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breanime · 4 years ago

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Hello beautiful lady! smut for prompt “Does he fuck you like this? Yeah, I didn’t think so.” Please! Love you!

warning: steamy

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It was never your intention to hook up with a coworker. True, you fantasized about Johnny Tuturro nearly every night, but it was just that—a fantasy. You never thought you would ever sleep with someone you worked with.

And then you did. Insult to injury…

…it wasn’t Johnny.

Johnny was FBI, and you were DEA. As your years undercover started to stack up, you found yourself working with Johnny and some of the other agents in Graceland more and more. You and Johnny flirted—he was the resident flirt, after all—but you hadn’t so much as shook his hand. So when you got drunk one night with a fellow DEA agent and ended up having sex with him, you were shocked at yourself. It meant nothing, and you two started hooking up as a way to release tension after tough cases. The sex was average at best, mediocre at worst, and honestly, the thing that kept you coming back was the fact that he kind of looked like Johnny. His smile wasn’t nearly as breathtaking, and he didn’t have Johnny’s deep, dark eyes, but they had a similar build and similar coloring, so your DEA slam piece was a suitable substitute for the real thing.

You had just finished a case in South California, and you were exhausted. You washed your undercover persona off of you, letting the warm water cleanse you and strip away the layers and the lies until you were yourself again. When you got out of the shower, you noticed you had a message on your phone. You sighed when you saw who it was—your DEA “friend”. You’d just closed a pretty big case, and you knew news of it was circulating through the acronyms (FBI, DEA, ATF, etc.), but you’d earned a few days off, and you were going to take them. Which is why you were currently in a hotel room, looking forward to not having to deal with anybody—criminal or government agent—for at least 72 hours. So when you read his text asking if you “wanted company”, you just rolled your eyes and ignored it.

But then you got a knock on your door—and the only people who knew where you were worked with you—so you sighed and looked through the hole and—

—oh.

It was Johnny.

You opened the door, frowning as he walked in. “Tuturro, what are you doing here?”

He turned to you, a smirk on his handsome face. “Heard you just closed the case on those SoCal meth dealers,” he said as you tried (and failed) not to check him out, “so I thought I’d come and congratulate you.”

You smiled, putting your hands on your hips. “In person?”

“Mm hmm,” he answered, turning to look around the room, “since you’re in my neck of the woods…”

“Are you looking for something?”

He turned back to you. “Didn’t know if you had…company.”

The pause before he said “company” let you know exactly what kind of company he was referring to. You frowned. “Fuck. How’d you hear about that?”

“Paige,” he shrugged, “but to be fair, I begged her to tell me. Actually had to take over her chores for three weeks to get her to talk—”

“—wait, you asked Paige who I was sleeping with? Why?” Your heart was twisting in your chest. What if he had been interested in you too, and now he thought you were a slut? What if he talked to the DEA slam piece and just thought you were an easy lay? Was that what he was here for? And if it was, would you still go for him? You wanted Johnny bad, but you knew him well enough to know that the attraction was more than just physical. You liked him. He was smart and funny and courageous and kind… He was everything you wanted, but what if he only wanted one thing from you?

And what if you gave it to him? What then?

“Nah, nah, I asked her if you were seeing anyone, and then she told me about Derek…” Johnny waited for you to interject, but you didn’t. You bit your lip; what exactly could she have told him? You were afraid to ask. “…And I don’t wanna get in the way of anybody, or you and him, but I also really, really wanted to see you,” he was rambling now, and you could feel a smile spreading on your lips, “I’ve been thinking about you a lot, and I know I missed the chance to shoot my shot, and I’m sure Derek is a cool dude or whatever but…” He stepped up to you, and you looked up at him, eyes wide and heart pounding. “…he ain’t me.”

You swallowed, and you could see nothing but determination in his dark eyes. “No,” you agreed, “he’s not.”

“Look, I don’t care if my being here pisses him off or whatever, or if he has an issue with me after this—if he does, he knows where to find me,” Johnny sighed, “but I do care about messing things up with you—I like being your friend, I do, but damn, Y/N… I want more.” He reached out, his hand cupping your face, warm and steady. “I want more.”

“I do too,” you confessed, outing your hand over his on your face, “Johnny, I… I’m crazy about you.”

He smiled, and even though it was dark outside, it was like watching the sun rise. Johnny Tuturro’s smile was incredibly beautiful, and you couldn’t help but smile back. “Yeah?”

“Yeah.”

Apparently, that was all that needed to be said, because Johnny leaned forward and kissed you, and it was easily the best kiss you’d ever had. You wrapped your arms around him, wanting him closer, and you tilted your head, inviting him to kiss you deeper.

“You sure,” he asked, still kissing you, “this is okay? I don’t want Derek—”

“—Derek isn’t my boyfriend or anything,” you said back, eyes closed as you kissed him, “he’s just a guy I sleep with sometimes.”

He chuckled, one hand going to the small of your back to keep you close to him, and the other going to your waist. “But that’s done now, yeah?”

You laughed back. “Yeah…” You bit your lip again, and Johnny groaned. “What?”

“You don’t know, huh?” He asked, looking down at you. “You don’t know how incredibly sexy you are when you do that. Fuck…”

You shivered; his voice was getting deeper and rougher as he spoke, and it was sexy as hell. Johnny’s hands fell to your hips as he kissed his way down to your neck, and you moaned lowly at the feel of his soft lips on your skin. “Johnny…” You sighed, your hands finding their way underneath his shirt, caressing his toned back. “Johnny…”

You could feel his smirk on your skin, and that turned you on even more. “Yeah, baby?”

“Johnny,” you were whining now, and he lifted his head up to see the pout on your face, “I want you.”

“Yeah,” he leaned down and kissed you again, “I want you too…” You took hold of his shirt and started to lead him to the bed. “I just want to be clear,” he said as he helped you out of your shirt, “I don’t wanna be the new Derek. I don’t want you just part time… I want you all the time, for real.”

You nodded, licking your lips as he took his shirt off. God, Johnny was just perfect. “I want the same thing.”

“Tomorrow,” he promised, kissing your neck again as those long fingers of his went to unhook your bra, “we’ll go on a real date…”

“Yeah,” you agreed, closing your eyes as his warm mouth fell down to your exposed breasts, “yeah, we—we’ll do the whole dinner and a movie thing.”

“Mm hmm,” he hummed, his tongue flicking against your nipple, “anything you want, baby…” Gently, he laid you down on the bed, and you sighed happily at the feel of his lean body on top of yours. You could kiss Johnny forever. “Fuck… I’ve wanted this for so long…”

You could feel his hardness against your thigh, and you scratched at his shoulders as he kissed and licked your breasts, his mouth soft and firm on your sensitive nipples. “Me too,” you sighed, “mm… Johnny…” You giggled. “You’re so much better than Derek.”

He looked up then, smirking at you. “Hell yeah I am.” You didn’t know it then, but Johnny was already itching to prove that to you, even though you’d already decided it was true. So when he slid your pants off and kissed his way, achingly slowly, down to your center, you were already nearly shivering with desire. But when he spread your legs for you and sank between them, his mouth working against you—you nearly floated off the bed.

“Fuck, Johnny,” you gasped out, hips jumping upwards, “oh fuck…” You reached out and put your hand on his head, gasping again at the sweet obscene sounds he was making as he ate you out. Johnny, to your great joy, was a very vocal lover. And his tongue was… beyond description. You came into his mouth, calling out his name as he chuckled against you.

“Look at you,” he said, kissing his way back up your body, leaving each and every inch feeling loved and adored, “you’re so beautiful…”

You wrapped your arms around his shoulders and brought him down for a kiss. You could taste yourself on his tongue, and you couldn’t help but smile against his lips. You felt his hands go to your thigh, lifting it up, and you bit his bottom lip, sucking it into your mouth as he groaned. He was right at your entrance, the tip of his dick sliding against you, gathering the wetness and making you squirm.

“Baby, look at me,” he demanded softly. You did. He was staring down at you with nothing but affection in those deep dark eyes. He smiled, and your heart flipped in your chest at how unbelievably beautiful he was. He caressed your face, two fingers softly running down your cheek. “So beautiful,” he whispered.

“Johnny,” you said back, your voice weak with desire, “please… I need you.”

He kissed you, and as he pulled back, he pushed inside of you.

And you were full of sunlight.

Johnny started out slow, giving you time to adjust to his (considerable) size, kissing and sucking at your neck as you moaned. You rolled your hips, and you felt him bite at the base of your throat, spurring you on. Johnny felt incredible, like he was made for you, and from the way he was moaning, and touching you and kissing you, he felt the same way about you. You brought your hands up to his face and moved his head so he could kiss you, and when you did, he started to fuck you harder, deeper. You bit his lip, and Johnny pushed all the way into you, making you gasp.

“Yes,” you sighed out, nails digging into his back, “yes, yes, yes!”

“Fuck,” he groaned, pulling back and pushing in again, “You like that, baby?”

“Yes!”

“You want more?”

“Yes! Please!” You clenched around him; you never begged, but Johnny brought that out of you.

