Redartz: Hello again, friends! Today I've been caught by the DDD, or "Dreaded Deadline Doom" as longtime Marvelites will remember. So to keep the conversation going, here are two questions to roll around your mental block:
1. What was your favorite subject to study in school?
2. Have you ever purchased anything by mail out of a comic book, and if so, what?
As you all are sitting breathlessly on the edges of your seats, I'll give you my answers:
1. Science (or as Thomas Dolby might put it, "SCIENCE!"). Even when I went off to art school, I picked Astronomy and Geology as electives. And yet today, I still examine the rocks at my feet, and study the sedimentary formations of the landscapes I encounter. Nerd cred ascertained.
2. Actually I bought several things from comics. When I was about 9, I bought a "Surprise Coin Packet" advertised in one of those classified pages in some comic. Hoping for the advertised Silver coins or rarities, I only received a few foriegn coins and a well-worn steel cent. Oh well, should have known better. And in 1974, when those cool Marvel coins were advertised (you recall, Spider-Man, Hulk and Conan in glorious metal), I took the bait. Ordered all three, thanks to the generosity of my Mom. And although all my old FOOM goodies are long gone, I still have the coins.
Okay, let's hear from you fine folks...
