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The Her Universe Fashion Show at Comic-Con 2014
Her Universe, Hot Topic and Nerdist Industries put on their very first “Geek Couture” fashion show last night at SDCC and it was fantastic. The Hyatt Ballroom was packed, the designers came up with some beautiful and unique nerdy outfits, and Her Universe’s very own Ashley Eckstein looked beautiful in a Totoro inspired couture dress, mainly because she was excited to announce that Her Universe has acquired licensing rights for Studio Ghibli merch to be sold at Hot Topic this fall! Yes, I’m just as excited as you!
My personal favorite designs of the night were Lauren Bregman’s “Effie’s Trinkets” worn by stunning model Adrianne Curry, and Andrew MacLaine’s “Regina’s Curse” which literally wowed the crowd. Regina herself, Lana Parrilla, even tweeted about it.
Hopefully this will become an annual event, so you nerds can attend next time. And props to DJ Amanda for playing some sweet 80s jams during the Back to the Future and Metroid inspired portion of the night.
For more information on the event and where to buy cool geek fashion visit http://www.heruniverse.com/

Los Angeles Nerds – This Week at NerdMelt, 8/1-8/7
Wednesday, August 1st at 8:30pm – The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Our weekly popular standup show, hosted by Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani, hosts the best standups in the country as well as the amazing acts you haven’t heard of quite yet but should! Plus there’s original art each week, surprise drop-ins, and sometimes a puppy!
This week features Barry Rothbart, David Angelo, Eliza Skinner, Joe Mande, Fahim Anwar & Pete Holmes!
Thursday, August 2nd at 8pm – Horrible Movie Night
Do you love to make fun of bad movies, but are shunned by friends & family because of it? Then come home to Horrible Movie Night! We invite YOU to riff the worst movies you’ve never seen, and you could win a prize!
Your hosts John Mathot (Disney’s “Phineas & Ferb”), Susan Wright (The Because Show podcast), and improv troupe The Omelettes will present 1983’s Hercules, starring Lou Ferrigno, Sybil Danning, and a lot of hilarious stop-motion animation. If you like MST3K and RiffTrax, this is your thang!
$8 in , $10 at the door
Friday, August 3rd at 9pm – The Business
Four comedians from San Francisco (Alex Koll, Chris Garcia, Bucky Sinister and Sean Keane) bring their popular variety show to LA for a night! See standup, sketch, and weird songs galore! With Guy Branum and Bobcat Goldthwait!
$8 in , $10 at the door
Saturday, August 4th at 9pm – Joke Machine
Three comics battle in the LA’s original roast-meets-gameshow juggernaut Joke Machine. Comics perform new material on an assigned topic, enter a wildcard challenge to do anything from crowd work to reviewing a movie, and gain bonus points for relentless slamming– all in under a minute! The show features a changing cast of LA’s best and brightest.
This epic battle pins Brody Stevens vs Howard Kremer vs Chris Fairbanks with your host Bil Dwyer and announcer Tom Sharpe. Who will survive the comedy blitzkreig?
$8 in , $10 at door
Sunday, August 5th at 7pm – Matt Mira’s Day Off
Matt Mira of the Nerdist Podcast needs a Day Off, so we decided to give him Sundays at Nerdist Theater. Come watch Mira and Paul Cibis host this comedy free-for-all. You’ll see brand new comics, comics you know and love trying out new material (Chris Hardwick and Kumail Nanjiani are frequent drop ins), and the magic that is live comedy.
FREE
Monday, August 6th at 9pm – Harmontown
People always ask us “What is Harmontown?”, and that’s a tough question to answer, but here’s the closest thing we’ve got: we gave the creator of Community a night to do whatever he wanted, and what we got was Harmontown.
Attend a town meeting in a land free of brevity, where Mayor Dan Harmon and Comptroller Jeff B. Davis (Whose Line is it Anyway) take another small, vodka-soaked step toward colonizing the moon. Evening may include ineffectual rants, songs, shameful stories, special guests (Allison Brie, Donald Glover, and Gillian Jacobs have all stopped in), forehead sweat and repeated exposure to the phrases “like” , “uh”, “sort of” and “you know.”
Tuesday, August 7th at 6pm – The Mutant Season With Gil: The Awesome 10th Birthday Extravaganza Show!
THE MUTANT SEASON is a Nerdist Industries podcast where grade-schooler Gil Dominguez-Letelier talks to adults who have cool jobs and shares the awesome things he likes with you, the listeners at home! (Like, did you know that the raddest animal ever is a Cat-zilla? That’s a fact!) It’s Gil’s 10th birthday, so there will be cake!
