Author: Martin Wong

Editorial

Technically, the jettone 25th Anniversary Special Edition records are not reissues because these particular Wong Kar Wai soundtracks never came out on vinyl. But if you are a hardcore fan who bought the original CDs when they came out, do you really need to put out for the fancy new, thick slabs of wax in...

Editorial

If I stuck around and worked at the Jungle Cruise at Disneyland for more than one summer and a couple of breaks, I probably would have been trained to operate the Enchanted Tiki Room next. While the former is probably the most fun place to work at in the Magic Kingdom when you're a teenager--with...

Editorial

Hall H has been decontaminated, Stormtrooper uniforms are being Turtle Waxed, and bloggers have moved on to the next big thing. You might be able to go to a Bertos without running into a Klingon. But I still have Comic-Con Fever, and am almost done plowing through the stack of publications I picked up. Yes,...

Imprint Picks

Super7 has been getting a lot of well-deserved attention for its retro Star Wars, Masters of the Universe, and Alien figures but the shop is founded on punk rock and skateboarding as much as it is cool toys. At this year's San Diego Comic-Con, Super7 released a short run of Cab Dragon figures based on...

Editorial

My old roommate who has worked at the Warner Bros archive for decades has been inviting me over for a personal tour of the studio lot for just as long. This summer I finally took him up on it. It's a unique and historic place which, in some ways, is more like the White House...

8 Questions

It was so long ago that I can't even remember when I first met Tad Nakamura. I'm pretty sure it was in the Asian American and indie film festival circuit after he made Yellow Brotherhood, a short film that involves the Yellow Power movement of the '60s and '70s. As a member of the press,...

Editorial

It's true that Comic-Con is way more commercial than it used to be and it's almost impossible to get passes. It doesn't seem right for nerd culture to have been taken over by the popular kids, exclusive toys to be more coveted than comics, and models to be wearing cosplay. But if you manage to...

Feed

Since Wendy, Eloise, and I paid a visit to Pow! Wow! Long Beach last Wednesday, a lot has happened. Murals have been finished, closing parties have taken place, and artists have moved on. But dropping in even for just a little bit of time when the artists are at work has value. I think it's...