Friday, August 21, 2009

I'm a Dork. Professionally.

Lotta people wonder what it is they want to do with their lives for a long time before settling on something. I started off wanting to be Batman. (Yes, really, 'cause I'm a dork). I was six and kinda hopin' somebody would do sumthin' to make me a dark and brooding orphan with lots of money so I could have an excuse to dress up like a giant bat and beat up bad guys.



For some reason that didn't work out.



So, I figured the next best thing was to write about guys like Batman. I'm a huge comic book geek. I go to my comic shop every Wednesday and pick up some new issues along with all the other overly scrawny or slightly pudgy nerds. I do collect comics and when I get to talkin' bout 'em I can sound like a college professor 'cause I can tell you all about pacing, foreshadowing, character development, and all that jazz. I've been into comics for as long as I can remember. It seemed like a natural career choice for me.



I love comics but they never get the respect they deserve. Granted a lot of 'em are crap or pure fluff but there are some that are incredibly amazing. (I highly reccomend Alan Moore's Watchmen, Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's Preacher, and Kirkman's The Walking Dead.) I hope to write incredible and amazing things for comics like the guys that came before me. Only better.



As I've gotten older my tastes have changed a bit. I still love my comics but I read a lot more books than I used to, I dig poetry, and I've learned a lot in my college courses. I write more than just superheroes in tights fightin' with death rays and what not. I write short stories, poetry, and now I'm doin' this blog. I still do the tights and death rays form time to time 'cause I mean it's fuckin' death rays man, classic stuff for a dork like me.



Anyway, if you care to check out any of this stuff feel free to check out: www.myspace.com/sonuvadamnit

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