too many comic book heroes have an origin story as wild as "half-demon who was summoned to Earth by Nazi occultists." But then again, Hellboy isn’t like most comic book heroes-- and his creator, Mike Mignola, isn’t like most comic book creators. Best known for the Hellboy franchise, Mike Mignola flew into town earlier this week to talk to...
Not too many comic book heroes have an origin story as wild as "half-demon who was summoned to Earth by Nazi occultists." But then again, Hellboy isn’t like most comic book heroes-- and his creator, Mike Mignola, isn’t like most comic book creators. Best known for the Hellboy franchise, Mike Mignola flew into town earlier this week to talk to...
Good afternoon, comics fans! Welcome to another edition of RVA Comics X-Change, your biweekly go-to spot for comics and pop culture. This week, instead of getting you the best recommendations for the next two weeks, we decided to make a pit stop at VA Comicon, which took place last weekend, and give you the lowdown on what you missed. Housed at...
*This article originally appeared in RVA Mag #34, on the streets now at all your favorite spots. “The tension is there, but it is a good tension,” said street artist George “Mars” Kalapov as we toured Art Eye, the gallery he works from in downtown Johannesburg, South Africa. “There is energy: not like a constrained energy, not constrained by...
Welcome back, comic fans, to issue four of Comics X-Change! Your only bi-weekly, go-to news source for what's happening in comics and pop culture. The weather is cooling down quick, which means it is finally the time for cozy fires and stacks of books to read under a thousand blankets. This week I got to speak to Phillip Hills, owner of long...
