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Mark Herman Reyes

Contributor Mark Reyes is a native Houstonian, seventh generation Texan, A&M alum, expert in all things Star Trek (ToS), and an avid comic book collector (DC). Mark enjoys documenting current events and pop culture conventions, as well as advocating for animal rights and looking to the future of space exploration.

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The Inconvenient Pet

By Mark Herman Reyes
Apr 11, 2022

The shelters are full, and adoptions have fallen since the lockdown was lifted. Springtime means more puppies and kittens are on the way. Is now really the time to buy baby chicks and bunnies?
Man and Pig: A Relationship In Need of a Second Look

By Mark Herman Reyes
Aug 13, 2020

We've all been in a relationship that's reached its natural end: a childhood friend we've outgrown, the significant other who became insignificant, the job that lost its luster. Is it time to reevaluate how we interact with pigs? On a macro scale, there are plenty of reasons to rethink America's...
There's Never Been a Better Time For the Vulcan Salute

By Mark Herman Reyes
Mar 26, 2020

As with all new habits, we've still got some fine-tuning to do. The handshake — an age-old custom designed to show the hand holds no weapon — is now verboten. It seems our hands are in fact weaponized with insidious, invisible little viruses that are hell-bent on demolishing humanity. We've...
Echoing Box Office Successes, Houston Cosplayers Spared No Expense in 2019

By Mark Herman Reyes
Dec 23, 2019

There's no forgetting the childhood joy of turning a towel into a makeshift cape to act out the adventures of Superman. It seems we never outgrow that thrill, a phenomena that we observed this year at Comicpalooza, Fandemic Tour Houston and even the Texas Renaissance Festival. Our love affair with...
How and When (or If) to Use the Dangerous Chokehold

By Mark Herman Reyes
Oct 4, 2019

With the recent firing of Officer Daniel Pantaleo from the New York Police Department for using a chokehold and causing the death of Eric Garner, to the local news of Terry Thompson (husband of former Harris County deputy Chauna Thompson) who was sentenced to 25 years for the strangling death...