HELLO AND WELCOME

Hello.  My name is Andrew Rubio and I read comic books.  I read them for pleasure.  I read them for research.  And for a brief period of time, I was actually paid to read them as a consultant.  Comic books have been the one constant throughout my life, haunting me like a four-colored banshee.

My earliest comic book memories usually include man-handling a Disney, Bugs Bunny or Archie comic.  I vaguely remember images from various early stories but can never place where they came from.

1972

From a young boy to an outcast teenager to a grumpy adult, the art form known as the COMIC BOOK has always been there. My grandfather taught me how to read using comic books (especially with Spidey Super Stories as presented by Marvel and The Electric Company).

Yes.  I still have this!

Well, the California school system helped out too but Spidey definitely left a larger impact.  I continued reading throughout my school years becoming a "serious" collector in Junior High (which means I stopped folding them over to read 'em). Continued reading as a working adult. Continued reading after my children were born. Continued reading as prices steadily increased (I started reading comics when they were .35¢. They are currently $3.99). I even got married the same week Clark Kent and Lois Lane did, reading that issue on the way to the chapel.

Lois & Clark: Oct. 9, 1996
Dawn & Andrew: Oct. 13, 1996

I’ve made 2 serious attempts to give up comics (not counting the times that financial situations forced me to take brief sabbaticals or the one time my mom forbade me from buying new comics for an entire summer).  Both of those attempts saw me crawling back to my true love after a few months.

Comic books have been there for as long as I remember. And more than likely, they'll be there for a long time to come.

I had a MySpace blog way back when (like 2007) and never really stuck anything on it.  This is my second attempt at a blog and I'm sure it'll work exactly like the last one.  Eventually, I'll add the original MySpace stuff to this blog to keep all my thoughts in one place.  It'll also pad this place up a bit.

If you're looking for a blog with in-depth reviews of comics, this probably won't be the place to find them. Admittedly, I'm not smart enough to deliver an insightful or scholarly review of anything. I just like to babble. But if you're looking for aimless ramblings about the Micronauts or the time a friend of mine took the bus, carrying his entire comic collection in milk boxes to trade with me then this is the place for you.

Thanks for reading.