Being born in the late '80s, I was first introduced to Tales From The Crypt from the television series of the same name. My sister and I would stay up...
You want to get into comics but don't know where to start? Ask a store owner! Ask someone online! Google it. Ask a guy looking at comics at a bookstore, ask on Twitter. We love new readers.
What's amazing about the comic book scene is that we support our friends and colleagues and encourage each other and keep each other on our toes.
I have a gift, with writing. Not in the sense that I think I am a good writer, but I am able to utilize it into something that has changed my life tremendously and I am so grateful to have that.
Comic books are not for kids. They are not for "geeks" and certainly are not for girls. They're for everyone. One of the most important things to happen in comics in the past few years has been the rise of all-ages books.
I'm a dude who reads a lot of comics. You think that I would garner some sort of knowledge from reading them for so many years, but I somehow still doubt my diabolical abilities.
Harvey taught me that everyone has a story however boring, weird, or unflattering that story may be. He showed me that comics were capable of so much more than I could have ever imagined.
Is it so shameful to refer to something as a (gasp) comic book? Is there any sort of sophistication to the word? How differently would a conversation go if you choose the word "graphic novel" in place of comic book?
