The Wednesday Run

So...
What's this all about then?
The Wednesday Run is basically my excuse to talk about comic books.
I love comic books, all kinds of comic books. It seems simple to say but it's true, I get excited about the writing, the characters, the art, I love the whole thing. Superheroes, serialization, "events", wired little indie books, all of it.
I go to the comic store on New Comic Day every Wednesday and I pick up the stuff I can't live without, the monthly comics I have to have as soon as they hit the store.
I also order trade paperbacks, original graphic novels and some monthly books from www.dcbservice.com an online ordering service with huge discounts. I receive a package from them once a month with all the previous months stuff in it and I race through that in two weeks or so.
I would say I'm an average type of fan, I buy mostly superhero books from Marvel and DC but I have a nice range of independent titles I read also. Three or four years back I finally broke myself from character obsession; meaning that I would buy books regardless of their quality simply because I liked the character or had been collecting the series for some time.
Now I pretty much buy according to writer.
Any book from the following will guarantee a purchase, no matter what the content or genre: Warren Ellis, Brain Wood, Joss Whedon, Brian Lee O'Malley, Alan Moore and Garth Ennis.
The next group used to be in the first group but got dropped for some reason, maybe overexposure, a lousy story or a shift in style (or something else altogether): Brain Michael Bendis, Mark Millar, Grant Morrison, Frank Miller and Greg Rucka.
Finally all the rest get serious consideration of any new work. I mean, lets be honest, one of the beauties of comics is their try-out-ability. I can pick up an issue or two of a book and gauge my interest in the story against buying it every month for the next two years or so. So serious consideration goes to: Paul Dini, Gail Simone, Matt Fraction, Ed Brubaker, Brain K Vaughn, Mark Waid, Jeph Loeb, Robert Kirkman, Adam Warren, Tim Seeley, Rick Spears, Brad Metzler, Ben Templesmith, Jeff Smith, Joe Casey, Michael Avon Oeming, and Andy Diggle.
Something needs to be made clear though...
All of the writers I just listed have, at one point, produced something that I read in singles, read again, bought in trade and read few times in that format. In other words, something I loved.
The top list it so small because those guys produce an automatic "have to have it" response.
If Brian Wood signed a picture of his daughter I'd probably buy two at San Diego this year.
Ideally all of that gives you a view into my mindset.
I hope to use this blog to basically say things that my wife could give a crap about, to talk about comic news, books and rumors just to get all of this out of my head.
Starting tomorrow.