Why Comic Books Are Important

Meet Victor, a typical nerdy 10 year old kid who loves drawing, video games and sports. Sounds like everything is all good in the hood... except for one huge problem... Victor HATES to read.

Here is an exclusive photo of scrawny Victor (left) flexing his bones with Magneto and his good buddy Kenny at his second Comic-Con... oh yeah, and there's a not quite so agile Spider-Man falling over in the corner:

Did I mention that Victor hates to read? That's going to be key later on. Alright alright... just making sure.

In Victor's fragile young mind the X-Men look like this:

A highly 70s/80s influenced group of characters thrown together to kick major tail. *YAWN* This may have been the pinnacle of the X-Men for many but not for the new Gen-Xer kids of the 90s like Victor. Oh no...

So, imagine Victor's surprise when he walks into a comic book store perusing for art references and he stumbles across this gem:

Victor thinks to himself "X-Men #1? Aren't they approaching issue 300? I'm familiar with Colossus but who's this guy with a stick? Most importantly, who is that ninja babe on the bottom right? Hubba hubba!"

Remember, Victor is a 10 year old kid who grew up in the 80s so terms like "hubba hubba" and "babe" were spreading around the schoolyard like wildfire.

Victor flips through a few of the pages and sees this epic shot:

"Wait wait wait... Did she just ninja kick the helmet off of Magneto? *GASP* TOTALLY AWESOME!!"

Sidenote: Victor was a huge fan of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles at the time. Give him a little bit of credit. At least he didn't exclaim "COWABUNGA, DUDE!" Also, observe the lack of vocabulary in Victor's statement due to his disdain of reading.

"I must learn more about this ninja chick," Victor thinks to himself.

Annoying several comic book connoisseurs throughout the shop, Victor begins to haggle his mother "Mom mom mom mom mom... can I buy this comic?... please... mom mom... I'll do anything... dishes... clean my room... laundry... you name it... mom... pleeeeease..."

Victor's mom smirks and begrudgingly agrees to buy the greatest comic book of all time for him.

Sadly, Victor never did those chores he promised his mother. Shame on him. He did however go on to read his comic book and several others on a journey to find out as much as he could about his new favorite team the X-Men and that one ninja babe. On that journey Victor discovered the joy and wonder that can only be unlocked through the power of reading...

All thanks to a single comic book...

Overwatch Superhero Mashup Art Challenge

It's been a long time but the Art Challenge is back!!

This month's challenge is dedicated to my current favorite game Overwatch. The game has over 20 characters and a variety of outfits to choose from. How cool would it be if those characters could suit up as our beloved superheroes? Your mission if you choose to accept it will be to give any of the Overwatch characters a Super Hero makeover.

Each entry will be featured in a video on our YouTube channel along with a link to your website or social media handle. One winner will be selected based on the level of creativity and craftsmanship you bring to your artwork. This month's winner will receive a $50 Amazon Gift Card.

To enter tag me through your preferred social media outlet along with your entry and use the hashtag #OverwatchMashup by April 1st. Here's where to find me Instagram - Twitter - Facebook

This contest is over. Here's a video containing all of the entries along with the winner.

Make Captain America Great Again!!

Remember when Captain America was great? Yeah, me neither. In fact, up until Mark Millar had him sign up for the wrong side of the Civil War the character was nothing more than a poster child for American ideals. He was the only character more boring and predictable than Superman.

Despite all of that, there are butt hurt fans crying over the recent plotline that has Cap saying those notorious two words "Hail Hydra." There's more division among the fans than the Civil War story created back in the day. Like most events these days, the best thing to come from all of this madness is of course... the memes...

No matter how bad things seem for Cap right now, can it really be as bad as this...?

At the end of the day, the most interesting thing about this whole ordeal is that it has already been done before and nobody really seemed to care.

Calm down, Internet... everything will be alright...