Featuring special guests Pete Holmes, Geoff Johns, Jonah Ray, Matt Bennett and Justin Willman!
Tuesday, August 7th at 8pm – Justin Willman’s Magic Meltdown
Join JUSTIN WILLMAN (Food Network’s “Cupcake Wars”, The Nerdist Channel) as he and his friends present a cataclysmic evening of prestidigitation, make-believe, and excessive sleight-of-mouth. You’ll spend the entire time wondering “how’d they do that?” and gasping at the wonders of…. MAGIC!
$8 in , $10 at the door

NerdMelt Shows this Week, 2/29-3/6
Wednesday, February 29th at 8:30pm- The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Our weekly popular standup show, hosted by Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani, welcomes the best standups in the country as well as the amazing acts you haven’t heard of quite yet but should! Plus there’s original art each week, surprise drop-ins, and sometimes a puppy!
Friday, March 2nd at 8pm- Double Header Night! The Saturday Morning Show and The Jesse Miller Talk Show!
The Saturday Morning Show– Kyle Clark and Dominic Moschitti revisit the beloved cartoons of our childhood. The result isn’t always pretty. Grab a bowl of sugar coated cereal and relive those Saturday morning memories through the cruel lens of adulthood. With guests Jonah Ray and more!
The Jesse Miller Talk Show– Watch some great comics, bands & various guests perform, then be interviewed by self described media mogul Jesse Miller (Andre Hyland). Along with some video and musical gems. Past guests include: Bob Odenkirk, Nick Kroll, Har Mar Super Star, Wallpaper, Skyler Stone, Nick Thune, Brent Weinbach, John Ennis, etc.
$8 in , $10 at the door
Saturday, March 3rd at 8pm- Loud Noises!
LOUD NOISES! is back and better than French fries and ready to bring you the best night of comedy and music that ever even did was happen, brought to you by Nerdist music director, Rebecca Gleason.
You’ll laugh your face bits stretchy at the hilarious stand up comedy of our host, Brandon Vaughn (super good kisser), Eric Dadourian (is a ghost) and Karl Hess (Montreal Comedy Festival, Rooftopcomedy.com’s Best Underground Comics 2011) followed by music from songbird Sue Scrofa and a performance by Eyes Lips Eyes!
LOUD NOISES! is a fun filled night of good laughs and good music and you should go because you’re a nice person and you deserve nice things.
$8 in , $10 at the door
Sunday, March 4th at 7pm- Matt Mira’s Day Off!
Matt Mira of the Nerdist Podcast needs a Day Off, so we decided to give him Sundays at Nerdist Theater. Come watch Mira and Paul Cibis host this comedy free-for-all. You’ll see brand new comics, comics you know and love trying out new material (Chris Hardwick and Kumail Nanjiani are frequent drop ins), and the magic that is live comedy.
FREE
Monday, March 5th at 8pm- The BEATdown!
Comedian Eliza Skinner and beatboxer Joshua Silverstein host 5 of Los Angeles’ finest comics and one audience volunteer in “TheBEATdown.” It’s a freestyle rap face-off decided by the audience – 6 rounds of badass one-on-one rap battles. You saw 8 Mile, right? Like that, but funnier.
$8 in , $10 at the door
Tuesday, March 6th at 8pm- Bagged and Boarded
Bagged & Boarded is a weekly chat show for the discerning stoners/geeks of the world, presented by Smodcast and starring host Matt Cohen and a special celebrity nerd guest. Sometimes funny, sometimes poignant- nearly always naked from the waist down… it’s Bagged & Boarded! Featuring an appearance by Misti Dawn and a special SmodCast Network guest!
$8 in , $10 at the door

NerdMelt Fun Times This Week, 1/19-1/24
Thursday, January 19th at 8pm- The Thursday Thing with Dana Gould
Saturday, January 21st at 8pm- Star Dreck

NerdMelt Goodness, Dec 14th – 20th
Wednesday, December 14th at 8:30pm- The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail presents Comedians You Should Know!
Once again, the Nerdist himself, Chris Hardwick, is taking over The Meltdown for the night to present you with some of his favorite comics! See Hardwick host Rory Scovel, Brent Weinbach, Adam Cayton-Holland and more for this show that will become a Nerdist podcast!
