I’ll miss melt ĭominguez-Letelier’s full statement is below.Īs is the case with all good things, at some point they must come to an end. I interned here before college, they ushered me into photography, and clapped when I went back into acting.

These guys were the first I told when I booked jughead on Riverdale. #Meltdown cultivated my love of comics throughout my childhood. Eliza Skinner – album availble now March 22, 2018 Walking the racks, recording podcasts, doing shows – LA is about to shift seismically. Meltdown was a gift and a home to so many comics. This is me looking nuts on the floor of the NerdMelt greenroom, opening for show. Always smart eager fun crowds to try stuff out. Sorry to hear about Reckon I’ll have to hurry up and use that $20 dollar gift certificate or or once gave me for going up there.

See more reactions from comedians and comics fans below. He goes on to reminisce on how Meltdown inspired his comedic journey and led to the creation of “The Meltdown.” “8years ago told me to start my own monthly comedy show in the back room of. Ray paid tribute to the store in a post to Instagram. Gordon, and Jonah Ray, was filmed from the Showroom from 2010-2016, and became a Comedy Central series that lasted three seasons from 2014-2016. The shop was host to the NerdMelt Showroom, a small stage formed as a joint venture with Nerdist, which provided a launchpad for alternative comedy. “The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail,” conceived by Kumail Nanjiani, Emily V. “Meltdown Comics is no exception to this rule and so, after 25 years coveting every comic treasure we could lay our hands on, I’m sharing that on March 30th I’ll be closing our doors for the final time.”įounded in 1993 as a hub for comic book and geek culture, Meltdown also became an integral part of the comedy scene in L.A. “As is the case with all good things, at some point they must come to an end,” Dominguez-Letelier wrote. Meltdown founder Gaston Dominguez-Letelier announced the news in a post to the shop’s official blog Wednesday. Meltdown Comics, a much loved landmark in Los Angeles and the origin of “The Meltdown with Jonah and Kumail,” will close its doors for the last time March 30.

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