After writing a Christmas article last year, I wasn’t really sure what to write for this year. Knowing that the article would probably be posted

the day after Christmas, my wife Ana suggested that I write an article

for Boxing Day about some of the best fights. You see, I’m a…

No-one would ever call Sewell Avery a softie. Few other men would have the spine to defy the President of the United States.



Born in 1873 to a wealthy family of lumber barons, Avery attended public schools in Michigan and graduated from the Michigan Military Academy and then law school. In 1894, he went to work for what would become known as the United States Gypsum Company . From boyhood, he had been taught that…

I have a confession to make. I’m not afraid to borrow ideas from other writers. Since we’re talking about comics, we’ll just call it an homage. Like this one. Earlier this fall there was debate over at Comic Book…

Last week, I wrote about one of my favorite comic book writers, Kurt Busiek. This week, I’m going to write about another favorite, Mark Waid. Waid has been every bit as important to me as Busiek. The two of them are like twins in my mind- drawing me into comics in the mid-‘90s and giving me…