Since I'm hoping to be blogging (and that is a weird verb) again regularly, I might as well introduce myself. Also, I'm slammed at work, and I couldn't come up with anything fun and/or thoughtful today, so I'll fall back on one of many crutches for lazy writers: the origin story!
I'm a 38 (almost 39) year old software developer, living in a suburb of Dallas, TX with my wife and our five-month-old daughter. I was born in Texas and have lived here most of my life, and I've been enjoying sci fi and fantasy, playing videogames, reading comics, and playing role-playing games for as long as I can clearly remember. I've always loved the heroic ideal, and the way that superheroes personified that. That's not to say I don't like other types of comics, because I do. Some of my favorites have been titles like Preacher, Sandman, Fables, and Walking Dead.
But my first love in the medium is superheroes, especially those that hold themselves to a higher ideal. While my list of favorites shifts pretty regularly, Captain America and Superman are always near the top. I've drifted from the medium at times, notably during the dark days of the mid-90s when neither of the Big Two seemed to be able to put out a decent book, but I have a pretty good knowledge of the medium and its stories and characters, along with its real-world history and business practices, even from those dark days. I'm most familiar with books from the late 70s through today, but I'm at least somewhat knowledgeable about comics stretching as far back as the original Superman and Batman stories, and of pulp heroes that came before them.
As for this blog in general, I plan to keep trying to make the stuff I've made for this first week: a little humor and hopefully some thought provoking criticism or analysis. If you have any particular requests, I'd love to hear them.
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