“Fuck, you feel so good, just like that,” he groaned, his voice deep and rich in your ear, “Yeah, baby, take it just like that… Fuck…”

“Johnny,” you could feel your orgasm building up as he fucked you harder, “fuck—yes! Don’t stop, baby, don’t stop, don’t stop!”

“Yeah?” He grinned down at you, watching you bite your lip as your eyes rolled back in your head. “Does he fuck you like this?” He growled out, and even the tone of his voice was adding to the coil of desire within you. “Yeah,” he went on when all you did was moan in response, “I didn’t think so.”

That got you—you came, calling his name, and Johnny groaned as you pulsated around him. He pulled out of you, and for a second, you thought he was done, but then he turned you over and started fucking you from behind. You dug your nails into the mattress, eyes closed and mouth open as you moaned and screamed his name. Johnny knew, already, exactly how you liked to be fucked, and he gave it to you with no hesitation. You glanced at the clock; you’d been fucking for about two hours now. By the time Johnny came, finishing on your back, you’d already come a total of four times, and your body was buzzing with arousal.

You and Johnny cuddled under the covers, nose to nose, smiling goofily at each other.

“So,” he asked, his hand rubbing hearts onto your lower back, “I know I promised you dinner, but how would you feel about breakfast?”

You smiled, closing your eyes. He leaned in and kissed you, and you melted against him. “Breakfast sounds good,” you said back, “but I was actually hoping the first thing I put in my mouth in the morning,” you opened your eyes to see him watching you, “would be you.”

Johnny grinned; the sun shining in his eyes. “Oh, baby…

..you ain’t gotta wait till the morning for that.”

You grinned back; clearly, you wouldn’t be getting much sleep tonight—and you couldn’t be happier about that.

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thecompleteguidetomisery · 3 years ago

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How to Drive Like a Local in Southern California: A Guide for Tourists and Transplants

One of the challenges of getting to know any new city is learning the unspoken rules of its roads. That problem is compounded exponentially by the quirkiness, shall we say, of Southern California (SoCal) drivers. Therefore, in order to reduce the chances of a misunderstanding, visitors and more permanent arrivals would do well to educate themselves as much as possible about how the locals operate.

Drivers from elsewhere will be used to deferring to traffic laws when deciding who goes first at an intersection (e.g., first to arrive, tie goes to the right, straight before turns, etc.). Visitors and newcomers should know that, as a general rule, traffic laws are only occasionally followed in America’s Finest City.

For the local, rules of the road really means - only apply these practices if you can remember the rules, and only if you feel like doing so.

Changing Lanes

Most drivers are accustomed to a predictable practice of changing lanes when travelling on the freeway. For the average transplant or tourist, lanes are to be crossed one-at-a-time, with enough space to do so safely, and only after communicating the intention to do so by using a turn signal.

For the local, though, each of these criterion is optional.

First, SoCal drivers treat their vehicle’s turn signals like EpiPens: they only use them in case of an emergency.

In other words, to fit in with the locals, avoid your blinkers in all but the direst circumstances. And “dire circumstances” means - you want to get over into an adjacent lane but the butthead next to you either doesn’t care or doesn’t want to make room.

In that case, throw on your blinker as a signal to the butthead that you are about to cut them off.

Then cut them off.

On an unrelated note, San Diegans, and SoCal residents generally, refer to their freeways or highways with the title “The,” as in “The Eight-Oh-Five” or “The One-Sixty-Three.”

As though these are the only entities by those names ever in existence. Or the only ones that matter. The newcomer will be bombarded with references to “The Eight” and “The Five,” and have to resist the temptation to ask, “The Eight? Do you mean the novel by Katherine Neville? Or Quentin Tarantino’s Hateful collection?” or “Which five? The Jackson Five or the Slaughterhouse variety?”

The history is that Los Angeles got the jump on most of the country by building some of their freeways ahead of The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956. Southern Californians named the roads according to their location, such as “The San Bernardino Freeway.” So there was a local tradition of giving roads more personal names than, say, “Interstate Ninety-Five” on the East Coast.

By the time California reworked its road number system in 1964, the “The” habit was already established. Each of the previously charming names, such as “The Harbor Freeway,” were replaced by their numbered equivalents, as in “The One-Ten.”

Anyway, back to lane changes.

A common place for lane-crossing commotion, in any city, is when a vehicle enters the freeway from an on-ramp and hopes to accelerate less restrictive speeds as soon as possible (i.e., get into the fast lane). Tourists and transplants will be familiar with using their turn signals and gradually working their way over, one lane at a time, until they reach the far left lane.

Rather than limit yourself to that inefficient practice, slice across all lanes, from freeway entrance ramp to the fast lane, on a sharp diagonal without stopping or slowing. The only remaining issue is whether the drivers around you will force you to put on your turn signal before you cut them off.

Finally, reasonable drivers, when getting off a freeway, plan ahead and gradually move right from the fast lane to the exit ramp. For example, if you’ve ever been driving in the far right lane at high speeds in another part of the country, and became aware that you needed to take an exit in two miles, it’s pretty likely you immediately started to work your way over to the exit ramp, one lane at a time, and made it onto the exit ramp without ruining someone else’s day.

You will need to forget this habit.

Instead, stay in the far right lane until roughly a quarter of a mile before your exit. Then, throw on your blinker (either the right or left will do in a pinch since no one pays attention to turn signals anyway), make a ninety-degree right turn, and travel perpendicular to traffic until you make it to the ramp.

When others honk their displeasure, toss up a breezy wave to show that you forgive them for being uptight.

Remember, for SoCal drivers, the key is to create maximum chaos with every move.

Forced Courtesy

Imagine this scenario.

You are driving on a busy side street in one of Southern California’s many villages and there are cars behind you.

You are a little distracted by the condition of the roads and remember seeing a headline in the San Diego Union-Tribune the other day announcing America’s Finest City will spend $700K to assess the condition of its streets. As your right front tire drops into a crater-like pothole, you think to yourself, “Hey, Mayor Gloria, I’ll save you the money and trouble. These roads need A LOT of work.”

And for those of you who don’t know, the City of San Diego’s 2022 Budget includes the phrase: “Each neighborhood in San Diego deserves ‘sexy’ streets…”

Sexy?

I’d settle for smooth. Even silky. In fact, I think I’d prefer smooth or silky road to a sexy one. And why would you want to drive on a sexy street? Wouldn’t it be distracting? What makes a street sexy anyway?

Okay, we’ve officially opened Pandora’s celebrated box with THAT question.

So back to your drive. You mentally try not to avoid the question what makes a street sexy when you notice a person standing on the corner of the upcoming intersection. All their body language says they intend to cross the road. They are standing on the edge of the curb, leaning forward, and looking in your direction, obviously waiting for you to pass so they can move forward. Key phrase: waiting for you to pass... as in stationary.

And, finally, in this scenario you do NOT have a STOP sign.

If you are a recent transplant or tourist, you likely watch to make sure the pedestrian doesn’t dart out in front of you and, because the person is not moving and you do NOT have a STOP sign, you don’t stop.

Well, you can only get away with that out-of-town nonsense for so long in SoCal.

In SoCal, the correct procedure, while driving 35mph with cars following closely behind you, upon seeing someone standing on a corner who looks even the least interested in crossing your path, is to abruptly slam on your brakes and wave the now baffled pedestrian across the street.

You might think of this as “forced courtesy.” It’s a way of making yourself feel better by proving to yourself what a considerate driver you are.

Never mind the cars behind you. Expect that they will hit their brakes in time not to collide with your backside. Besides, it’s their job to be on their toes, alert for your capricious whims.

The walker will stare at you with something not far from puzzled annoyance. Being compelled to cross the road when one isn’t prepared is the adult equivalent of a child being shoved into the embrace of a least favorite relative, like that uncle with the bad breath. Or the aunt who is an enthusiastic collector of something boring and insipid, like cocktail napkins.

The pedestrian will freeze, lizard-like, unsure of what to do.

And pause, the way you do when that self-important friend of yours interrupts you to say something so dumb and irrelevant that you have to take a moment to recompose yourself.

The pedestrian will be certain something must be wrong with you, since you’d just stopped for no reason other than to let them, a perfect stranger, walk across your path. Your counterpart will wonder if you are planning to run them over once they step off the curb. Why else would you do something as foolish as this?

What is most important at this point is your commitment. You MUST remain stopped and gently but firmly tell the walker to get moving. This is no longer about courtesy, and was never about safety. This is about satisfying your ego. You decided to be considerate and, damnit, this jerk of a pedestrian had better honor that. And be grateful for it.

And so continue to pressure the passerby to get moving. Don’t be surprised to hear a growing cacophony of car horns as the drivers behind you, not aware of your unilateral decision to disregard traffic laws, pressure you to get moving.

At that point, it will dawn on your counterpart that you are truly a San Diego driver, and that stopping illegally to coerce random pedestrians to cross the street is just one of your quirks.

The pedestrian will give you an appreciative wave and walk in front of your vehicle, looking all the while to their right (i.e., away from you). Don’t be surprised if one of the confused, impatient drivers behind you decides to tear around you just as the hapless pedestrian steps in their path.

