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Friday
 · Friday night music: The Elected at the Troubadour, Michael Penn at McCabe s Guitar Shop, She Wants Revenge at the El Rey, and The Warlocks at the Echo.
· The Hammer Museum presents Masters of American Comics: Collecting Comics, a discussion on institutional and personal collections of comics and comic art. Don't be surprised if you run into Kevin Smith and Bryan Singer arguing over who's the hottest Teen Titan (Starfire vs. Kid Flash).
Saturday
 · The twisted metal and microchip-on-the-fritz genius of Survival Research Laboratories returns to LA.
· The DGA hosts a question and answer session with House star Hugh Laurie, who will pull his responses randomly from his blazer pocket.
· Saturday night music: Mark Kozelek of Sun Kill Moon and the Red House Painters goes solo at the Troubadour, while Colin Meloy of the Decemberists plays his fanciful artpop at the El Rey.
· The Drkrm is showing David Del Vall collection of rare images silent-film monster images in Until Dawn: The Iconography of the Horror Film at the Drkrm.
Sunday:
 · Sunday night music: Giant Drag at the Troubadour, and an alt-country throwdown at the Mint, featuring Ghost Town and The Vaquetones.