When I began reading comics, I was living alone at Fort Campbell getting ready to go to Iraq for the first time.  My wife and kids were at home in South Carolina and I needed something to do to keep me busy.  So every week, I would look forward to having a comic book day on Thursday.  This was a time were I would spend some time at the comic book shop followed by a trip to Pizza Hut.  The Thursday night, many times also provided me with reading material for Friday nights when the week was done and the lonliness would set in.  Many weekends, I began to go to Nashville to visit other comic book shops and to build my collection.

That is why I have called this blog “Comic Book Day”, because this is where it all began and it is still a treat to make the drive to pick up some comic books and eat some pizza.  I hope that by reading my work, you will be motivated to enjoy comics not as an expert who must analyze every detail but as a moment to take a break from all that is going on around us.