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Greetings and
salutations!
For my first column on the Collector’s Edge Comics website I thought I
would introduce or reintroduce myself (as the case may be) and give some
ideas on what I will be contributing to the website.
I was born 11/11/69. I missed Woodstock but made it for Altamont. If you
know what I am referring to we should talk music some time. I have been a
fan of music all of my life and have a large record collection. I also
play guitar and have been seen on stage at some of the local open mics.
Along with music, I have also been a fan of super heroes all of my life.
Although I collected comic books as a kid and spent many a Saturday afternoon
at Chet’s Variety looking through the stacks and stacks of comic books,
I didn’t read them as much as I do today. I was more into my Mego action
figures and watching the super hero TV shows. I ate up all the cartoons
like Super Friends, Spider-Man, The New Adventures of Batman (with
Bat-mite), and the Space Sentinels as well as the live actions shows such
as Wonder Woman, The Incredible Hulk, and the reruns of the old Batman and
Superman shows.
I have lived in Milwaukee all of my life and have had a variety of
different jobs. I worked for many years at what was at one time the
biggest sports card store in the state. I have been an assistant to a
landscaper. I have been a bench technician for a pager company. I have
been a professional wrestling color commentator (although this was more
for fun than for money) for Mid American Wrestling. I am currently a
technician in the switching center for a mobile phone company.
I have been a long time customer of Collector’s Edge Comics going back
to 1988, with a couple of year break from comic collecting due to the
finances during college. Some of you may remember that I was a columnist
for the paper edition of the EDGE, co-writing the column Table
Talk with my friend Aaron and writing the solo column Hailing From
Parts Unknown. I also had a couple of my sketches and some of my
custom action figures displayed on its pages. When it was decided that the
paper edition of the EDGE was no longer going to be produced, some friends
and I tried doing our own website devoted to comic books. The site was a
learning experience on many levels and was definitely worth trying but
just didn’t turn out how any of us wanted. Sometime down the road the
site might be revamped with a different focus, yet still related to
comics. We will see what happens when the site-master finishes his
schooling.
As I had done in the paper edition, I will be reviewing comics, give
reports on the various conventions that I attend, and possibly displaying
pictures and recipes of the custom action figures that I make. Also, there
will be a recurring feature coming up called the Frivolous
5 that I have a big hand in. The Frivolous
5 are interviews with various creators where we ask them five
questions. It is always the same five questions and they are all questions
unrelated to comic books. Some of the creators that I have already
interviewed include Mike Grell, David Mack, Amanda Connor, and George
Perez. The details of how we are going to present these interviews are
being worked out at this time. Watch for it in the near future.
To wrap up this time around I want to say thanks to you for taking the
time to read my ramblings and I hope that you stop back. I also want thank
Steve and his staff for once again giving me a space to spout off once in
a while.
It’s good to be back home.
Jack Larsen
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