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purred by my fascination with science fiction, I learned to read earlier than most. My father, a laborer, understood education’s power and encouraged my voracious appetite for words by supplying copies of Starlin’s Warlock and The Phantom Stranger and purchasing any pulp paperback I wanted, age-appropriateness be damned. On the rare occasion, I was approached by a member of the perfumed sex as a teen, the vast vocabulary lent to me by reading a steady diet of Blatty, Brooks, King, and Clarke failed me in spectacular ways. Words didn’t fail me when I experienced my first brush with publication when Marvel printed my short story/ letter in issue number forty of ROM: Spaceknight. The letter didn’t score me phone numbers, but I was able to hold my head a little higher. My favorite comic had recognized my work.
Since then, I’ve obtained four degrees, two of those include advanced degrees in writing, and have worked as a professor and administrator in higher education for eighteen years. I’ve published in several venues and serve as the editor of a peer-reviewed journal, The Learning Assistance Review. Thanks to Tidal Wave Comics, I was able to realize my dream of writing comic books, and have been trusted with their largest, licensed character, Bettie Page. I’ve written sanctioned comic books for politicians like Elizabeth Warren, musicians, and actors. I’ve written custom comics for production companies and a famous actor. My first published comic, Tribute: Christopher Reeve, was supported by the Reeve Foundation. It was an honor that has left me wanting more. My background as a writer likely differs from most who work as editors of western-themed magazines such
