This is the first in a series of five posts about comics that made an impact on me growing up. I'm not talking about anything I worked on as a professional, but books I bought that influenced me as a creator and as a person. I don't actually remember my first comic book. They were always part of my life. But this is the earliest comic book that I can remember. I remember my Dad reading it to me. I was reading from a really early age, and my parents used comics as a reward system. [image src="http://thomz.com/blogall/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/superman290.jpg" align="left" border="image_border" link="https://www.amazon.com/Superman-1939-290-DC-Comics/dp/B005UQZ540/ref=as_sl_pc_ss_til?tag=thozahartstu-20&linkCode=w01&linkId=3TPWMPVNUB4TLJ3I&creativeASIN=B005UQZ540" alt="" title="" lightbox="false" ]Clean your room, get a comic, that kind of thing. We bought them on vacations and at flea markets. They were always around.
I also don't remember a time where I didn't want to do comics. I've always known it was what I wanted to do. In some way, this is the comic that sent me on that journey.