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Editorial

Jul 26, 2016 Some Comic-Con panels outside Hall H

by Martin Wong

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...

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Oct 06, 2015 Kareem Abdul-Jabbar is why we drove two-and-a-half hours to a book signing in San Diego

by Martin Wong

There is on ongoing debate among Los Angeles hoops fans about who is the greatest Laker: Kobe or Magic? And then there are old-timers who bring up Mr. Clutch and Wilt the Stilt. But how can any of those legends be the greatest player to don the Purple & Gold when another Laker is the...

Editorial

Aug 11, 2015 My Bruce Lee Pilgrimage in Seattle

by Martin Wong

My family and I vacationed in the PacNW last week, and our final stop was Seattle. There, my parents, wife, daughter, and I wound up dedicating our entire last day to Bruce Lee. It actually didn't start off like that. We went to the Lake View Cemetary to take flowers to my wife's great grandfather's...