“I would draw my own comic book characters listening to metal. The drawing and music kind of went hand in hand.”

Everyone needs some time to unwind. There are even coloring book clubs popping up in every state now, so it’s not such an isolating experience.

We’re on the computers, phones and tablets all day long, sometimes you just need to escape from the screens.

I got into comics about the same time as music. By 12 years old, I had discovered my dad’s killer comic book collection filled with Silver Age books from his youth…early Spider-Man, Thor, Fantastic Four,

People are getting together specifically to color. It’s amazing.

The Hulk, Detective Comics, Action Comics, you name it. Seeing those old books got me interested in new comics, so my friends and I would hit the local comic shop every Saturday to pick up the cool titles of my generation.

Coloring is very relaxing for one thing. And I think adults like to unplug from technology for awhile and do something tangible with their hands.

Coloring allows folks to express themselves in a creative way. It’s healthy.

I cherish the greatest respect towards everybody’s religious obligations, no matter how comical.

Generally speaking, life is so rich and full of variety; you have to remember all the time that there is a comical side to everything.

Every comic can report a few ‘gift from the gods’ moments.

I have yet to see one of those Comedy Central shows with multiple standup comics that doesn’t include someone the size of the Hindenburg.

Coming up through the ranks of any calling can be rough, but that battered soul who survives the early years of courting the comic muse comes close to knowing what only the soldier knows: What combat is like.

I wasn’t ever a huge fan of comics. Just not one of those kids, you know?

I’m not the guy with the enormous comedy nose or the big feet or the bad posture or the whatever; a physical comic has certain things.

I wasn’t a comic book geek as a kid. I read some, but it was just like, ‘Oh, I have this comic book here.’ It wasn’t like I was collecting them.