crushercreel
Name: Eric Koford
Crusher Creel is my real name and I walk around in striped prison pants, boots, no shirt, and a ball-n-chain. It gets a bit chilly sometimes. Actually, the only thing Crusher Creel and I share is the same haircut.
I have been a big Marvel fan since my first encounter with Loki. Actually started reading comics in the first grade. My first book was a Hulk book that was in the reading library area of my first grade class. It was way better than "Watch Jack run."
Growing up there was a group of us that read comics, but it was really casual. We never had any discussions about characters or creators. It wasn't until college that I started communicating with some really interesting people about comics. That continued through graduate school and into adulthood.
Now my kids and I share the love together. I don't push anything on them, but let them develop their own tastes. My daughter likes mostly femine heroes and manga. My son loves Spider-Man. I travel for my career and try to hit the "best" comic store in whatever city I am visiting. I have a list of favorites and am surprised with how many great stores there are. I am also surprised that some can stay in business.
I don't collect books, but read titles and give them away. Mostly at Halloween. I collect trades and reread them. I am loyal to a few titles, but am always on the lookout for new interesting books.
I prefer "fights in tights" type of books. I grew up on them and continue to love well written and drawn superhero books. I still look at the books from my childhood (in trade), but I can hardly read them. They are written in a more simple style, but compared to some of the books I read today, they just pale.
Current Favorites: Invincible, Captain America, Thor, the Avengers, Ultimate FF, Atomic Robo,Godland, Sharkman, Atomics/Mad Man, Goon, Jonah Hex, Lone Ranger, Incredible Hercules, Batman, among others.
For Comics shipping on 11/26/08
Captain America #44 End League #6 Green Lantern Corps Ring Quest Tp Hulk #8 Incredible Hercules #123 Secret Invasion Inhumans #4 (OF 4) Teen Titans #65 Thor Man Of War Ultimate Spider-Man #128 Umbrella Academy Dallas #1View details of my comics Print Your Pullist
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It's October...
On Oct 3, 2008 11:59 AMI am going as the magic mirror and my wife as the wicked queen. when your head is shaved the options are limited
Go to CommentFantasy Superhero vs. Attainable Superhero
On Aug 29, 2008 9:00 AMFantasy: Thor. I dig the hair and pounding on someone with a hammer Reality: Crusher Creel the Absorbing Man, with better fashion sense. I don't condone walking around with your shirt off no matter what you look like, very tacky.
Go to CommentA Post Kirkman & Bendis Manifesto of Sorts
On Aug 21, 2008 10:55 AMI am interested in reading other people's observations. I travel around the midwest and go to various comic stores depending on the city I am in. While in these stores, I never see kids in them shopping. By far the standard comic book store shopper are twenty to fifty year old men. Once in a while I will see a woman in the store. When I go to Borders or Barnes...
Go to CommentFinal Crisis Requiem - Gone All Gooey
On Aug 15, 2008 9:00 AMExcellent article and well stated. I look forward to reading your articles again. Keep up the excellent and thought provoking work.
Go to CommentMy First Shop: West Side Comics
On Aug 6, 2008 9:00 AMGreat Story!! I remember getting my one dollar a week allowance and riding my bike to the local pharmacy to check out the new books each week. I could buy four. Then one week I went to buy the books and the clerk asked for $1.20 for my four books. My first introduction to inflation. Comics were now .30 cents a piece! I was nervous and didn't know what to do....
Go to Comment'Iron Man'
On May 1, 2008 3:48 PMEven my wife liked it. She is typically a rom-com fan. My kids (13,11) were uber-geeked up about it and loved it. I have been raising them right!!
Go to Comment'Incredible Hulk' Trailer!
On Mar 12, 2008 9:05 PMIt will probably suck and I will still see it a couple of times just to make sure. Where are the Abomination's ears. Those are trademark ears, he has to have them. A nice nod to the Ultimates with dropping the Hulk from the sky to make him change. The Hulk bomb. I would like to see the FF show up at the end and stop the Hulk. A nice crossover.
Go to CommentYou're OK by Me Joe
On Feb 20, 2008 2:17 AMQuesada saved Marvel. I have been reading Marvel books for 34 years and the quality of the books is better now than at any other time of my life. Maybe the early Lee/Kirby/Ditko days were better, but nothing beyond that can top the quality of talent, both writing and pencilling, that we see today. This alone, under Quesada's reign, makes him hall of fame ...
Go to CommentComic Shop News? No Thank You!
On Feb 19, 2008 2:17 PMmy local shop doesn't carry CSN, but when I am travelling and visit other stores I get it. Some stores are absolute Nazis ( shop in Indianapolis) about putting it in your bag. I even told them that I didn't want it and I got some stupid attitude. Look CSN is going the way of all other newsprint media. Let it die, I say.
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