by Jeremy Flagg | Nov 28, 2017 | Comic Geekery, Guest Writer
Contributed by Thomas S. Flowers Not to be too weird about it, but imagine yourself for just a moment that you’re a twelve-year-old boy. You’re walking through the store and like any boy of pre-teen age back in the early 90s you decide to go check out whatever comics...
by Jeremy Flagg | Nov 27, 2017 | comic related, Guest Writer
Contributed by Morgon Nequist I am a latecomer to comics. Am I allowed to admit that? Well, whether I am or not, I just did. I grew up on science fiction and fantasy – mostly books, and Star Trek. At an age when many other girls became obsessed with makeup or...
by Jeremy Flagg | Nov 22, 2017 | Comic Geekery, Guest Writer
Contributed by Steve Beaulieu I started collecting comics at a super young age. I remember the first comic book I ever owned was a Spider-man comic book from the early 90s. The cover had him fighting against the green goblin. I had to be about five years old. We were...
by Jeremy Flagg | Nov 21, 2017 | Comic Geekery, Guest Writer
Contributed by Kevin “Grivante” Penelerick I started reading comics around ten years old and had access to a lot of different ones. I started with things like Richie Rich and Archie. From there I graduated into silver age Superman, Spiderman, Captain...
by Jeremy Flagg | Nov 20, 2017 | Comic Geekery, Guest Writer
Contributed by Max Bowen I recall a time at a comic shop when I dared utter the phrase “I really liked the Age of Apocalypse” storyline. The owner, as close to a living personification of the Simpsons’ Comic Book Guy as you’re ever likely to find, immediately launches...
by Jeremy Flagg | Nov 17, 2017 | Comic Geekery, Guest Writer
Contributed by Christopher J. Valin It was the end of the summer of ’86, and my eighteenth year on this earth was drawing to a close. I was shedding the cocoon of adolescence and getting my adult wings—at least according to conventional wisdom. That’s how it works,...