Thursday, December 15th at 8pm- RISK! Storytelling Show
RISK! is the show where people tell true stories they never thought they’d dare to share in public– stories they’d normally only tell toclose friends. At the RISK! Live shows, the brightest stars of TV, film and literature drop their usual act and show a side of themselves you’ve never seen before. RISK! Live in LA is hosted by comedians Kumail Nanjiani and Pete Holmes. RISK! is also a free audio podcast hosted by Kevin Allison of MTV’s The State. The podcast is currently getting hundreds of thousands of downloads each month. Slate.com called RISK! “jaw-dropping, hysterically funny, and just plain touching.” Come see RISK! Live at NerdMelt to see why!
Featuring Margaret Cho, Greg Behrendt, Cooper Barnes, Lori Alan, and Selene Luna
Friday, December 16th at 8pm- Memories from the Happy House
If PeeWee’s Playhouse hosted a comedy show on Acid directed by David Lynch starring NYC/LA comedy druglords, then it would probably be called “Memories from the Happy House” and guess what? It is called that.
For exactly one hour you will step into a time machine that doesn’t exist and be transported to a warehouse in the middle of your brain where escaped mental patients are putting on a live animated non-animated brain-show called “Memories from the Happy House”. The patients are so mental, they aren’t even mental patients. In fact they are doctors or clowns or magicians or politicians or maybe they were even soul savers. Either way, why wouldn’t you Bee Hive for this show and step into a painting by the famous Captain Charlie? You will, if you want to know all the secrets. With Kate Berlant, Jared Logan, Scott Moran, Rory Scovel, and some surprise noises too!!!
$8 in , $10 at the door
Saturday, December 17th at 8pm- Regalia Art Show Opening
FREE!
Sunday December 18th at 7pm- Matt Mira’s Day Off
Matt Mira of the Nerdist Podcast needs a Day Off, so we decided to give him Sundays at Nerdist Theater. Come watch Mira and Paul Cibis host this comedy free-for-all. You’ll see brand new comics, comics you know and love trying out new material (Chris Hardwick and Kumail Nanjiani have both dropped in), and the magic that is live comedy.
FREE
Diani and Devine present an evening of Bluegrass, whiskey, and classic literature altered to include robots featuring LIVE MUSIC from The Dustbowl Cavliers, FREE COCKTAILS courtesy of Big Bottom Whiskey, robot art from Day of the Robot, and Luna the World’s First Personal Robot! Special Appearance by The Wien Truck.
About the book:
Mark Twain’s classic text has been a lightning rod for controversy since its first publication in the late nineteenth century, and has consistently been one of the most banned books in schools and libraries across the United States. In an effort to fight the censorship of this iconic piece of literature, editors Gabriel Diani and Etta Devine have removed every instance of the word “n-word” and replaced it with the word “robot.” Complete and unabridged (except for bits here and there), with E.W. Kemble’s original illustrations painstakingly altered by artist Denise Devine to include robots, this bold new edition makes Twain’s timeless work accessible to a whole new generation of readers … without being bogged down by what he wanted to say about racism.
FREE
Tuesday, December 20th at 8pm- Dork Forest
Jackie Kashian welcomes Kevin Eastman, creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, into her forest of dorkery to talk about whatever comes up. It’s a safe space.
$10

Los Angeles Nerds! NerdMelt Goodness, Aug 24-30
Wednesday, August 24th at 8:30pm
The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani host Brent Weinbach, Jen Kirkman and more, plus a comic so secret we can’t even tell you his name!
Tickets – $8
Thursday, August 25th at 8pm
Imaginary Radio Program
This show is the anti radio. LA’s best comics parody radio in this hilarious musical comedy extravaganza, hosted by Drennon Davis, featuring Baron Vaughn, Rachel Bloom, MC Mr Napkins, and more!
Tickets – $8 in advance, $10 at the door
Friday, August 26th at 8pm
The Business
A foursome of San Francisco comedians bring their popular weekly variety show to LA! Scheduled to appear: Kyle Kinane, Rob Delaney and more!
Tickets – $8 in advance, $10 at the door
Saturday, August 27th at 8pm
Captured Aural Phantasy
Are you ready for the (end of) summer?! Captured Aural Phantasy Theater celebrates the season in its Comic Book Summer Camp. Captured Aural Phantasy players interpret nuggets of pop culture straight from the height of the Silver Age. They combine the art, drama and comedy of a vintage radio program with the live entertainment of a variety show. Evenings also include short acts, sultry singing, prizes, and live music. This show offers a special guest appearance by the super-powered surf band “The Noble Gasses.” Get there early!
