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Want comics? Go to New York

I enjoyed Betsy Sharkey’s article about San Diego Comic-Con [“Have the Geeks Ceded Control?” July 18]. I only heard about SDCC last year. (I live in New Jersey.) I always thought the one and only Comic Con was the New York one, and in my opinion that is still true. I looked at San Diego’s Twitter page and found nothing pertaining to an actual comic book there.

If you really look, the comic book industry has abandoned San Diego in favor of New York, holding all of the big comic book-related business there. It makes sense because Marvel and DC are both based in New York.

In any event, Comic Con is not dead; people are just looking for it on the wrong coast.

John Minus

Perth Amboy, N.J.

Stopped going to Comic-Con

I have been reading Spider-Man comics and collecting Spider-Man memorabilia since I was 12. I am 45 now. I had been going to Comic-Con for 14 years straight prior to three years ago because of the large crowds and the lack of comic exposure. It was clear that Hollywood had taken over, and it was no longer fun for me.

Chris Lee

Santa Clarita

Boycotting ‘The Expendables’

I want to add one thing regarding “The Expendables” directed by Sylvester Stallone [“Stallone Reloads Old-Style Heroes,” July 18]. The cast is indisputable. However, one individual who makes a brief appearance, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is one of the reasons why myself and Californians are boycotting this movie, due to his choices as governor. I encourage people to join us in this boycott that will ensure us that Arnold Schwarzenegger will never be accepted in the political and movie industry again.

Sebastian Perez

Bakersfield

An insult to the Ambassador

Christopher Hawthorne’s analysis is brutally honest and insightful [“Failing History,” July 18]. He concludes that the architecture “wraps both ham-handed reverence for history and naked disdain for it” in the poorly conceptualized architecture of this new and extremely expensive school.

I have been a history teacher for 35 years, and the perceptive points in the article made me mourn the lost opportunities here to honor our shared history in a valid way. A “kitsch” version of parts of the elegant old Ambassador hotel and some RFK quotes on display just doesn’t make it.

Dan Hennessy

Arcadia

First, get the proper sound

With great interest I read the article [“You Might Say He’s iPalpiti’s Heartbeat,” July 18]. As a professional musician who has spent many years in piano teaching and research in classical music, I share Mr. Schmieder’s resistant mood. However, I do not believe that classical music can be saved through “incredible, enormous energy of performers” and “young musicians who play with such honest enthusiasm.” It is imperative to improve the acoustical quality of musical instruments as well as improving the quality of produced sound among performers.

Inessa Niks

Redlands