The other driver will honk, and because they are busy staring into your vehicle to determine what’s wrong with you for stopping in the middle of the street, they will not see the pedestrian until the last second and only narrowly avoid a needless tragedy.

You and the pedestrian will each look at one another, eyebrows raised to the top of your respective foreheads, puff out your cheeks and slowly exhale as if to say, “Well, that was a close one.”

As you drive off, you can yell to your counterpart, “Some people just don’t know how to drive!”

Four-Way Stop Signs

Southern Californians have evolved a couple approaches, in place of legal ones, to handle when two or more vehicles arrive at a four-way stop simultaneously and need to decide who should go first in order to avoid a collision.

The first is to slow down enough to give fellow travelers the impression that you will come to a complete stop, only to accelerate and roll through the intersection. The purpose of this maneuver is to save everyone else at the intersection the trouble of determining who has the right to proceed first. What a kind, thoughtful approach. Rather than burdening fellow travelers with another decision, you’ve taken the choice right out of their hands and applied it to your advantage.

It’s a win-win.

You will quickly recognize those naïve and foolish drivers who still believe in applying adult standards of behavior to the act of operating a motor vehicle. They will look shocked, even angry, as they slam on their brakes to avoid colliding with you, and might honk in protest as you pass. It is important to have an appropriate hand gesture ready for those instances.

The most common SoCal response is to give a breezy, passive-aggressive wave. This lets the other driver know that you’re the selfless, laid back type who has already forgiven them for having the temerity to make an unpleasant noise at you.

The other most popular reaction involves a single extended finger.

The second approach to four-way stops is both more complicated and commonplace. It involves planning, patience, and persistence.

The most important step is the first. You must get to your limit line (i.e., the white strip behind which you’re supposed to stop) an instant or two before another vehicle arrives. Then, sit patiently and stare at your counterpart while waiting for them to proceed.

The other driver will likely be confused that you are not moving and will, in their way, wait for you to go, since you arrived at the intersection first.

Don’t be fooled. This power struggle has only just begun.

Remind yourself that your fellow traveler is clearly a tourist who hasn’t yet grasped the SoCal system.

Wave for them to go ahead.

And flash your high beams to hammer home the point. Make sure you do this before they do or you’ll be obligated to proceed forward.

No matter how long you have to wait, keep your foot firmly planted on the brake. Consider putting the vehicle in park.

Then, the moment the other car begins to pull forward, stomp on your accelerator so that your vehicle violently lurches forward about five feet. Just enough distance to get your counterpart to stop moving.

Then slam on your brakes.

Your fellow traveler will, in the interim, have come to an abrupt halt. Feeling shocked and betrayed, they will flash their high beams and wave energetically for you to go ahead.

Remember that this is not about courtesy or efficiency, it is about you and your point of view. You unilaterally determined that the other vehicle should go first, and damnit, you’re the kind of person who sticks to their decision once they’ve made up their mind.

Besides, if you were to pull forward at that moment you’d lose face. Wait until your new nemesis begins to move, and lurch forward again. This is just a test to make sure that the other driver will really follow through with their commitment.

They will, of course, stop again. Finally, in an exaggerated manner, throw up your hands as if to say, “What are you waiting for?!?”

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i-am-very-very-tired · 3 years ago

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Where do I start? That’s a question I hear quite often from recent transplants who have just moved to Los Angele and are now looking for a pathway to getting to know the city of angels. With that in mind, I tried to put together a collection of things to do that would be accessible, relatively inexpensive, and also provide a variety of perspectives and experiences through which to gain knowledge of the area. While it’s impossible to do everything in L.A., you can at the very least tackle to-dos that let you see just how diverse our city is. It is, after all, the wondrous variety of possibilities, all in ultra-close proximity, that makes living here so unique. One thing I can say confidently: If you experience all 21 of these activities within your first 365 days living in Los Angeles, you may never want to leave. Now get to it!

1. Visit the Griffith Observatory

Truly, one of the crown jewels of the city of Los Angeles. At the observatory you can look through telescopes, explore exhibits, see live shows in the Samuel Oschin Planetarium, and check out spectacular views of Los Angeles and the Hollywood Sign. There’s even free WiFi! While the planetarium shows have ticketed costs, general admission (and parking) is free and they also host many free events every month, such as the public star parties or All Space Considered. Just keep in mind it does get crowded here, especially on the weekends, and they also revamped their public parking to include fees.

2. Eat an In-N-Out Burger

If you just moved here you owe it to yourself to try SoCal’s most iconic hamburger brand. And if you’re feeling like going all out, make sure you order a few items off the secret menu

3. See a Show at the Hollywood Bowl

Pack a picnic, invite a date and go to (in my opinion) THE signature outdoor concert venue of Los Angeles, originally built in the 1920’s and home to the L.A. Philharmonic for over 90 years. Check the 2017 summer schedule to see if there’s a concert that may tickle your fancy. [BONUS: Keep in mind The Hollywood Bowl is also an awesome public park you can visit for free during the day. See video below for more on that!]

4. Go to the Getty(s)

Not only do the Getty Center and the Getty Villa in Malibu house some of the most amazing art collections you can find in L.A. (or anywhere in the world), but they’re also spectacular examples of L.A.’s architectural excellence, and in the case of the Getty Center, offer an amazing viewpoint to look eastward on the expanse of our city.

Best part?

Admission to the Getty Center is free (but keep in mind parking is $15). For the Villa, admission is also free but an advance timed-entry ticket is required (parking is also $15).

5. Walk Along Venice Boardwalk

A stroll on the Venice Boardwalk will offer a lens into array of colorful characters, eccentrics, and unique attractions, not to mention sometimes it’s just nice to take a stroll near the beach and enjoy the ocean air. Here’s one blogger’s account of her first visit ever to the boardwalk.

6. Hike to the Hollywood Sign

I’m always surprised how often I talk to long-time residents (like 10+ years) who have never made their way up to Mt. Lee to see the sign up close. You can get there via Bronson Canyon like we did, or take one of several other routes. However you arrive, trekking up to above the sign is something every Angeleno should do at least once. If the sign doesn’t interest you, we’ve also documented 9 other great hikes around L.A. with NO trail fees and NO parking costs. Enjoy!

7. Experience The Downtown Art Walk

Every second Thursday of the month see downtown Los Angeles come alive in a vibrant blend of art, community, culture and food known as the DTLA Art Walk.

8. Get to Know L.A.’s Backstory at the Natural History Museum

One of the permanent exhibitions at the Natural History Museum is called ‘Becoming Los Angeles’ and it documents a 500-year story about how our little region of SoCal has evolved from a tiny pueblo to an expansive metropolis. If you want to really understand how L.A. became L.A., this is a great place to start. Oh, and you can go check out Dinosaur bones afterwards!

9. Check out KCRW Summer Night’s

KCRW’s free signature outdoor event series that’s awesome for all-ages. Here’s the complete 2017 schedule of concerts (check back in the speing for the 2016 lineup).

10. Taste the Best of the SGV at a 626 Night Market

The premier asian-food themed night market in the United States (or at least the biggest), the 626 Night Market is a must-try, especially if you don’t regularly hang out in the San Gabriel Valley (gives you a great excuse to head over there!).

11. Hunt for L.A.’s Best Food Trucks

Jump on the food truck craze, whether as a dinner destination or a late-night jaunt. While your food trucking options are many in the city of angels, Christina narrowed it down to 10 of her favorites to give you a nice starting point. And if you love international flavors, check out this fantastic list.

12. Have a Beach Day

At least once in your first year in L.A. you just need to plan an all-out beach day. Maybe you plan a meal around it, or maybe you head up the coast to check out some of Malibu’s finest sandy spots, but whatever you do don’t be that guy (or girl) who has lived in Los Angeles for more than a year and never been to the beach!

13. Cruise Grand Central Market

Even if you don’t partake in the food at Grand Central Market (and you should!), just wandering around and admiring the vibrancy and variety will be an enjoyable experience. But if you really need an excuse to head over, check out their game night (every Thursday) where you can not only grab great food at the nearby vendors but also partake in ping-pong, cornhole toss, Jenga, Uno, Cards Against Humanity, Scrabble, and more.

14. Go to a Rooftop Bar

What better way to chew the scenery of Los Angeles than with a delicious cocktail and a spectacular view? Here are the 10 best rooftop bars in L.A. (assuming you’re of age).

15. See an Outdoor Movie Screening

What better way to take advantage of the incredible L.A. weather than to enjoy an outdoor movie screening with thousands of your fellow angelenos. That said, there are many options.

Here are a few series you might want to consider…

Rooftop Cinema Club

Eat|See|Hear

Street Food Cinema

Moonlight Movies at the Beach

Silver Lake Picture Show

16. Go to an L.A. Farmers Market

What better excuse to explore L.A. (and eat a bit healthier) than to check out some our city’s finest farmer’s markets? We put together a quick list of 7 of our favorites to get you started, along with links and resources to other markets all over the city you can peruse. Want more? Here’s a handy day-by-day list of Farmers Markets in L.A.

