Right after I posted last week’s column, I found out that comic veteran Steve Gerber had died.
I never had the good fortune of meeting Mr. Gerber. He was a fellow St. Louisan, so I always smiled when I saw his name on a comic. It’s always fun to see a local fellow or lady getting [...]

First order of business: where are my candidates? I have a couple for Marvel and they’re both mutants! Where’s the common folk? The cosmically endowed? And where’s the love for DC? Send in some candidates for the comic White House(s) and play along! See my previous column for more. I promise not to ask for [...]

After my off-topic piece from last week, there is only way to follow up: POLITICS!
Every four years, the media in America loses their minds. I’m sure it similar in other democratic nations — when election time rolls around, nothing else matters. Late last night I was watching a CBS News broadcast and towards the end [...]

Let me tell you right up front, what I have to say today is gonna piss some people off. I wasn’t going to post this here, but after my editor read it on my myspace blog he said, “What’s the point of having a soapbox if you don’t get on it once in awhile?” Maybe [...]

I do not read Spider-Man titles with any regularity. Occasionally I pick up a trade, if it looks interesting. And I may very well be the only person you’ll know who actually liked “Sins Past.” But I just don’t care to read Spidey’s adventures on a weekly or even monthly basis. Along the same lines [...]

Welcome To 2008! I’ve got an idea for a bit of creative writing/role-playing that I’ll present to you folks in a couple of weeks, but I thought I’d take this week to start the new year (or help close the old year if you’re reading this in China) on a positive note. I expressed not [...]

Ah…Christmas. The day all of Christianity celebrates the birth of the most famous Mexican-by-way-of-Israel-and/or-Palestine of all time, Jesus Humberto Christ. And for him they cease regular rock & roll music on the radio for Bing Crosby, Dean Martin and Nat King Cole, everyone shops like they were not allowed to for the previous 11 months, [...]

This week, Welcome to My Nightmare is brought to you be the letters E, R, I and C, and by the number Zero. Nexus regular Eric sent me not one, not two, but three full emails of excellent “What If…?/Elseworlds” ideas! However, at this time we can still post Zero pictures in the column. And [...]

My friends, I have not left! I have been patiently waiting for several good people to fix an issue with our site. I have been trying for three weeks to upload pictures in this column, and it’s just not working. Other than my logo pic, nothing I — or several other writers here — attempt [...]

Cha Cha Cha Changes! Another musical inspiration brought to you by David Bowie, aka Nikola Tesla from the brilliant film, the Prestige. Let’s explore a “What If…?” or “Elseworlds” type of scenario and completely shuffle the deck (or decks, if you want to do both big comic universes). Imagine, if you will, that you are [...]

Heart and soul. I was driving home from Hell…er…work, and that classic Huey Lewis and the News number came on. Holy Aunt May, I just realized how long ago Huey recorded that — damn I’m gettin’ old. But it got me thinking, which is always dangerous. What are the key ingredients to a good, entertaining [...]

A few weeks ago I discussed some of my favorite story arcs from various titles at Marvel and DC. But there was one story that I’ve always been a huge fan of, and it didn’t fit real neatly into that previous discussion. So I thought I’d talk about it this week: Marvel’s “Acts of Vengeance.” 

This was a [...]

One of my readers, Eric, asked me who my favorite female characters are. Good question! I do enjoy female characters, and not just for the cheesecake factor. There are a lot of wonderful women in comics I admire. I’ll highlight a few, and let me point out that I don’t come at this from any [...]

Before I begin, I want to mention that my column is moving to Thursdays. It gives me slightly more time to prepare, and if I get on my reading pretty promptly I can be that much more timely when commenting on new comics. And because the Dark Overlord said so, and even though I’m hella [...]

Letter page time! Lots of good choices from everyone who wrote in, and because they’re YOUR favorites, I’m not going to argue with anyone. I know, disappointing, ain’t it? Tell ya what, if anyone really champions the Captain America chapters of Heroes Reborn or anything to do with Gambit, I’ll blast ‘em like a Summers [...]

Welcome back. This week I am continuing my discussion of the best stories, in my opinion from various characters. I’m mostly staying within the framework of an actual ongoing series, with a couple of possible exceptions. Last week I discussed Marvel. This week I’ll do DC, and next week I’ll run your responses on this [...]

One of my regular readers, Brian, sent me a message the other day in which he wondered, “What was the best storyline ever in….” And that made me think. There are some obvious ones. There are some that might only matter to me. But it sounds like something that would be fun to discuss.
I’m spread [...]

ALL ABOARD! 3:10 To Yuma now boarding!
Yep, I saw the best Western to come out of Hollywood since…the last Western to come out of Hollywood. They don’t make ‘em with the regularity they once did, during those halcyon days of The Duke and The Man With No Name. Let me back up a sec here. [...]

Ah yes, the dog days of summer. This year, I’d say the dog was a pit bull. The heat’s been suffocating, there’s no air flow and the allergens abound. It’s the perfect time to sit in the AC and read comics. Or at least it could be.
It seems you can’t just read “a” comic [...]

NOTE: I still want to hear from artists and female readers, as I have some stuff in mind for future columns and contests, but I need to know that you’re interested. Drop me a message and let me know!

And as the Nightmare Readers Roundtable waits for dessert to be served, lets finish our discussion [...]