Star Wars, The Matrix, Avatar, Star Trek and many other favorites often contain themes of God and spirituality which make for great storytelling. But are these just themes of fiction or is there something more? Can it be that the success of these films is due to their speaking of concepts we are created to connect with on a spiritual level? Join us as we meet, discuss, and record podcast episodes of "Not Of This World!" Join me in the FusionFilter Faithcast as we discuss Sci-Fi & the Bible from …

Our aim is simple - to meet up with like-minded talent and fans, and showcase the finest brand spanking, neo-burlesque, old skool Ghost/Horror show for a decidedly new skool audience. Always on the look-out for Go-go dancers, crazed gorillas, mad magicians, strippers, comics, film-makers and ghoulish mc's to perform live on stage. We held a 3-day, star filled BOOBS & BLOOD Film and Burlesque Festival in Sept. of 2010 at the NEW BEVERLY CINEMA, Premiered the outrageous "NUDE NUNS WITH BIG GUNS" a …

Classes by Instructor Jim Higgins At a glance: Next Creating Comics Class Starts Monday September 10, 2012. Next Webcomics Workshop Starts soon. Drawing Comics for Kids meets Thursdays – it’s ONGOING! Sign up any time. Next Inking and Coloring Comics starts in October. Go here for full decriptions of the classes and/or to sign up: http://www.meltcomics.com/blog/meltdown-university/

PALA holds monthly meetings in West Los Angeles, covering many aspects of interest for self-publishers through mid-sized publishers. We are all about promotion, marketing, mechanics of publishing and its support services, networking, presenting monthly meetings,  national webinars, and teleseminars. If you are published or think you may want to publish, we have the information for you.

I tried to get something like this started a few months ago, but a death in the family derailed it. So, here we go again: This is a group for writers struggling with productivity. We meet once a week and more often via social media, phone, lifelines, whatever in order to do one thing: provide accountability so that we can track our progress and meet our goals. Traditional workshop elements are, if we want them, informal - we can read each other's stuff, but that's not the aim; nor is providing e …

If you are interested in: Sci-Fi Fantasy Horror Mythology Manga Comics D&D Board Games Magic: The Gathering Star Trek Star Wars Harry Potter Then this is the place for you! We have a group members in a variety of age groups, from teenagers to 40- and 50-somethings, so don't worry about feeling like you're too old or too young!