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Cliff Ming-Si Chen , better known as Ming Chen , is an actor, podcaster , reality television personality, and webmaster associated with Kevin Smith .[1] [3] [4] He co-hosts the I Sell Comics! and Ming & Mike Show podcasts with Mike Zapcic and also starred in the AMC reality series Comic Book Men .[1] [5] [6]
Early life
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Ming Chen was born in Ohio to parents born in China, but raised in Taiwan.[clarification needed ] The family frequently moved due his father being an upstart engineer, but spent significant time in Jackson, Michigan and Ann Arbor, Michigan .[3] [7] Chen attended the University of Michigan (class of 1996), graduated with a degree in communications, and he at one point also worked at a video shop.[4] [7] [8]
Chen (center left) with the cast of Comic Book Men
Career
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Chen became involved with Kevin Smith after making a fansite dedicated to the movie Clerks in 1996.[4] [9] Smith asked Chen to build the View Askew Productions website.[4] Chen served as an extra in the movie Dogma .[3] After working around the Washington, D.C. area, and LivePlanet for two years, he joined Kevin Smith's company in 2002.[3] [4] Chen became the full-time webmaster of View Askew after moving to New Jersey .[4] One of the oddest requests from Kevin Smith has been to drive eight hours and deliver a copy of Red State to a critic from the Los Angeles Times in Maine .[3] [10]
Chen has participated in several podcasts for SModcast Internet Radio including Tell 'Em Steve-Dave! , Puck Nuts , and co-hosts I Sell Comics! with Mike Zapcic.[5] In 2012, he began starring with co-workers from Jay and Silent Bob's Secret Stash including Kevin Smith, Walt Flanagan , Mike Zapcic, and Bryan Johnson on Comic Book Men .[3] Ming is often made fun of as part of his role on Comic Book Men , due to his long friendships with Bryan and Walt.[9] [11] Comic Book Men would be cancelled after seven seasons in 2018.[1] [6]
Chen partnered with Hunter Pence and others to create Coral Sword: Coffee, Comics & Games in Houston, Texas , which opened in February 2018.[12] [13] [14] Chen partnered with Mike Zapcic to open A Shared Universe PodcaStudio in 2018, with a second location opening in 2020.[6]
Personal life
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Chen is married to Debbie and has two children.[3] His favorite baseball team is the Baltimore Orioles .[5] Two of his favorite comic books include Ex Machina and Preacher . Chen's favorite book as a kid was Avengers #214.[15] On Comic Book Men, Chen was able to purchase the USS Flagg, a toy his parents could not afford.[16] He has also participated in several marathons .[17] Chen also does work for two non-profits, Street Poets Inc. and The Kenny Gordon Foundation.[10] [18] Chen joined The YMCA of Greater Monmouth County as a board member in 2021.[19]
Filmography
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Television
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References
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^ a b Ming, Chen. "The life of Ming Si-Chen" . ViewAskew.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015 .
^ a b c d e f g h "How Ming Chen Became One of the Comic Book Men" . Pacific Citizen . April 6, 2012. Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014 .
^ a b c d e f Tebeau, John (Spring 2013). "The Amazing, Real-Life Adventures of Ming Chen" (PDF) . LSA Magazine . Retrieved 19 April 2014 .
^ a b c Dietsch, TJ (February 10, 2012). "Comic Book Men's Ming Chen on Podcasts, Collectibles & Reality TV" . Comic Book Resources . Retrieved 19 April 2014 .
^ a b c James, Jai-Leen (January 31, 2020). "Asbury Park boardwalk: A Shared Universe PodcaStudio opens second location" . Asbury Park Press . Retrieved 16 September 2020 .
^ a b McAllister, Bill (May 14, 2016). " 'Comic Book Men' Star Ming Chen Says The Bad Boys Era Pistons Are The Best Of All-Time" . WXYT . Retrieved 13 October 2016 .
^ " 'Comic Book Men' Michael Zapcic and Ming Chen at Fantasticon" . WJBK . November 6, 2015. Retrieved 13 October 2016 .
^ a b Natale, Dan. "Red Bank: Ming Chen Flies Without a Cape" . redbankgreen.com . Retrieved 19 April 2014 .
^ a b Hackett, Keisha (July 3, 2013). "Ming Chen to address I Sell Comics at Supercon" . Teenlink South Florida . Retrieved 19 April 2014 .
^ Van Embden, Edward (February 13, 2012). "Comic Book Men Revealed" . RedBank-Shrewsbury Patch . Retrieved 19 April 2014 .
^ Guillen, Darla (June 5, 2017). "Houston restaurant and bar news bites of the week" . Houston Chronicle . Retrieved 30 June 2017 .
^ hris Cwik, Chris (May 25, 2017). "Hunter Pence goes full nerd, opens coffee, comics and games store" . Big League Stew . Yahoo Sports. Retrieved 30 June 2017 .
^ Sandler, Eric (February 1, 2018). "The Avengers of coffee and gaming unite for new East End cafe devoted to geek culture" . CultureMap Houston . Retrieved 16 September 2020 .
^ Messer, Adam (May 6, 2016). "Saturday is Free Comic Book Day" . Athens Banner-Herald . Retrieved 13 October 2016 .
^ Tramel, Jimmie (February 11, 2017). "Pop culture: Q&A with Ming Chen of AMC's 'Comic Book Men' reality show" . Tulsa World . Retrieved 29 June 2017 .
^ Meyer, Craig (April 17, 2014). "Why I Run: Ming Chen of AMC's 'Comic Book Men' " . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Retrieved 19 April 2014 .
^ F. Disbrow, Warren (February 4, 2013). "An Interview With Ming Chen Of Comic Book Men" . The Rag Rocks . Archived from the original on April 20, 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2014 .
^ "YMCA Welcomes New Board Members" . Red Bank-Shrewsbury, NJ Patch . 11 May 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2021 .
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