I’m writing this blog post in response to the overwhelming outcry in comments, podcasts, and cyberweirdness that I received regarding yesterday’s “PalmCon Probably the Most Depressing Comic Book Convention in History.” People like Jacob A. Hautner had this to say in an email: “the author and probably the editors should…
PalmCon is one of the most depressing places I’ve ever been to in my life. It was basically like going to a mall in which every store sells the same couple of dust-covered items and every person looks like they work at Hot Topic. I had sort-of high hopes for…
A distinguished, handsome Italian gentleman saunters into a Miami Beach tattoo shop that’s drenched in purple neon light. He’s dressed straight out of GQ magazine with his leather boat shoes and matching fedora. Not exactly the place’s typical clientele. Suku Rivera, manager of Salvation Tattoo on Washington Avenue, will never…
The name Booby Trap Love Stuff connotes a certain level of trashiness. Although it’s shaped like a cottage and customers enter through castle-like wooden doors, they have to flash an ID before they can behold rows of phallic objects and feather boas. But the Fort Lauderdale store, located 397 feet…
The name Booby Trap Love Stuff connotes a certain level of trashiness. Although it’s shaped like a cottage and customers enter through castle-esque wooden doors, they have to flash an ID before they can behold rows of phallic objects and feather boas. But the Fort Lauderdale store, located 397 feet…
Anthony Lee had to answer the door. Of course he did. If something needed to be done and done right, it was in the 49-year-old’s nature to take charge. Instead of pausing when he saw a stranger at his friend’s door, the bald giant with a quick temper demanded the…
Alejandro SantiagoSouth Beach wasn’t always a stomping grounds for deep-pocketed rappers and popped-collared yuppies. And things were far from family-friendly. Gays built the Beach, and female impersonators were as ubiquitous during the ’90s as palm trees. South Beach Wanda — born Anthony Lee — made her name as one of…
Brian Deutzman braces himself against the pounding surf just off South Beach and slowly waves his fluorescent-colored metal detector underwater. His eyes narrow as faint electronic beeps resonate in his oversize headphones. Tall, pale, and draped in a thin white shirt, he looks like a combination of a hipster Ghostbuster…
