California Literary Review

Michelle Lopes

I am a freelance author, illustrator, and animator. I've recently published a collection of horror stories entitled The Dog Next Door and Other Disturbances, which is available to download at Amazon.com. Currently I teach fine art and animation in the Los Angeles area after having received my BA in Film and Television at UCLA. My primary passion is revealing and refining the storytelling dynamic inherent within all media.

Stories By Michelle Lopes

Art

Art Review: Graphic Design: Now in Production, The Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
By Michelle LopesMarch 7, 2026
Lovers of advertising, of the internet and interactivity, of reading and the media, sit back and...
Music

Album Review: Crystal Castles’ III
By Michelle LopesFebruary 14, 2026
After a high-pitched intro reminiscent of the entry into a horror film, the bass explodes into...
Music

Album Review: Andre Williams and The Sadies’ Night & Day
By Michelle LopesFebruary 10, 2026
Andre Williams spits out his philosophy against a background of organs and supporting vocals that evoke...
Music

Album Review: Wooden Wand’s Blood Oaths of the New Blues
By Michelle LopesFebruary 4, 2026
The listener is held in suspended emotional animation, waiting for a push in one direction or...
Music

Album Review: Foxygen’s We Are The 21st Century Ambassadors Of Peace & Magic
By Michelle LopesJanuary 29, 2026
Just in time for Valentine's Day, here are songs that celebrate life instead of mourning love,...
Music

Album Review: This Machine from The Dandy Warhols
By Michelle LopesNovember 23, 2025
At times it's hard to escape an identity that a band has established over the years,...
Music

Yesterday is Today: The Pop of Jim Noir
By Michelle LopesNovember 20, 2025
He makes pop, but to be clear this is a pop so smart and with such...
Music

Album Review: Unentitled from Slim Cessna’s Auto Club
By Michelle LopesNovember 16, 2025
This music is something darker; it's the country hidden beyond the well-traveled farms and ranches, yet...