17. Take a Metro Art Tour

Did you know that Metro offers free, regularly scheduled docent led group tours of the artwork in the Metro Rail system? It’s a great way to get to know our city’s public transit system, which ought to come in handy if you just moved here.

18. Picnic at Barnsdall Park

The Barnsdall Art Park is an 11 acre park featuring gorgeous views of the observatory and Los Angeles as a whole, along with being home to the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Hollyhock House. It’s also just a really nice spot to pack a picnic lunch, a blanket and chill on a sunny afternoon. And if you’re a fan of the vino, check out the Friday Night Wine Tastings that take place at Barnsdall over the summer.

19. Hang out at a First Friday Event

Whether it’s going to an art walk, sampling delicious food trucks or checking out a free night at a museum, first Friday events (including in Venice Beach and Bixby Knolls in Long Beach) are a great way to connect to your local community and get out to do a little exploring.

20. Visit the Rooftop Garden at the Disney Concert Hall

Did you know there is a hidden rooftop garden at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Downtown Los Angeles? The garden is surrounded by the curves and and exterior of the hall and decked out with lush landscape centered around an intricate mosaic blue rose fountain dedicated to the late Lillian Disney (Walt Disney’s wife).

21. Leave a Note at The Wisdom Tree

One special tree at the summit of Burbank Peak survived a devastating 2007 wildfire up in the hills and today some hikers visit the spot to leave diary-style notes in ammo boxes that reside below the tree while others just meditate for awhile or simply enjoy the amazing view. Write your own note, and document how you felt about your first year in the city of angels.

What did you do your first year living in Los Angeles? Let us know in the comments below!

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busker street, chapter 1

Word Count: 1,583 Pairing: Ignoct, Ignis/Noctis Rating: T Warnings: None Summary: The mainstream music scene is one of the most demanding, carnivorous industries on the planet. When Ignis, a secretary at his uncle’s record label, meets the multi-talented street musician Noctis, it’s in him that he’ll fight for the right for this young man to be his muse.

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It was in routine that he found security and familiarity, warm and wonderful in the moments before a brew when the air was captivated by his favorite roasts as he prepared himself for the day. Making coffee was like a timer, in a way. Each day was a slightly different brew, sometimes with shots for an Espresso, sometimes not. Variety in an otherwise predictable, placid routine.

Emerging from the swanky apartment complex he lived in, SoCal weather seldom disappointed with its breezy warmth hailed from the Pacific, not yet baring the high heat of noon that often came with the summer season. Late winter by US standards, the temperature was mild but still warmer than other places, such as his native England that had been his childhood home until six years of age. London had its age, yes, but Los Angelos had its vibrancy. Enough color to make the world go ‘round, one might say.

It was fortunate Ignis’ residence was but a short walk from Hollywood, where his workplace proper was located at the border of Hollywood—not very far from the luxuriant Beverly Hills, either. Ignis’ commutes were often interesting, as spying the occasional celebrity and their throngs of devotees and paparazzi was seldom a rarity. But, commonplace in his business.

“Pardon me. I’m afraid I didn’t see you,” he apologized as he almost ran into an elderly Hispanic woman who only chuckled kindly, waving off the indiscretion and his apparent distracted walk. No matter. They’d be able to cross soon enough.

Dappled shade saved his sight from the worst of a gradually looming sun, the softness of the morning fading away into harsh daylight. Well, perhaps not so harsh. Busker Street was a pleasant, idyllic road compared to others in the contemporary, flashy sector of LA. A beatnik’s paradise, stuffed with short, squat, few-story buildings nevertheless full of centennial charm was an artistic epicenter in the city, lined with old trees that took away from the inevitability of the city.

Ignis couldn’t help but cease moving when the twang of a warm-up guitarist caught his periphery, fellow pedestrians moving past him as though he were a stone in the river. Politely did he move from the line of traffic and deviated from the morning commute, walking beneath the shade until he came before a small crowd blocking half of the wide sidewalk.

Street musicians weren’t rare. Far from it, especially here. However, as he peeked over the shoulders of a particularly short man, he couldn’t help but be enraptured. Ignis saw an electric guitarist surrounded by a keyboard, live microphone, as he was establishing the harmony and melody as Ignis had seen several times before at the recording sessions at the record company. Lord knew he’d seen his fair share of acoustic guitarists, but nothing this complicated before. And when he saw the man beatboxing, Ignis’ brows admittedly shot up.

What ensued was nothing short of entrancing. A jazzy baseline, a funky guitar riff; mingling sounds that logically shouldn’t work together did, and brilliantly. Like accidental genius. At times, the musician’s vocals switched between double reverb and normal, a mystical quality to the lyrics. Not conscious of his own staring, when the musician himself turned his gaze over the crowd, their eyes met. Not having seen his face before, it was like electricity when they matched gazes. Undeniably attractive, even beneath the shade of a baseball cap, Ignis felt himself fluster when he remembered himself. Excusing himself from the throng, he continued again on his way to work.

“If I have to listen to another fucking auto-tune pop princess or some greasy hippie boy on an acoustic guitar, I might as well call it quits.”

It was 9 by the time Ignis came to his uncle’s office on the top floor, Citadel Records something of a sheer trek to ascend even by elevator. A major powerhouse in the music industry, it wasn’t without reason. With two mugs of piping hot coffee in hand, Ignis smiled in some odd amusement. “Auto-tune pop princess? I don’t think I’ve heard that one before,” he admitted mirthfully as the mugs were set on coasters before the older man’s desk, the elder Scientia raking his fingers through thinning blond hair.

“Yes, Ignis, auto-tune pop princess. You ever hear them without it? They sound like shit, most of them. Get the rare talent, but by God are they rare,” Markus Scientia groused as he snatched for his coffee, face half buried in his other hand while he nursed the Espresso. Looking thoughtful and grim, he seemed to brighten some once he’d drunk the coffee proper, a wily smile spanning. “Least the coffee keeps us sane. The hell do you put in it, anyways?”

“Magic, perhaps. Fairy dust,” Ignis replied with a soft smirk as he sat in one of two chairs before the executive’s desk, crossing his legs and sipping quietly at his own.

Markus snorted. “Fucking hairy dust. Long as it works, I suppose.”

They were thoughtful for a long moment, until Ignis was the one who broke the pregnant pause. “None of the applicants were promising?” he broached, glancing over the rim of his mug before setting it on its coaster.

His uncle sighed, doing more or less the same. “Much as we’ve got enough talent as it is, you know how it is, Ignis. People always crave something new. Familiar only lasts so long, and if we’re going to break into the damn indie scene, we need new. Really crash in and set a flag in like it’s the damn moon landing. Real different, you know?”

Ignis couldn’t help but reflect on the musician he encountered that morning, it still feeling like he’d walked from a dream. Considering he passed Busker Street every day weather-permitting, it was his first time hearing this one. Those deep sapphire eyes stuck on him like glue, stamped on his memory like the sound he’d made. New.

“Have you considered looking in the actual scene itself? There are many indie artists in the area, as I’ve been made aware,” he suggested, emerald eyes flicking towards his uncle’s.

Markus snorted, nearly spewing some of his drink indecorously. “I want new, Igs! Never before heard, unknown, not fucking bottom feeders everyone’s heard of. Good ones, of course.”

With each passing moment, this mystery musician was becoming more and more appealing a prospect. Though, just as Ignis opened his mouth to speak, Markus waved off the subject. “What about this whole lyricist business? Come up with anything good? Much as we’re about fostering talent and all that shit, I can’t have you dawdling from your duties for some artsy-fartsy nonsense. You’re the best secretary I’ve got, kid.”

Ah, that.

Ignis straightened his glasses on the bridge of his nose, remembering he’d left his briefcase by his desk outside. “One moment, uncle,” Ignis said distractedly as he left his mug of coffee at the desk, his uncle’s eyes expectantly boring into his back. Outside, the managing division in all its business yawned before him, hard at work even so early in the morning.

“Anythin’ excitin’ goin’ on in there, Igs?” Cindy ventured in her southern drawl, leaning back in her office chair with a sunny smile.

Ignis regarded the blond with a faint scoff, but smiled warmly back. “I suppose we’ll just have to wait and see. Perhaps I’ll have news by lunch break, Miss Aurum.”

Finding the right shief of papers and a notebook with ideas, Ignis stepped back into his uncle’s office who clapped his hands once whilst Ignis slid the papers on the older Scientia’s desk. Rumpling some of the documents in hand, he leaned back with a creak in his seat and propped both feet commandingly on his desk, Ignis taking his seat again and waiting quietly as he read through what material he’d brought.

Markus made no articulation of an opinion that Ignis could discern, leafing through before he lifted those similarly green eyes to his nephew. “It’s not bad, Igs, but it sure as hell wouldn’t sell on a mainstream market,” the older man began, sliding the documents across his desk, then smiling puckishly, “but I like it. Think once we found our flagship act, you could be the one who wrote their songs. Guess it’s not such a bad thing your old man made you take all those Honors and AP classes back in high school.”

