Abstract
As is usually the case with what I work on, I read some stuff I liked. I 1
read an article on comics by Greg Hayman and Henry Pratt and some work on
2 videogames,GrantTavinor’sreallyexcellentworkonthattopic. Ifoundthematerial
interesting and I thought I had something to say about it. That’s what usually motivates me and that’s what did in these cases. With comics, my interest in the medium played a big role. I was a child collector of Marvel. I got turned on to independent and alternative comics about ten years ago by a good friend who’s a successful comics artist and that played a role in my writing about comics.