Comic Book Collecting Los Angeles

CMLA Meetup - Geeky Teas & Games 900 W Alameda Ave, Burbank, CA 91506

**Prepare to bring $8 to play a board game at a table with us!** Calling all creative minds and comic enthusiasts! 🎉 Get ready for an exciting gathering at Geeky Teas & Games, located at 900 W Alameda Ave, Burbank, CA 91506, as Comic Makers Los Angeles (CMLA) makes its triumphant return to the scene. A lively atmosphere where we'll be passionately working on our latest projects, delving into the hottest movie-to-comic adaptations, and sharing insights on fresh resources, upcoming conventions, and cutting-edge tools. 🎥💬✒️ If you're a creative spirit looking for a place to connect, learn, and share your passion for comics, then this is the event you won't want to miss! 🌟 Mark your calendars and make your way to Geeky Teas & Games because the CMLA community is eagerly awaiting your presence. Let's make some artistic magic together! 🚀📚 See you there! 🎉

Sip and Sketch - In Person!

We meet at the **Whole Foods at 3377 S La Cienega Blvd, Los Angeles, CA 90016**. We meet at the seating area by the **COFFEE bar** (past the hot food and smoothie bar) There is a parking structure on Jefferson, head West from the intersection to find it. 90 minutes free with validation. The Jefferson/La Cienega Expo stop is across the street. Here's the Yelp page - https://www.yelp.com/biz/whole-foods-market-los-angeles-25 \*This is **not** a class, we are a social drawing and art group\* See you there!

Book of May: Pale Fire

Join us for the first time or for the nth!


WHAT ARE WE READING? Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years “An ingeniously constructed parody of detective fiction and learned commentary, Pale Fire offers a cornucopia of deceptive pleasures, at the center of which is a 999-line poem written by the literary genius John Shade just before his death. Surrounding the poem is a foreword and commentary by the demented scholar Charles Kinbote, who interweaves adoring literary analysis with the fantastical tale of an assassin from the land of Zembla in pursuit of a deposed king.”


WHERE ARE WE READING?

4100 bar

There is no food served - but they do allow outside food and sometimes have a food truck.
Please feel free to comment with any questions. 







Everyone is welcome - whether you read the whole book or the back cover (but be prepared for spoilers if so), looking forward to seeing you all to talk about (hopefully) good books!

In-Person Meeting - Daredevil: The Devil, Inside and Out V.1

The Wedding People Book Club Discussion

Join us for this months book club discussion. The Wedding People by Alison Espach is a novel about Phoebe Stone, a woman at a personal low point who arrives at a Newport hotel for a planned splurge, only to be mistaken for a wedding guest, leading to an unexpected connection with the bride, Laya, and other wedding attendees, forcing them all to confront grief, expectations, and the messy reality of life beyond perfect plans. The book blends humor and tenderness, exploring themes of divorce, infertility, and finding new paths, and was a New York Times bestseller and a Today Show book club pick.

Coffee, Conversation & Art @ Hollywood Sculpture Garden.

The Hollywood Sculpture Garden is really a neat place . . . AND WE GET TO VISIT AND HAVE A DAYTIME COFFEE SOCIAL THERE!!! It's located on private property and not normally open to the public. So it is indeed a special thing for us to go. To Attend you NEED to be ON THE GUEST LIST TO BE ON THE GUEST LIST . . . **you NEED to FILL THIS OUT FORM [https://forms.gle/oPv6oB7gmV6wL8Pf9](https://forms.gle/oPv6oB7gmV6wL8Pf9)** No entry on the form will result in no entry to the event. Now . . . About this event: It is outdoors in a super-funky, pretty and cute location of The Hollywood Sculpture Garden. **This is intended as a Coffee and Convo surrounded by Art.** A perfect way to meetup some quality people in a fabulous location. Oh!!!!!! One other thing **It's a pastries pot luck. I will be providing coffee and fresh made lattes for those that wish. BUT . . . to get a latte you need to bring a place or box of pastries to share.** Your ticket for entry is a pastries. Bring anything that is good to share for serve 10 people. I will provide the tables, dishes, plastic-ware, cups, napkins, etc. **Frist:** RSPV to the event. **SECOND:** Fill out the form **[https://forms.gle/oPv6oB7gmV6wL8Pf9](https://forms.gle/oPv6oB7gmV6wL8Pf9)** **Third**: Pick up pastries to bring to the event. **Fourth**: Show up (at the event) with your best self and be ready to be social and have fun. I know what you are thinking . . . * will this be fun? * is this a cool place? * will there be people as cool as me there? * or even . . . . I'm not cool & I am shy/introverted . . . * will I be able to fit in and enjoy too? ***And the answer is yes to all.*** **[WATCH THIS!!!](https://youtu.be/xm3TLYKLHqI) Here is a vid from an actual event we did there.** It was summer of 2021. Watch the whole thing and you will see the food/wine . . . the place, . . . where we hang out and how. As well as what it looks like at day and nite. AND . . . you get of feel of the people, place and vibe. (reg link to the vid) https://youtu.be/xm3TLYKLHqI And to see pix from past visits: https://photos.app.goo.gl/dGoqMzDfCuFT4NDJA **To attend this FREE event you MUST be on the GUEST LIST list** **TO BE ON THE LIST . . . fill this out Google Form** **[https://forms.gle/oPv6oB7gmV6wL8Pf9](https://forms.gle/oPv6oB7gmV6wL8Pf9)** Question: ***The cost for all this?*** Answer: ***FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE FREE. And bring pastries to go with coffee or tea.*** PARKING: Parking is tight to non-existent the location. The Google Form will used to make sure you have ALL the best parking info. This event is cross posted to several meetup groups. So there will be plenty of folks. Be sure to fill out the google form so we can send you all the parking info and the schedule and event info. AND to have your name on the guest list. [https://forms.gle/oPv6oB7gmV6wL8Pf9](https://forms.gle/oPv6oB7gmV6wL8Pf9) Some goals for this event . . . * To make new friends. * To make more friends. * To go to new places. * To be more social (in real life). There is an evening companion event to this from 5 to 10 PM [https://www.meetup.com/sevenarts/events/311241891/](https://www.meetup.com/sevenarts/events/311241891/) NOTICE: For our events we do not discriminate by Age, Race, Color, Religion, Ethnicity, National Origin, Political Affiliation, Relationship Status, Gender, Gender Preference, or even Belly Button Lint. We welcome all, . . . and that includes you.