Ignis’ composure became disarmed by the praise, admittedly first worrying that he’d found some of the songs he’d written to be too esoteric for a common audience. Not that he was incapable of producing for the pop genre, but it simply felt unsuitable. “Thank you, uncle,” Ignis beamed back, Markus laughing heartily.

Just as he moved to collect his things to begin work at his own desk, Markus stopped him. “Oh, once you’re all done with this shit, two things: I need you to go to that exhibit opening party or whatever downtown for me. That’s this weekend. And, uh, tomorrow—I was thinking I could give you a sort-of day off. Do some scouting for raw talent, y’know? Pass out business cards, network and shit like that. Got it, Igs?”

Ignis nodded, papers rolled in his hand and half-drunk coffee in the other, looking a little flustered to begin the day’s work. “I think that should be doable, uncle. I’ll be certain to clear my schedule.”

“Glad I can count on you, Igs!”

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PORTLAND, Ore. 7.12.2019 — Image Comics is pleased to return to San Diego, California this year for Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 17 through Sunday, July 21 and will be located in a new booth space—for the first time in decades—booth #1915.

Please note: updates to the schedule may appear online during the show. Please refer to www.imagecomics.com for the most up-to-date information.

SEA OF STARS #1 by Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum & Stephen Green, $10 +tax

GUNNING FOR HITS hardcover by Jeff Rougvie & Moritat, $30 +tax

BAD WEEKEND jacketed hardcover by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, jacket art by Phillips, $16.99 +tax

SPAWN #299 by Todd McFarlane, $10 +tax

SPAWN Orb T-shirt, S-3X, $25.00 +tax

SPAWN Parody T-shirt, S-3X, $25.00 +tax

SPAWN Logo Pin, SPAWN Parody Pin, SPAWN Triangle Pin, SPAWN Skull Pin, and SPAWN Orb Pin, from $10.00 – $12.00 +tax

The McFarlane Event Exclusive SPAWN Art Print featuring its own unique identification number and limited quantity of 250, $20.00 +tax

SPAWN BumBumz Vinyl Figure, packaged with an exclusive art card, in black or blue, $25.00

SPAWN Logo Lanyard, $10 +tax

SDCC PANELS:

Image Comics: Bone-Chilling Insight into Bestselling Horror Comic Books, Thursday, July 18, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Room: 23ABC

Join W. Maxwell Prince (Ice Cream Man), Pornsak Pichetshote (Infidel), Dan Watters (Coffin Bound), Jeff Lemire (Gideon Falls), Kieron Gillen (Die), and Chuck Brown (Bitter Root) as they discuss their spine-tingling craft and share the secrets to creating some of the darkest, most thrilling comic book series on the market. Moderated by Chloe Ramos-Peterson (Library Market Sales Representative at Image Comics).

Skybound Presents: In Conversation with Robert Kirkman, Thursday, July 18, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Room 6A

Comic book creator, writer, and executive producer Robert Kirkman answers questions from fans and discusses his latest projects, including The Walking Dead, Invincible, Oblivion Song, and more.

Image Comics: Masterclass Artists Share Secrets & Inspiration, Friday, July 19, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Room: 23ABC Dustin Nugyen (Descender), Jen Bartel (Blackbird), Sanford Greene (Bitter Root), Stephen Green (Sea of Stars), and Aaron Campbell (Infidel) will share their craft insight on their breathtaking pencils, showstopping inks, and eye-popping colors—learn about sequential art from the best in the industry. Moderated by Eric Stephenson (Publisher & Chief Creative Officer at Image Comics).

What is the Best Superpower? Friday, July 19, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Room 25ABC When creating comic book heroes, it makes sense to give them the best superpower, right? So why do we have so many superheroes with a wide array of amazing powers? Perhaps because the debate on what is the best superpower is still raging. How sure are you that you know the best power? Could you be swayed by the opinions of these Comic-Con special guests? Panelists include Alitha Martinez (Iron Man, Batgirl), Joseph M. Linsner (Vampirella), Jonathan Hickman (Fantastic 4), Steenz (Archival Quality), Todd McFarlane (Spawn), and Katy Farina (BG Paint for She Ra and the Princesses of Power), along with moderator Amy Chu.

Are Girls Turning Into Killer Cats? Friday, July 19, 2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m., Room 29AB The creative team of the Eisner Award-nominated comic book Man-Eaters talk comics, felines, and feminist agendas. Featuring NYT bestselling writer Chelsea Cain (Man-Eaters, Mockingbird), Lia Miternique (Man-Eaters co-creator), Rachelle Rosenberg (colorist), and 14-year-old contributors Eliza Fantastic Mohan (writer), Stella Greenvoss (artist), and Emily Powell (Haiku-writer-in-residence).

Image Comics: The Inside Scoop on Comic Book Storytelling, Saturday, July 20, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Room: 7AB Bestselling, award-winning writers David F. Walker (Bitter Root), Skottie Young (Middlewest), Joe Casey (JesusFreak), Cullen Bunn (Unearth), Ed Laroche (The Warning), Charles Soule (new project TBA), and Scott Snyder (new project TBA) give fans the inside scoop on their storytelling techniques and worldbuilding craft. Moderated by Geoff Boucher (Genre Editor at Deadline Hollywood).

Todd McFarlane: Raw & Uncensored, Saturday, July 20, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Room 6DE Todd McFarlane, Image Comics co-founder, creator of Spawn, co-creator of Venom, and McFarlane Toys CEO, talks about his 30+ years in the comics and entertainment industries. You’ll experience Todd raw and uncensored—talking toys, comics, industry advice, and more! He’ll also be talking about one of the biggest milestones in his career, Spawn #300, which will set the record for the longest-running creator-owned superhero comic ever! Bring your burning questions for a Toddfather Q&A.

Skybound Presents: Comic Books and Creators, Saturday, July 20, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Room 8 Sean Mackiewicz (Gasolina, SVP and editor-in-chief at Skybound), Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Extremity), Brandon Thomas (Excellence), and Khary Randolph (Excellence) come together to discuss their latest published works. Moderated by Brian Huntington (Skybound’s VP of online content).

Image Comics: The Road to the Historic Spawn #300 and #301, Sunday, July 21, 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., Room: 5AB Join Todd McFarlane (president at Image Comics, creator of Spawn) and special surprise guests from the superstar creative teams of Spawn #300 and #301! This inside look at the creation of these record-breaking issues will jumpstart the celebration as Spawn becomes the longest-running creator-owned comic book in the world! Plus, new art reveals, giveaways, and more!

SDCC Networking Event – Comics, Coffee & Conversation, Sunday, July 21, 2-4 p.m., Marriott Marquis, Santa Rosa Room Spend the last day of Comic-Con International: San Diego with creators Danielle Colman (The Unfinished Corner), Jason Lutes (Berlin) and Brian Schirmer (Fairlady); educators including John Shableski (UDON/Manga Classics); retailer Rachel Parker (SoCal Games & Comics); comics librarians including host Moni Barrette (Chula Vista Public Library) and fellow comics enthusiasts for fandom conversations over coffee! Topics will range from how graphic novels are used in education, how diversity is spreading in the comics community, and information about the new Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table of the American Library Association.

OFFSITE EVENTS:

CCEL@SDCC Panel – Reading and Raising Our Voices: From Comics to Community Organizing Thursday, July 18, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m., San Diego Public Library: Central Library – Shiley Special Events Suite – 330 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92101

Hear from creators who have tapped the graphic medium to record the history and experiences of marginalized peoples, to take control of their own narratives, and to inspire a new generation of activists, as well as from librarians crafting large-scale initiatives around comics that focus on historically underrepresented communities. With Henry Barajas, Ezra Claytan Daniels, Maia Kobabe, Candice Mack, and David F. Walker. Moderated by Chloe Ramos-Peterson.

SIGNINGS AT THE IMAGE COMICS BOOTH (#1915): *TICKETED denotes signings that require wristbands. Wristbands will be given out at the booth as soon as the convention floor opens on a first-come, first-served basis. Tickets will be available for attendee, retailer, and professional badge-types only, unless otherwise stated. There will be a limit of 3 items per person for ticketed signings unless otherwise noted. All items presented for signing are subject to review and denial by staff. No CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading.

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED]

THURSDAY, JULY 18

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Jeff Rougvie, Moritat, Casey Silver (Gunning for Hits)

Skottie Young (Middlewest, I Hate Fairyland) [*TICKETED]

11:00 – 12:45 a.m.

Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Die!Die!Die!, Oblivion Song, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta) [*TICKETED]

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED]

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Tomm Coker (The Black Monday Murders)

Stephen Green (Sea of Stars)

Jen Bartel (Blackbird)

2:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph (Excellence)

5:00 – 5:45 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED]

Doug Wagner, Adam Hughes (The Ride: Burning Desire) [*TICKETED]

FRIDAY, JULY 19

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Nicola Scott (Black Magick)

Brian Schirmer (Fairlady)

Sean Mackiewicz (Gasolina)

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

W. Maxwell Prince (Ice Cream Man, One Week In the Library)

Brenden Fletcher (Isola, Motor Crush)

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED]

Brian Haberlin (Sonata, Marked)

Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Extremity)

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Steven Seagle (Get Naked, Camp Midnight)

Scott Snyder & Charles Soule (new project TBA) [*TICKETED, limit TWO items per person]

Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph (Excellence)

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

– Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

– Sean Kelley McKeever (Outpost Zero)

SATURDAY, JULY 20

10:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Die!Die!Die!, Oblivion Song, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta) [*TICKETED]

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Jeff Rougvie, Moritat, Casey Silver (Gunning for Hits)

12:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Sanford Greene, David Walker, Chuck Brown (Bitter Root) [*TICKETED]

Ed Laroche (The Warning)

John Layman (Outer Darkness)

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Jeff Lemire (Ascender, Gideon Falls, Royal City) [*TICKETED]

Tomm Coker (The Black Monday Murders)

Joshua Williamson (Birthright)

5:00 – 5:45 p.m.

Stephen Green (Sea of Stars)

SUNDAY, JULY 21

10:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph (Excellence)

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Jeff Rougvie, Moritat, Casey Silver (Gunning for Hits)

Wesley Chu (The Walking Dead: Typhoon)

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Doug Wagner (The Ride: Burning Desire)

Stephen Green (Sea of Stars)

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Kieron Gillen (Die, The Wicked + The Divine) [*TICKETED]

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IMAGE COMICS AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2019 PORTLAND, Ore. 7.12.2019 — Image Comics is pleased to return to San Diego, California this year for Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 17 through Sunday, July 21 and will be located in a new booth space—for the first time in decades—booth #1915.

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IMAGE COMICS AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2019 Creator-owned panels, convention exclusive variants, and signings with top comics talent

PORTLAND, Ore. 07/12/2019 — Image Comics is pleased to return to San Diego, California this year for Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 17 through Sunday, July 21 and will be located in a new booth space—for the first time in decades—booth #1915.

Please note: updates to the schedule may appear online during the show. Please refer to http://www.imagecomics.com for the most up-to-date information.

LIMITED* CONVENTION VARIANTS SOLD AT THE IMAGE BOOTH (#1915): *Quantities will be limited by customer and per day on a first-come, first-served basis. Please ask at the Image booth about availability. SEA OF STARS #1 by Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum & Stephen Green, $10 +tax GUNNING FOR HITS hardcover by Jeff Rougvie & Moritat, $30 +tax BAD WEEKEND jacketed hardcover by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, jacket art by Phillips, $16.99 +tax SPAWN #299 by Todd McFarlane, $10 +tax SPAWN Orb T-shirt, S-3X, $25.00 +tax SPAWN Parody T-shirt, S-3X, $25.00 +tax SPAWN Logo Pin, SPAWN Parody Pin, SPAWN Triangle Pin, SPAWN Skull Pin, and SPAWN Orb Pin, from $10.00 – $12.00 +tax The McFarlane Event Exclusive SPAWN Art Print featuring its own unique identification number and limited quantity of 250, $20.00 +tax SPAWN BumBumz Vinyl Figure, packaged with an exclusive art card, in black or blue, $25.00 SPAWN Logo Lanyard, $10 +tax SDCC PANELS:

Image Comics: Bone-Chilling Insight into Bestselling Horror Comic Books, Thursday, July 18, 1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m., Room: 23ABC Join W. Maxwell Prince (Ice Cream Man), Pornsak Pichetshote (Infidel), Dan Watters (Coffin Bound), Jeff Lemire (Gideon Falls), Kieron Gillen (Die), and Chuck Brown (Bitter Root) as they discuss their spine-tingling craft and share the secrets to creating some of the darkest, most thrilling comic book series on the market. Moderated by Chloe Ramos-Peterson (Library Market Sales Representative at Image Comics).

Skybound Presents: In Conversation with Robert Kirkman, Thursday, July 18, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Room 6A Comic book creator, writer, and executive producer Robert Kirkman answers questions from fans and discusses his latest projects, including The Walking Dead, Invincible, Oblivion Song, and more. Image Comics: Masterclass Artists Share Secrets & Inspiration, Friday, July 19, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Room: 23ABC Dustin Nugyen (Descender), Jen Bartel (Blackbird), Sanford Greene (Bitter Root), Stephen Green (Sea of Stars), Aaron Campbell (Infidel), and Mirka Andolfo (Unnatural) will share their craft insight on their breathtaking pencils, showstopping inks, and eye-popping colors—learn about sequential art from the best in the industry. Moderated by Eric Stephenson (Publisher & Chief Creative Officer at Image Comics).

Todd McFarlane: Raw & Uncensored Saturday, July 20, 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Room 6DE Todd McFarlane, Image Comics co-founder, creator of Spawn, co-creator of Venom, and McFarlane Toys CEO, talks about his 30+ years in the comics and entertainment industries. You’ll experience Todd raw and uncensored—talking toys, comics, industry advice, and more! He’ll also be talking about one of the biggest milestones in his career, Spawn #300, which will set the record for the longest-running creator-owned superhero comic ever! Bring your burning questions for a Toddfather Q&A.

Skybound Presents: Comic Books and Creators Saturday, July 20, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Room 8 Sean Mackiewicz (Gasolina, SVP and editor-in-chief at Skybound), Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Extremity), Brandon Thomas (Excellence), and Khary Randolph (Excellence) come together to discuss their latest published works. Moderated by Brian Huntington (Skybound’s VP of online content).

Image Comics: The Road to the Historic Spawn #300 and #301 Sunday, July 21, 1:45 p.m. – 2:45 p.m., Room: 5AB Join Todd McFarlane (president at Image Comics, creator of Spawn) and special surprise guests from the superstar creative teams of Spawn #300 and #301! This inside look at the creation of these record-breaking issues will jumpstart the celebration as Spawn becomes the longest-running creator-owned comic book in the world! Plus, new art reveals, giveaways, and more!

SDCC Networking Event – Comics, Coffee & Conversation Sunday, July 21, 2-4 p.m., Marriott Marquis, Santa Rosa Room Spend the last day of Comic-Con International: San Diego with creators Danielle Colman (The Unfinished Corner), Jason Lutes (Berlin) and Brian Schirmer (Fairlady); educators including John Shableski (UDON/Manga Classics); retailer Rachel Parker (SoCal Games & Comics); comics librarians including host Moni Barrette (Chula Vista Public Library) and fellow comics enthusiasts for fandom conversations over coffee! Topics will range from how graphic novels are used in education, how diversity is spreading in the comics community, and information about the new Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table of the American Library Association.

OFFSITE EVENTS:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED]

THURSDAY, JULY 18

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Jeff Rougvie, Moritat, Casey Silver (Gunning for Hits) Skottie Young (Middlewest, I Hate Fairyland) [*TICKETED] 11:00 – 12:45 a.m.

Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Die!Die!Die!, Oblivion Song, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta) [*TICKETED]

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED]

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Tomm Coker (The Black Monday Murders) Stephen Green (Sea of Stars) Jen Bartel (Blackbird) 2:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph (Excellence)

5:00 – 5:45 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [TICKETED] Doug Wagner, Adam Hughes (The Ride: Burning Desire) [TICKETED] FRIDAY, JULY 19

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Nicola Scott (Black Magick) Brian Schirmer (Fairlady) Sean Mackiewicz (Gasolina) 12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

W. Maxwell Prince (Ice Cream Man, One Week In the Library) Brenden Fletcher (Isola, Motor Crush) 1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED] Brian Haberlin (Sonata, Marked) Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Extremity) 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Steven Seagle (Get Naked, Camp Midnight) Scott Snyder & Charles Soule (new project TBA) [*TICKETED, limit TWO items per person] Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph (Excellence) 3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

SATURDAY, JULY 20

10:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Die!Die!Die!, Oblivion Song, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta) [*TICKETED]

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Jeff Rougvie, Moritat, Casey Silver (Gunning for Hits)

12:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Sanford Greene, David Walker, Chuck Brown (Bitter Root) [*TICKETED] Ed Laroche (The Warning) John Layman (Outer Darkness) 4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Jeff Lemire (Ascender, Gideon Falls, Royal City) [*TICKETED] Tomm Coker (The Black Monday Murders) Joshua Williamson (Birthright) 5:00 – 5:45 p.m.

Stephen Green (Sea of Stars) Sean Kelley McKeever (Outpost Zero) SUNDAY, JULY 21

10:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph (Excellence)

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Jeff Rougvie, Moritat, Casey Silver (Gunning for Hits) Wesley Chu (The Walking Dead: Typhoon) 2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Doug Wagner (The Ride: Burning Desire) Stephen Green (Sea of Stars) 3:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Kieron Gillen (Die, The Wicked + The Divine) [*TICKETED]

ABOUT IMAGE COMICS Image Comics is a comic book and graphic novel publisher founded in 1992 by a collective of bestselling artists. Image has since gone on to become one of the largest comics publishers in the United States. Image currently has six individuals on the Board of Directors: Robert Kirkman, Erik Larsen, Todd McFarlane, Marc Silvestri, Jim Valentino, and Eric Stephenson. It consists of five major houses: Todd McFarlane Productions, Top Cow Productions, Shadowline Comics, Skybound Entertainment, and Image Central. Image publishes comics and graphic novels in nearly every genre, sub-genre, and style imaginable. It offers science fiction, fantasy, romance, horror, crime fiction, historical fiction, humor and more by the finest artists and writers working in the medium today. For more information, visit http://www.imagecomics.com.

