Sammy Harkham's epic graphic novel took 14 years to create and captures a Los Angeles — and a movie business — that no longer exists.

"Machete" is a deliriously daffy tribute to the over-the-top, 1970s grindhouse features flooded with excessive nudity, sex, violence and hilarious tough-guy dialogue. Its villains include a cruel ...

See, between the years 1970 and ’76, I lived in San Diego. Having returned from Vietnam (and immediately been discharged from the Army), I moved to San Diego to be near my family.