Cartoons and Cereal May - DC Superhero Girls

Join artist **JYNX** for our longest-running program, Cartoons and Cereal. Each month, we will showcase a classic Saturday Morning Cartoon while you enjoy our breakfast cereal buffet. **2026 Cartoons and Cereal Schedule:** May 30th - DC Superhero Girls June 27th - Spider-Man and his Amazing Friends July 25th - Jabberjaw - Shark Week! August 29th - Magic School Bus (Back to School Supply Giveaway) September 27th - Harlem Globegtrotters October 31st - Groovie Goolies Costume Party! November 28th - Mucha Lucha In addition to drawing with friends and families, our youth will also learn about careers in animation and cartoons through art. This program is offered FREE to all participants. All Supplies will be provided. Breakfast will be served. **All-Ages are welcome!** ***Please RSVP so we can prepare enough food and supplies.*** *Plus...we can always bring the fun to your school, campus, party, or location. Email us for more info at hello@bharts.org* We thank the **Los Angeles County Department of Arts** **and Culture** and the **City of Los Angeles DCA** for their continued support of this program.

Film Club - Culver City Edition - Title: The Thursday Murder Club

Watch a film before the meetup and discuss with the group. \*The Thursday Murder Club (2025) It is streaming on Netflix [https://share.google/myrmB362KsequK0ZQ](https://share.google/myrmB362KsequK0ZQ) * before the meetup post in comments a movie you are watching now, as an optional movie for the group to watch * come prepared to talk about the assigned movie, that will be the common movie around the table Location: JACKSON MARKET AND DELI IN CULVER CITY 10:40-11:00 - Order food/drink and secure your place at the venue with the group, YOUR SEATING WITH THE GROUP IS NOT CONFIRMED UNTIL you show up on time and save youself a seat. 11:00-12:00 - Film discussion Optional: stay for lunch This will be a series of meetups, we will select movies as we go along and try various places around town. (It's like a book club but for movies) Rules * Take turn * Stay on topic * Update attendance, non-attendance are removed from future attendance Cross-posted: https://www.meetup.com/ccccc-c/events/314671265/?utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=announce_event&utm_source=link&utm_version=v2&member_id=3925648

I Love Boosters

Lets meetup to see I Love Boosters, the new crime-comedy from visionary director, Boots Riley. Starring: Keke Palmer, Taylour Paige, LaKeith Stanfield, Naomi Ackie, Poppi Liu, Demi Moor, and Don Cheadle. Logline: A fearless crew of inventive young women turn shoplifting into a radical act of defiance. Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1xZegSgN8w Tickets: https://www.cinemark.com/TicketSeatMap/?TheaterId=1084&ShowtimeId=359096&CinemarkMovieId=109744&Showtime=2026-05-23T15:30:00 We usually sit in row G but feel free to sit wherever you'd like and we will meetup afterward in the lobby.

HELL'S KITCHEN

Hell's Kitchen. My seat number: Orchestra C, Row K, Seat 214. I purchased a Verified Resale Ticket @ 35. Other tickets in the Orchestra are $49 plus a $12 service fee. If you live nearby, purchase at the box office and save $12. Or try searching for a Verified Resale Ticket, which just popped up on my screen!!

A Guardian and a Thief by Megha Majumdar

In a near-future Kolkata beset by flooding and famine, Ma, her two-year-old daughter, and her elderly father are just days from leaving the collapsing city behind to join Ma’s husband in Ann Arbor, Michigan. After procuring long-awaited visas from the consulate, they pack their bags for the flight to America. But in the morning they awaken to discover that Ma’s purse, containing their treasured immigration documents, has been stolen. Set over the course of one week, *A Guardian and a Thief* tells two the story of Ma’s frantic search for the thief while keeping hunger at bay during a worsening food shortage; and the story of Boomba, the thief, whose desperation to care for his family drives him to commit a series of escalating crimes whose consequences he cannot fathom. With stunning control and command, Megha Majumdar paints a kaleidoscopic portrait of two families, each operating from a place of ferocious love and undefeated hope, each discovering how far they will go to secure their children’s future as they stave off encroaching catastrophe.

Funtastic Hike at Flint Canyon. Moderate Paced.

Join us for a scenic 4.5-mile moderate paced hike along **Flint Canyon Trail**! This trail offers a beautiful, peaceful nature experience with minimal elevation gain—perfect for anyone looking to get some fresh air, light exercise, and good company. ⏰ **Time:** [9:30 AM] (Please arrive 5 minutes early) 📍 **Where:** Oak Grove Disc Golf Course Parking Click the Meetup app map for exact coordinates. **What to Bring**: * Comfortable hiking shoes * Water bottle (stay hydrated!) * Sunscreen and a hat * Snacks if you’d like to enjoy a quick break * Friendly fast dogs on a leash are welcome! * Feel free to invite friends—this is a casual, social hike.