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It’s a cool comic meme I found over at Quit Your Day Job!

Flash and Green Lantern

Did you read comics as a kid? Not really. I didn’t pick up my first comic and start my obsession until I was in junior high school.
Who bought you your first comic? I did. I bought The Flash #277 and Green Lantern/Green Arrow #121 at the local drug store in 1979.
Did you take any time away from comics? Why? Yes. I continued buying the titles I had been collecting (out of habit), but pretty much stopped reading them sometime in the mid-to-late 90’s. All the crossover bullshit was getting old, and good stories were being sacrificed in the process.
What brought you back into comics? Robert Kirkman’s Invincible. The reason I stopped reading comics was because everything was getting overly-complicated, and you had to buy a dozen series just to keep up with all the latest bullshit they were putting Batman through. If you only wanted to read the Batman books, you’d be lost, and that was just greedy and stupid (I am saying “Batman” here, but it went for most comics at the time). I had heard good buzz about Invincible and so I decided to buy issue #4 when I wandered by Golden Age Collectibles in Seattle. That book exemplified everything I loved about comics (GOOD STORIES WITH NO CROSSOVER INSANITY), and I jumped back in. Of course, now comic publishers are going back to exactly the crossover bullshit I hate, so I’m kind of falling out again.
Do you prefer getting comics monthly or in trades? Monthly if it’s a book I love. Trades if it’s a title I can live without.
Do you know the name of your Local Comic Shop (LCS)? My most-local shop is Galaxy Comics, but I rarely get there. I’m more likely to visit Golden Age Collectibles when I’m in Seattle.
Does your LCS know your name? The local guy would probably remember me. Golden Age wouldn’t.
Do you own any old number 1 comics (must date before 1980)? Some. I started collecting in 1979, so I was buying all the new #1’s I could get my hands on, plus filling in a few series I was late to the party on.
Do you own any original comic art? Yes. The highlights being pieces by Curt Swan, George Pérez, and Art Adams.
Do you bag and board your comics? Not really.
Where do you store your comics? Comic boxes in my closet. Archive boxes in a storage unit.
How many comics do you read right now, in either floppy or trade format? READ? About a dozen titles. I buy about double that, however.
What would be your number one, all-time desert island, favourite comic series? Currently, that would be Invincible. Historically, it would be The Legion of Super-Heroes (original series).
Do you follow comic creators on Twitter? Yes.
Do you have a favourite comic creator? That is such a difficult question. I love Watchmen more than any other book, but the sheer joy I got from the Keith Griffin run on Legion of Super-Heroes cannot be denied. I follow many books just because George Pérez or Art Adams drew them, so they’re probably the best answer.
Do you harbour any aspirations to create your own comics? Doesn’t everybody? I have a comic project that’s been on the back burner for decades. Maybe one day I’ll actually find time to work on it.
Do you access comic news online, if so where? Mostly from Comic Book Resources.
Marvel or DC? DC (Batman? Superman? Legion? DC is where they be!).
Superman or Batman? Batman.
Spider-Man or Wolverine? Spider-Man (though I don’t really read either character).
Iron Fist or Luke Cage? CAGE!
Nick Fury normal or Nick Fury Sam Jackson? I’ll go with Samuel L. Jackson every time. In this case, doubly so, because I always thought that the comic book Nick Fury was pretty lame.
Spandex or Real Life Stories? Spandex.
Golden Age or Silver Age or Modern Age? Silver Age.
Digital or Paper? Paper.
Gotham or New York? Gotham City.
Hero or Villain? Hero.
Cape or No Cape? Cape!
Cowl or Domino Mask? Cowl.