ABOUT SPAWN Todd McFarlane’s Spawn is one of the world’s best-selling and longest-running monthly comic books, with hundreds of millions sold worldwide in more than 120 countries and 15 different languages. That title’s hugely successful 1992 debut sold an amazing 1.7 million copies – an unprecedented feat in independent comics. A whirlwind of growth and expansion followed: more comics, action figures, film, and award-winning animation.

IMAGE COMICS AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2019 IMAGE COMICS AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2019 Creator-owned panels, convention exclusive variants, and signings with top comics talent…

#image comics #SDCC #spawn #todd mcfarlane

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templeofgeek · 6 years ago

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Image Comics is pleased to return to San Diego, California this year for Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 17 through Sunday, July 21 and will be located in a new booth space—for the first time in decades—booth #1915.

Please note: updates to the schedule may appear online during the show. Please refer to www.imagecomics.com for the most up-to-date information.

LIMITED* CONVENTION VARIANTS SOLD AT THE IMAGE BOOTH (#1915): *Quantities will be limited by customer and per day on a first-come, first served basis. Please ask at the Image booth about availability.

SEA OF STARS #1 by Jason Aaron, Dennis Hallum & Stephen Green, $10 +tax

GUNNING FOR HITS hardcover by Jeff Rougvie & Moritat, $30 +tax

BAD WEEKEND jacketed hardcover by Ed Brubaker & Sean Phillips, jacket art by Phillips, $16.99 +tax

SPAWN #299 by Todd McFarlane, $10 +tax

SPAWN Orb T-shirt, S-3X, $25.00 +tax

SPAWN Parody T-shirt, S-3X, $25.00 +tax

SPAWN Logo Pin, SPAWN Parody Pin, SPAWN Triangle Pin, SPAWN Skull Pin, and SPAWN Orb Pin, from $10.00 – $12.00 +tax

The McFarlane Event Exclusive SPAWN Art Print featuring its own unique identification number and limited quantity of 250, $20.00 +tax

SPAWN BumBumz Vinyl Figure, packaged with an exclusive art card, in black or blue, $25.00

SPAWN Logo Lanyard, $10 +tax

SDCC PANELS:

Image Comics: Masterclass Artists Share Secrets & Inspiration, Friday, July 19, 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m., Room: 23ABC Dustin Nugyen (Descender), Jen Bartel (Blackbird), Sanford Greene (Bitter Root), Stephen Green (Sea of Stars), Aaron Campbell (Infidel), and Mirka Andolfo (Unnatural) will share their craft insight on their breathtaking pencils, showstopping inks, and eye-popping colors—learn about sequential art from the best in the industry. Moderated by Eric Stephenson (Publisher & Chief Creative Officer at Image Comics).

Skybound Presents: Comic Books and Creators Saturday, July 20, 3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Room 8 Sean Mackiewicz (Gasolina, SVP, and editor-in-chief at Skybound), Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Extremity), Brandon Thomas (Excellence), and Khary Randolph (Excellence) come together to discuss their latest published works. Moderated by Brian Huntington (Skybound’s VP of online content).

SDCC Networking Event – Comics, Coffee & Conversation Sunday, July 21, 2-4 p.m., Marriott Marquis, Santa Rosa Room Spend the last day of Comic-Con International: San Diego with creators Danielle Colman (The Unfinished Corner), Jason Lutes (Berlin) and Brian Schirmer (Fairlady); educators including John Shableski (UDON/Manga Classics); retailer Rachel Parker (SoCal Games & Comics); comics librarians including host Moni Barrette (Chula Vista Public Library) and fellow comics enthusiasts for fandom conversations over coffee! Topics will range from how graphic novels are used in education, how diversity is spreading in the comics community and information about the new Graphic Novels & Comics Round Table of the American Library Association.

OFFSITE EVENTS:

WEDNESDAY, JULY 17

6:30 – 7:30 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED]

THURSDAY, JULY 18

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Jeff Rougvie, Moritat, Casey Silver (Gunning for Hits)

Skottie Young (Middlewest, I Hate Fairyland) [*TICKETED]

11:00 – 12:45 a.m.

Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Die!Die!Die!, Oblivion Song, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta) [*TICKETED]

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED]

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Tomm Coker (The Black Monday Murders)

Stephen Green (Sea of Stars)

Jen Bartel (Blackbird)

2:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph (Excellence)

5:00 – 5:45 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED]

Doug Wagner, Adam Hughes (The Ride: Burning Desire) [*TICKETED]

FRIDAY, JULY 19

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Nicola Scott (Black Magick)

Brian Schirmer (Fairlady)

Sean Mackiewicz (Gasolina)

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

W. Maxwell Prince (Ice Cream Man, One Week In the Library)

Brenden Fletcher (Isola, Motor Crush)

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Ed Brubaker (Bad Weekend, Criminal) [*TICKETED]

Brian Haberlin (Sonata, Marked)

Daniel Warren Johnson (Murder Falcon, Extremity)

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Steven Seagle (Get Naked, Camp Midnight)

Scott Snyder & Charles Soule (new project TBA) [*TICKETED, limit TWO items per person]

Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph (Excellence)

3:00 – 5:00 p.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

SATURDAY, JULY 20

10:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Robert Kirkman (The Walking Dead, Invincible, Die!Die!Die!, Oblivion Song, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta) [*TICKETED]

11:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Jeff Rougvie, Moritat, Casey Silver (Gunning for Hits)

12:30 – 2:30 p.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Sanford Greene, David Walker, Chuck Brown (Bitter Root) [*TICKETED]

Ed Laroche (The Warning)

John Layman (Outer Darkness)

4:00 – 4:45 p.m.

Jeff Lemire (Ascender, Gideon Falls, Royal City) [*TICKETED]

Tomm Coker (The Black Monday Murders)

Joshua Williamson (Birthright)

5:00 – 5:45 p.m.

Stephen Green (Sea of Stars)

Sean Kelley McKeever (Outpost Zero)

SUNDAY, JULY 21

10:00 – 11:45 a.m.

Todd McFarlane (Spawn) [*TICKETED. Attendee badge holders only; 13+ age requirement, limit ONE item per person; no CGC, CBCS, or other witnessing/grading; no sketches; no photos]

12:00 – 12:45 p.m.

Brandon Thomas, Khary Randolph (Excellence)

1:00 – 1:45 p.m.

Jeff Rougvie, Moritat, Casey Silver (Gunning for Hits)

Wesley Chu (The Walking Dead: Typhoon)

2:00 – 2:45 p.m.

Doug Wagner (The Ride: Burning Desire)

Stephen Green (Sea of Stars)

3:00 – 3:45 p.m.

Kieron Gillen (Die, The Wicked + The Divine) [*TICKETED]

IMAGE COMICS AT SAN DIEGO COMIC-CON 2019 #SDCC #SanDiegoComicCon #ImageComics Image Comics is pleased to return to San Diego, California this year for Comic-Con on Wednesday, July 17 through Sunday, July 21 and will be located in a new booth space—for the first time in decades—booth #1915.

#Gunning For Hits #Image Comics #San Diego Comic Con #SDCC #Sea Of Stars #Skybound #Spawn #Todd McFarlane

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gillespialfredoe01806ld · 8 years ago

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As the NFL’s Chargers Join the Rams in L.A., Will SoCal’s Housing Market Get a Jolt?

lucky-photographer/iStock; LCBallard/iStock Los Angeles Chargers; realtor.com illustration

Just as the Los Angeles housing market finished absorbing an influx of NFL immigrants from St. Louis, the San Diego Chargers announced their intentions to move to L.A. for the 2017 NFL season.

While it wasn’t exactly a thunderous shock given the overwhelming lack of interest in building a new stadium in San Diego—the Chargers’ home for 56 years—the city will have to get used to Sundays without football.

It’s a great big reshuffling of the NFL deck.

While we’ve been kind of obsessed lately with the slippage in football TV ratings (bubble, anyone?), we’re now even more focused on determining the real estate ramifications of this impending move. Will it signal yet another boom for L.A.—and a corresponding bust for San Diego? We checked in with the experts, and their answers provided a playbook of what to expect with the NFL’s latest fly pattern.

The Chargers played their last game in San Diego on Jan. 1, a 37-27 loss to Kansas City.

Donald Miralle/Getty Images

San Diego, Meet St. Louis

So how did this all happen?

It’s simple, really: San Diegans were completely over the Chargers’ pleas for public financing to build a new stadium. After all, the not-exactly-storied franchise—worth an estimated $2 billion according to Forbes—has notched precious few playoff victories, and no Super Bowl appearances, in its many decades of play in this sun-kissed city. The public’s ambivalent attitude toward their oft-losing team was evident in November, when voters flatly rejected a measure to raise hotel taxes to finance a new stadium.