Tickets – $10
Sunday, August 28th at 5:30pm
Matt Mira’s Day Off
A place for comics to work on new material with The Nerdist’s own Matt Mira. FREE
Sunday, August 28th at 8pm
An Evening with Brendon Walsh
This comic, seen on Conan and John Oliver’s New York Standup Show, is one of the best storytellers around. Come and watch him do an entire hour!
Tickets – $8 in advance, $10 at the door
Monday, August 29th at 8pm
Attack of the Show Art Show Reception
G4 TV’s Attack of the Show returns to Meltdown Comics with Attack of the Art Show. Last time around, AOTS challenged its viewers to create a work of art based on Keyboard Cat, but this time, they’ve opened it up to any viral video out there. Come meet the hosts of AOTS and witness hundreds of paintings, sculptures, puppets, dioramas and other creations based on everything from Star Wars Kid to Dramatic Chipmunk, Chocolate Rain to Lemon Party.
FREE
Tuesday, August 30th at 8pm
Nerdy Secrets
Ever wanted to know what your favorite creative types go geek-tastic over but were too timid to ask? Sure you did, which is why host Mo Fathelbab and DC Pierson will take that burden off of your shoulders and ask those awesome questions in this chat show. Featured this month: Kumail Nanjiani (The Indoor Kids; star of “Franklin & Bash”), Matt Selman (Executive Producer/Writer of “The Simpsons”), Azita Ghanizada (Star of the new SyFy hit “Alphas” & the 1st Afghani-American lead of a TV show), and more!
Tickets – $8 in advance, $10 day of show
Tuesday, August 30th at 10:30pm
The DC Reboot Party
DC is releasing its first reboot comic, Justice League #1, at midnight, so we’re going to celebrate! Come to Meltdown Comics for costume contests, live readings, a funeral for the old DC Universe, comedy, and of course, COMIC BOOKS! Get your hands on the DC Reboot first at Meltdown Comics!
FREE

Calling all Los Angeles Nerds! NerdMelt Awesomeness 8/17-8/23
Wednesday, August 17th at 8:30pm– The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail
Jonah Ray and Kumail Nanjiani host this popular weekly standup show, featuring John Mulaney, Anthony Jeselnik, Garfunkel and Oates and more!
$8
Thursday, August 18th at 8pm– Dork Forest with Jackie Kashian
Jackie Kashian hosts a live version of her popular podcast, where people get to dork out about the things they are most passionate about, with guests Ben Schwartz and Frank Conniff!
Tickets – $10
Friday, August 19th at 8pm
Conan Showcase
Come watch some of the hottest unknown comics as they showcase for the chance to do standup on Conan! Featuring Matt Braunger, Sean Patton, Rob Delaney, Adam Cayton-Holland, and more amazing comics. Hosted by Kumail Nanjiani!
Tickets – $10
Saturday, August 20th at 8pm
Harmontown
With trusty Comptroller Jeff Davis at his side, Community creator Dan Harmon returns for another installment of this popular show in which Harmon discusses his desire to start a colony on the moon.
Tickets – $10
Sunday, August 21st at 5pm
Nerdist Writers Series
Ben Blacker hosts these panels chock full of screenwriters, novelists, and more. A must for anyone wanting to break into the biz. Scheduled to appear: Peter Gould, Kerry Ehrin, Bridget Carpenter, and more!
Tickets – $15
Sunday, August 21st at 7pm
Matt Mira’s Day Off
A place for comics to work on new material with The Nerdist’s own Matt Mira. FREE
Tuesday, August 23rd at 8pm
Sex Nerd Sandra
Sex Nerd Sandra Daugherty is an accomplished sex educator. The Nerdist’s own sexpert brings her skills to you! Topic: Female masturbation sexpertJamye Waxman!
Tickets – $8 in advance, $10 at the door

Coming up at NerdMelt! Starting tonight, 8/13-16
Saturday at 8pm, we have Pop and Politics with KPFK’s Jimmy Dore!
Join KPFK’s Jimmy Dore and a celebrity panel as they make fun of other celebrities, today’s news makers, and our favorite cultural jackasses, with a raucous blend of stand-up, sketch, and video clips of people saying some of he dumbest shit you’ve ever heard. A hilarious night of laughs, blasphemy and general disrespect! This month’s guests include Frank Conniff, MST3K, and David Feldman, writer for Real Time with Bill Maher and The Daily Show. Proceeds benefit 90.7 KPFK!
