Comics are just like...

...Soap Operas

Honestly - Guiding Light, General Hospital, Uncanny X-Men, Justice League of America. They're all the same stuff.

Both comics and soaps deal with decades of continuity, have constantly changing writers, and suffer from both.

* Characters come back from the dead. Repeatedly. Even when their deaths were shown. Repeatedly.

* Story lines change midstream, giving fans lame endings, and lackluster conclusions.

* Actors replace actors playing the same role, artists replace artists drawing with extremely different styles.

* Fans of both have a stereotype.

I admit I'm making generalizations here. Many great comic stories have been told, and Soap Operas have been popular since they came out. But I never really saw the connection until recently.

Not judging, just saying.

Once upon a time...

This is my first post on my first Blog.

This is all new to me so if anyone is reading this, bear with me. To paraphrase Warren Beatty's Academy Awards speech many moons ago: "I'll get better."

This is where I plan to spatter on and on about comics, creators, and most importantly (to me at least) characters. If this goes well, I may create spin-offs about other things I like - music, movies, and television.



Quick facts about myself:

Born in 1971 (Dec.)

First exposure to super heroes was the Super Friends cartoon.

First comic book I remember reading was Marvel Graphic Novel #1 - Death of Captain Marvel.

Started buying comics (Marvel) in 1984, during the original Secret Wars and OHOTMU.

Became an official Marvel Zombie by '85. Blindly loyal and on a tight allowance, I only learned about DC through friends.

Was a big fan of Valiant when they came out.

Stopped reading comics around 1993 - the Spidey Clone Saga was the final nail.

I am still collecting, but mostly just the issues I missed when I was reading.



My goal with this blog is to get things out of my head. It's full enough as it is. My hope is that somebody reading these ramblings may share them, and respond with some of their own.

I owe a lot of thanks to Dave's Long Box, a blog I stumbled upon and read often.

And also my wife, who said to me one day: "Why don't you post your own blog?"

And so I am.

My job has an erratic schedule, so I can't guarantee consistency, but I really want to do this, so I can guarantee regularity. (Maybe I have that backwards?)