comic-con Archives – Jewish Journal

Natalie Portman to Star in ‘Thor’ Movie

Gerri Miller July 26, 2019

What’s Happening in Jewish L.A. Oct. 27-Nov. 2

Ryan Torok October 27, 2017

Watch Gal Gadot in the Comic-Con ‘Wonder Woman’ trailer

Jewish Journal July 25, 2016

Anything-goes Comikaze expo has its serious side

Jared Sichel November 4, 2015

Stormtroopers, the Joker, Gandalf the Grey, Data from “Star Trek” — no, this wasn’t West Hollywood on the night of Oct. 31, although it looked pretty similar. It was “Stan Lee’s Comikaze” — a sort of Comic-Con for Los Angeles.

At Politicon, diversity and polarity make for entertaining (and loud) political fare

Jared Sichel October 12, 2015

The two-day conference, which ran Oct. 9-10, attracted about 9,000 attendees, according to event organizers, and brought together some of the nation’s most recognizable figures in politics, media and entertainment, including “The Daily Show” host, Trevor Noah, who performed a stand-up routine followed up by a conversation with Carville, the political commentator who helped Bill Clinton win the presidency, as well as Paul Begala, former Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), John Avlon, editor in chief of the Daily Beast, with Edward Snowden, who became famous for leaking classified information from the NSA, appearing via live video from Russia.