Tickets $8 in advance, $10 at the door
Then on Sunday at 5pm, we have the Nerdist Writers Panel!
Spend your Sunday afternoons learning from the best at the Nerdist Writers Panel! Join moderator Ben Blacker as he hosts esteemed panelists discussing topics like different types of writing, how they got started, what inspires them, the business side of writing, and more. Panelists will also answer your questions and give some helpful tips and tricks! This series is a must for any hopeful writer in LA, with a portion of the proceeds going to benefit 826LA. Scheduled to appear: Alan Yang (Parks & Recreation), Genny Hutchison (Breaking Bad), and Ryan Farley (Cold Case)!
$15
Tickets for Nerdist Writers Series
At 7pm on Sunday, stay for Matt Mira’s Day Off
Matt Mira of The Nerdist Podcast needs a Day Off, so we decided to give him Sundays at Nerdist Theater. Come watch Mira and Paul Cibis host this comedy free-for-all. You’ll see brand new comics, comics you know and love trying out new material (Chris Hardwick and Kumail Nanjiani have both dropped in), and the magic that is live comedy.
FREE
Monday at 8pm, we have Science Bear screening their movie Sketch!
Rag tag Canadian sketch comedy troop Science Bear pulls together a completely improvised feature length comedy with nothing but the change in their pockets. In this homage to the world of comedy, we follow Jeffrey Patrick’s struggle to tell jokes “the right way” in a world that laughs at the lowest common denominator. Join Science Bear for an evening filled with live comedy, award-winning shorts, and the Los Angeles Premiere of what some have called the funniest movie they have ever seen (i.e. their moms).
Tickets – $8 in advance, $10 day of show!
Then on Tuesday, we have one of our favorite shows, Two Thumbs Way Down!
When it comes to movies, there is bad-bad and good-fun-over-the-top bad. Join Eli Olsberg and guests Rory Scovel, Moshe Kasher, and Jonah Ray as they celebrate the latter. Each comic brings in a movie of their choice and after watching a clip/trailer from all three, the audience votes as to which one they watch and rip to shreds. Also, if you have a bad movie you want to show off, bring it in for a chance to have it be our movie of choice that night!
Tickets – $8 in advance, $10 day of show!

Los Angeles Nerds! NerdMelt Events, July 7-11
Los Angeles nerds and geeks, here is your weekly dose of Nerdist Theater at the Meltdown for the next few days, starting TONIGHT!
Thursday, July 7th at 8pm- Dork Forest with Jackie Kashian
The Dork Forest Podcast is dork on dork dialog. Jackie Kashian is interested in whatever you are really really into. Dana Gould and James Urbaniak will speak to their love of old Hollywood. They will also meander around a love of everything else. Please join us. As there is room for all in The Dork Forest.
$10- http://www.meltcomics.com/
Friday, July 8th at 8pm- Sex Nerd Sandra
“Sex Nerd” Sandra Daugherty is the lead sex educator at Pleasure Chest LA and has been teaching sex and intimacy skill workshops for over two years, helping thousands of people improve their sex lives. Now The Nerdist’s own sexpert brings those skills to the back of a comic book store! Come and see the woman who brought you “The Crab Hand of Doom” & “The Clittiest Part of the Man-Clit” live and in person as she geeks out on the finer points of orgasming your life and answers your most intimate questions.There will be guests! Prizes! Even sex toy reviews!
$10- http://tinyurl.com/64ad24a
Sunday, July 10th at 7pm- Matt Mira’s Day Off
Matt Mira of the Nerdist Podcast needs a Day Off, so we decided to give him Sundays at Nerdist Theater. Come watch Mira and Paul Cibis host this comedy free-for-all. You’ll see brand new comics, comics you know and love trying out new material (Chris Hardwick and Kumail Nanjiani have both dropped in), and the magic that is live comedy.
FREE
Monday, July 11th at 8pm- The BEATdown
Eliza Skinner (Diamond Lion, Baby Wants Candy) and Joshua Silverstein (“The hardest working beatboxer in LA”) host some of Los Angeles’ finest comedians in an improvised rap battle decided by the audience. That’s right – comedians freestyle rapping. This show has been running to sold out audiences in NY and LA for 5 years – and now for the first time, the competition will be all 2-person tag teams! You’ve seen 8-mile, right? It’s like that but double, and way funnier.
$10- http://www.meltcomics.com/