OK, "Home Recording Studio" might be a little generous for this, but I couldn't think of a better way to describe it. 

I added to our gallery a few pictures of my home office where I record most of the Legion of Dudes episodes you hear each week.  To see the rest of them, click the image below or right here.

Forgive the indulgence, but I wanted throw this out there.  I LOVE Roller Coasters.  LOVE THEM.  I love all kinds but wooden coasters are my favorite.  Oh steel coasters are very good, and the loops, speed and heights allowed by a steel coaster are fantastic.  There's just a quality to a well built wooden roller coaster that can't be met on a steel ride.

My wife hates them, which is fine.  She would always watch the kids when I went on.  Now my daughter is tall enough to go on, and she will go on many with me.  My son is a daredevil, and I'm sure in a few years my poor wife will stand alone while the three of us go in line for our coaster rides while she stands alone waiting at the exit.  Maybe (but probably not) she'll finally come with us.  She used to like them, who knows why she doesn't now.

Here's a video of my latest ride, The Phoenix at Knoebel's Amusement park.  My daughter loved it.

(Editor's note: This column was originally published March 18, 2009.)

In the past several years, I’ve heard a discussion or argument come up from time to time. The topic of continuity in comics has become a hot button of sorts. Some want nothing to do with it, wanting only to read fun and exciting stories with their favorite characters. Others love to immerse themselves in the rich tapestry woven by the various plot threads that run through the comics of a given publisher.

The idea is this: Each story told in comics builds on those that came before it. As the roster of characters grew, those characters started to interact with each other. Crossover titles became popular, taking a story from one book and finishing it in another. Individually each of these connections are fun, but they quickly build a history, a continuity, of themselves. It’s not unheard of to read a comic in 2009 that refers back to something that was written back in 1979.