According to Haney Hong, president and CEO of San Diego County Taxpayers Association, the NFL has done a “good job” of getting public taxpayers to pay for stadiums nationwide, but he’s thrilled that San Diego was the town that said “No more.” His take: Despite what the NFL espouses, football stadiums don’t necessarily do wonders for the local economy and often leave a legacy of debt in their wake.

“We bucked the trend,” he says proudly.

Chargers to L.A.? That escalated quickly!

Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

Roger Noll, professor emeritus of economics at Stanford, thinks the voters’ decision to let the Chargers walk won’t have much of a negative impact on San Diego real estate. In fact, some believe it could ultimately have a positive one, potentially opening up the valuable space currently occupied by Qualcomm Stadium in Mission Valley for potential development.

Noll has studied the economics of stadiums for decades and believes a new stadium in San Diego simply didn’t add up. He contends that a new football stadium can be “a black hole of property values,” because it takes up a lot of space and is in use only a few days of the year.

San Diego residents (and homeowners) can take some comfort from the lessons of St. Louis, which lost the Rams to L.A. last year. After years of desperate and divisive wrangling by local politicians and stadium boosters in St. Louis, the end came quickly. There was denial, anger, and finally acceptance.

Noll says he recently spoke with a colleague in the Gateway City who told him it’s as if the “whole issue disappeared.” There’s been no economic effect and, aside from a few die-hard fans, “there have no complaints at all about anyone missing the Rams.”

So chin up, San Diego property owners. Shed no tears for your departed Chargers. Or at least, not too many.

What does this new NFL invasion mean to the L.A. real estate market?

Meanwhile, the move signals a high-end caravan of players, coaches, team personnel, and hangers-on headed two hours north on the California coast.

You might imagine luxury agents in L.A. doing an end zone celebration dance in anticipation of an influx of pro football players with fat wallets looking to buy palatial spreads. Not so fast, says former NFL player and current L.A. Realtor Zac Diles of Rodeo Realty in Studio City.

Diles knows all about relocation, since his pro career included stints with the St. Louis Rams, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs, and the Cleveland Browns. He doesn’t see the Chargers’ move creating a huge, immediate impact on the Los Angeles housing market.

Los Angeles: See any Chargers yet?

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One main reason: For their first two years in the L.A. market, they’ll be a team on the move. They’ll be playing their next two seasons in Carson, at a soccer stadium used by the LA Galaxy. Then in 2019, they’ll be sharing a brand-new stadium with the Rams, 15 miles south, in Inglewood.

“Since we don’t know yet where the Chargers [headquarters] are going to be located, it’s hard to know which areas will be affected,” Diles says. According to the former linebacker, “Nobody lives near the stadium, because you’re only there about eight times per year.”

Instead, he says, players and staff generally want to live near training facilities and organization headquarters, where they clock in almost every day, especially during football season. Just look at their fellow transplants, the Rams: Luxury properties in Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, and Calabasas are blazing hot right now because the Rams have plopped their training facilities in Thousand Oaks.

As for the nonathletes or coaches making a move, Noll says the impact will be minimal. Aside from the front-office staff, “no one is moving two hours north to sell hot dogs.”

So where will the ballers live?

Diles predicts that any Chargers player or staffer who comes to L.A. will likely be looking to rent for the short term until the details of the team’s plans are finalized.

At least at first, Diles doesn’t think there will be a mass exodus of on-field personnel simply due to proximity—a factor which wasn’t in play in the Rams’ move from Missouri last year.

“Many players will probably keep their homes in San Diego, especially if they’re already established there and their kids are in good schools,” he says, adding that they can easily rent an apartment in Los Angeles during the season, and they’re only a couple of hours away from their families in case of emergency.

Quarterback Philip Rivers will be picking himself up off completely different turf next season.

Donald Miralle/Getty Images

But whether they’re renting or buying in their new city, the new-look Chargers are unlikely to suffer the kind of coronary-inducing real estate sticker shock encountered by their Rams counterparts, who migrated from (relatively) dirt-cheap St. Louis.

“Chargers players are already used to the high prices of real estate in Southern California,” says Diles. “For the players coming from St. Louis, it was like a sock in the jaw.”

Nathaniel Pitchon-Getzels of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices predicts the market will heat up first in the Manhattan Beach area.

“That’s one of the nicest areas closest to both the new stadium and to LAX, which is important for anyone who does a lot of traveling,” he says. “Plus, it’s some of the best-priced beachfront property in L.A.” Sweet!

But what about long-downtrodden Inglewood, eventual home to the new stadium? Is this crime-plagued former home of the Lakers due for a resurrection? Hold on to your oversize foam fingers, Southern Californians: It might actually happen.

“Inglewood is likely to have a positive outcome from the stadium—because from all indications the new stadium’s going to be developed as a mixed-use facility,” says Victor Matheson, professor of economics at College of the Holy Cross. He predicts it will have a gentrifying effect on the surrounding neighborhood, which could then spill over into adjacent areas.

Javier Vivas, realtor.com®’s manager of economic research, has done research on the real estate impact of stadiums and arenas and found proximity can entail a “significant premium.” But he cautions buyers to consider how well an area is set up for growth and whether the growth in the surrounding market is sustainable. This shouldn’t be an issue in the sprawling metropolis of Los Angeles.

Antonio Gates’ Hollywood Hills home

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San Diego is moving on

Less than two weeks after the Chargers decided to leave San Diego, a group of private investors announced plans to bring a Major League Soccer team to the area, and to build it a stadium that can be shared with nearby San Diego State, on the 166-acre Qualcomm Stadium site. An entertainment district, a river park, and more multifamily housing in the area are also being planned. To put it in romantic terms, the city’s already moved on.

But those are just plans. The future of the site has yet to be decided.

Hong, of the San Diego County Taxpayers Association, doesn’t have a recommendation for what to do with the stadium site, but he passed along a not-so-fun fact: Local taxpayers are still on the hook for $50 million in municipal debt for improvements made to Qualcomm (then Jack Murphy) Stadium the late ’80s and early ’90s. From his standpoint, washing away those decades of debt will be crucial to whatever plan gets the OK for Qualcomm.

And despite having helped lead the charge to keep the Chargers from sticking San Diego residents with a big bill for a new stadium, Hong says, “It’s disappointing they chose to go.” As for which plan will be the biggest boon to area taxpayers, Hong says he didn’t have any particular insight. However, he adds, “If there’s any land at all in Southern California [to develop], people salivate.”

San Diego skyline

San Diego: Orjan F. Ellingvag/Getty Images

And what about the less tangible impacts (to pride, self-worth, or identity) of losing an NFL team? Or even just the prevailing mood of the place? Well, as it turns out, there’s a lot to do in San Diego other than watch football games.

As professor Matheson says, “It’s hard to imagine San Diego has become less desirable without an NFL team.”

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realtor10036 · 8 years ago

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As the NFL’s Chargers Join the Rams in L.A., Will SoCal’s Housing Market Get a Jolt?

lucky-photographer/iStock; LCBallard/iStock Los Angeles Chargers; realtor.com illustration

Just as the Los Angeles housing market finished absorbing an influx of NFL immigrants from St. Louis, the San Diego Chargers announced their intentions to move to L.A. for the 2017 NFL season.

It’s a great big reshuffling of the NFL deck.

The Chargers played their last game in San Diego on Jan. 1, a 37-27 loss to Kansas City.

Donald Miralle/Getty Images

San Diego, Meet St. Louis

So how did this all happen?

“We bucked the trend,” he says proudly.

Chargers to L.A.? That escalated quickly!

Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images

So chin up, San Diego property owners. Shed no tears for your departed Chargers. Or at least, not too many.

What does this new NFL invasion mean to the L.A. real estate market?

Meanwhile, the move signals a high-end caravan of players, coaches, team personnel, and hangers-on headed two hours north on the California coast.

Los Angeles: See any Chargers yet?

realtor.com

As for the nonathletes or coaches making a move, Noll says the impact will be minimal. Aside from the front-office staff, “no one is moving two hours north to sell hot dogs.”

So where will the ballers live?

Diles predicts that any Chargers player or staffer who comes to L.A. will likely be looking to rent for the short term until the details of the team’s plans are finalized.

At least at first, Diles doesn’t think there will be a mass exodus of on-field personnel simply due to proximity—a factor which wasn’t in play in the Rams’ move from Missouri last year.

Quarterback Philip Rivers will be picking himself up off completely different turf next season.

Donald Miralle/Getty Images

“Chargers players are already used to the high prices of real estate in Southern California,” says Diles. “For the players coming from St. Louis, it was like a sock in the jaw.”

Nathaniel Pitchon-Getzels of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices predicts the market will heat up first in the Manhattan Beach area.

Antonio Gates’ Hollywood Hills home

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San Diego is moving on

But those are just plans. The future of the site has yet to be decided.

San Diego skyline

San Diego: Orjan F. Ellingvag/Getty Images

As professor Matheson says, “It’s hard to imagine San Diego has become less desirable without an NFL team.”

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