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FAVORITE CHARACTERS
Hulk (of course), Gambit, Wonder Man, Psylocke, Captain Marvel (Billy Batson), Power Girl, Blue Beetle (Ted Kord), Damage, Jamie Madrox, Fone Bone

FAVORITE ARTISTS
Jim Lee, Ed McGuinness, Alex Ross, Kevin Maguire, Dale Keown, J. Scott Campbell, Joe Madureira, Skottie Young, Frank Cho, Jeff Smith, Brian Bolland, Travis Charest, Grant Bond, Joe Quesada, Marc Silvestri, Amanda Conner, Adam Hughes, Stuart Immonen, Art Adams, Josh Middleton, Todd McFarlane, John Byrne, Alan Davis, Mike Kunkel, Mike Norton, George Perez, and Sal Buscema (I'm very artist-driven. If any of you on this list are out there, give me a shout out! Oh, and a free sketch would always be cool too.)

FAVORITE WRITERS
(I will preface this by repeating I am definitely artist-driven. There are probably many writers whose work I have enjoyed over the years, but just never caught the writer's name. I'm trying to correct this though!)
Peter David, Greg Pak, Brian Michael Bendis, Warren Ellis, Joss Whedon, Dan Slott, Geoff Johns, Dwayne McDuffie, Kevin Smith, Keith Giffen, and J.M. DeMatteis

CURRENT PULL LIST
Hulk
Marvel Adventures Hulk
Marvel Adventures Super-Heroes
New Avengers
Avengers: The Initiative
Ultimates 3
Justice League of America
Justice Society of America
All-Star Batman & Robin, the Boy Wonder
Secret Invasion limited series
Billy Batson and the Magic of Shazam!
Final Crisis limited series
Skaar, Son of Hulk

...and I usually get the Astonishing X-Men & X-Factor trades as they are released.

TRADES IN THE READING PILE
Marvel
Ares: God of War
Daredevil Visionaries: Frank Miller Vol. 1
The Defenders Essential Vol. 1
Stephen King's Dark Tower HC
The Hood HC
Hulk Omnibus Vol.1
Fantastic Four Clobberin' Time digest
Fantastic Four Visionaires: John Byrne Vol. 2
Fantastic Four Visionaires: John Byrne Vol. 4
Fantastic Four Visionaires: John Byrne Vol. 5
Hulk Visionaries: Peter David Vol. 1
Hulk Visionaries: Peter David Vol. 5
Immortal Iron Fist Vol. 1
Infinity Gauntlet
Marvel Adventures Spider-Man Vol. 6: Back in Black
New Warriors: Reality Bites
Sentinel: Salvage
Sentinel: No Hero
Spectacular Spider-Man
Spider-Man: Birth of Venom
Spider-Man: Death of the Stacys HC
Spider-Man: Legend of the Spider-Clan Vol. 3
Spider-Man & the Fantastic Four: Silver Rage
Spider-Man Team-Up Vol. 1: A Little Help from My Friends
Ultimates I Vol. 1
Ultimates I Vol. 2
Ultimates II Vol. 1
Ultimates II Vol. 2
Wolverine: Origin
X-Factor Visionaries: Peter David Vol. 1
X-Men: Blinded by the Light
Young Avengers Vol. 1

DC
Batman: Year One
Exterminators Vol. 1: Bug Brothers
Absolute DC New Frontier
The Question: Zen and Violence
The Greatest Shazam Stories Ever Told
Starman: Sins of the Father
Superman vs. Flash
Superman: The Man of Steel Vol. 2

INDY
Amelia Rules!: Funny Stories digest
Amulet: The Stonekeeper
Buzzboy: Trouble in Paradise
Contract With God Trilogy HC
Death Note Vol. 2
Haunted Mansion
Korgi- Book One: Sprouting Wings
Lions, Tigers & Bears Vol. 1
Mail Order ninja Vol. 2
Maus Vol. 1
Maus Vol. 2
The Maxx Vol. 1
Mouse Guard Fall 1150
Owly Vol.4: A Time to Be Brave
Queen & Country Vol. 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Vol. 3
X-O Manowar: Retribution

RECENTLY FINISHED (with rating!)
X-Factor Vol. 3: The Many Lives of Jamie Madrox (4 out of 5)
Pride of Baghdad (4 out of 5)
Bone: One Volume Edition (5 out of 5!)
Shazam & the Monster Society of Evil HC (4 out of 5)
Amelia Rules Vol. 1 (4 out of 5)
Mail Order Ninja Vol. 1 (2 1/2 out of 5)
Death Note Vol. 1 (3 1/2 out of 5)
Rose (3 1/2 out of 5)
Astonishing X-Men Vol. 4: Unstoppable (3 out of 5)
The Thing: Idol of Millions (3 out of 5)

ISSUE OF THE MONTH
Justice Society of America Annual #1

OTHER INTERESTS
*Muppets
*Sports Big San Antonio Spurs & Cincinnati Bengals fan
*iPod Usually listening to some comic podcasts (Comic Geek Speak, Comic News Insider, Geek Syndicate, Geek Brunch, Comic Book Noise, Marvel Noise) or Mouse Guest Weekly, which is a Disney podcast my brother does. Otherwise, listening to wide variety of music- pretty much everything but country, opera, or headache-inducing metal. Some of my favorites are Pearl Jam, Beastie Boys, Jimi Hendrix, Kanye West, Alice in Chains, the Doors, the Beatles, Sublime, Outkast, Incubus, and much, much more.
*Television Currently I find myself watching Heroes, Scrubs, The Office, AFV, Ghost Hunters, Lost, Boondocks, Criss Angel: Mindfreak & Pushing Daisies, with the occasional sporting event, professional wrestling show, or cartoon thrown in for fun

VIDEO OF THE MONTH
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