Q: I want to get my boyfriend back. We were only together for a short time, but I so want him back. He has another girlfriend. I love spending time with him. We were close friends before, so I thought we would make it as a couple. One day his grandpa died and he stopped talking to me altogether. I thought I had done something wrong. It hurt so bad, I cried so loud I woke my mom up. Is it normal for guys to just stop talking to you all at once?
[Above: Tommy Lee’s spectacularly silly ‘abusement ride’ drum solo aboard his custom 360 drum coaster during Mötley Crüe’s show.]
Following their triumphant June 14 Hollywood Bowl gig, Mötley Crüe have been confirmed as the headliners for the fourth annual Sunset Strip Music Festival. The three-day event will kick off on Thursday Aug 18 with a Mötley Crüe tribute concert at the House of Blues, which promises a star-studded lineup and one of a kind performances. The band will also be on hand to accept the Elmer Valentine Award for their contributions to The Sunset Strip’s history.
Trina Robbins is a legend among people who read and study comics. She’s a cartoonist who was active in the San Francisco underground in the ’70s and ’80s where she contributed to many publications including the East Village Other, It Ain’t Me Babe and Wimmen’s Comix. In recent decades she’s worked more as a writer on books including Go, Girl! and Chicagoland Detective Agency, in addition to working on Wonder Woman, Xena and The Spirit.
Robbins’ other claim to fame is that she is one of the great comics historians. In books like A Century of Women Cartoonists and From Girls to Grrrlz she writes not just thoughtfully and passionately about many cartoonists whose work has faded from consciousness, but she also reshapes our perception of comics past. In the book The Brinkley Girls, which she edited, the work of the artist Nell Brinkley was brought together, showing her incredible drafting skill and demonstrating why she was one of the most popular and important illustrators and cartoonists of her time.
INTO: Family, friends, reading, fuzzy things, and nifty music.
NOT INTO: Assholes…yep, don’t like those.
MAKES ME HAPPY: My family, friends, kitties, and boyfriend. Books, movies, psychology, criminology/forensics, warm rain, and cartoons. I’m a pretty happy person and I’m very easily entertained.
MAKES ME SAD: Cruelty, intolerance, and discrimination top the list. Also, not a big fan of organized religion….
HOBBIES: Whatever sounds good at the time.
5 THINGS I CAN’T LIVE WITHOUT: The top items in the “Makes me happy” section.
VICES: Swearing and shiny object disorder.
I SPEND MOST OF MY FREE TIME: Watching nifty movies/shows with the manliness.
