What got you into comics?

I'll be honest, I don't remember. I was reading comics before I even learned to actually read.

When I was really young, my next door neighbor that I had become friends with had a huge collection. We'd hang out and just read all the time. Then a comic shop was put in literally right on the corner of my street, so I got hooked.

I thought I was the only one, but I also can't remember when or why or what got me into comics. I just remember always wanting to read them during the 90's when I was growing up, and when that hobby ended up getting replaced with video games, I'd still track down any notable issues or especially TPB's.

We moved a lot when I was young. I never spent more than two grades in the same school until I got to middle school. This made it intensely difficult to make friends, as I was consistantly "the new kid". By third grade, I had resigned myself to sitting against the school wall at recess. It was there that I met another butt of the classes mean spirited jokes. He had a pile of comics stuffed into the front pocket of his starter jacket. From then on, it was history. Every week, we'd ride our bikes to the comic store around the corner from the school, and every day at recess we'd find a reading spot.

I just did. My dad bought me some X-Men comics from a corner store one time. It's not a particularly exciting origin story.

whats really funny, is the letter i wrote to marvel when i was six. i insisted they print my artwork

Truth.

I don't read comics that often, the first one I read was The Killing Joke, then Watchmen, then Wanted (ing shit).

Film adaptions is what got me into it.