Music of any kind, both playing it and listening to it; baseball of any kind, both playing it and spectating it; art, only the graphic and illustration kind, not the fartsy kind; my son Calvin (named after the comic strip, not the president or the baseball player).
Music
You can listen to my personal Yahoo Music station here.
In alphabetical order (all-time faves in All-Caps): AD/DC, Badfinger, Beatles, BIG STAR, The Black Keys, James Brown, The Byrds, CHEAP TRICK, MILES DAVIS, The Donnas , Dream Syndicate, Dumptruck, Elastica, , Farrah, FLEETWOOD MAC, FOUNTAINS OF WAYNE, Peter Gabriel, Guided By Voices, The High Dials, Robyn Hitchcock, THE JAM, JET, The Kinks, Kiss (I liked 'em when I was 10, so it's purely for nostalgic value), The Knack, Kruder and Dorfmeister, LED ZEPPELIN, Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, Love Nut, LUNA, Aimee Mann, Material Issue, Natalie Merchant, Steve Miller Band (guilty pleasure), Lee Morgan, Myracle Brah, Oasis, Tom Petty, Pink Floyd, THE PIXIES, PORTASTATIC, The Posies, The Primary 5, PRINCE, Queen (another guilty pleasure), r.e.m., THE REPLACEMENTS, Jonathan Richman, The Rolling Stones, The Rooks, Rush (All right! So I have a lot of guilty pleasures!), THE SHAZAM, Silver Sun, SLOAN, The Smithereens, The Soft Boys, SPOON, Bruce Springsteen, Squeeze, The Stone Roses, The Strokes, Sugar, Supergrass, Sweet (still more guilty pleasure), MATTHEW SWEET, T REX, TEENAGE FANCLUB, TELEVISION, THELONIUS MONK, Tosca, TSAR, u2, Velvet Crush, VELVET UNDERGROUND, TOM VERLAINE, TOM WAITS, Waxwings, Paul Weller, THE WHO, Neil Young.
Movies
Anything Cohen Brothers; film noir; giant monsters smashing cities; good westerns; good or bad Kung Fu; Pixar.
Favorites (in no particular order): The Incredibles; The Big Lebowski; The Third Man; Sudden Fear; Shaolin Soccer; Star Wars (it's NOT called "A New Hope"!); A Fistful of Dollars. And too many others to mention....
Television
Yeah, I know I'm a big geek for loving Avatar, but have you seen it???!!!!
Homicide: Life on the Street. Buffy. Baseball. I am ashamed to say that I can quote extensively from old Simpsons and Seinfeld episodes. Black Adder - the best insults anywhere. Oh, and Mary Tyler Moore. I'm in love with her. I can't help it.
Books
I'll read just about anything. I like anything that's funny, and I love crime fiction. Also some true crime, but it makes me feel guilty that I'm being entertained by someone else's pain.
Some favorites are David Sedaris; "Confederacy of Dunces"; Ray Bradbury; Dashiell Hammett; Raymond Chandler; Ross Macdonald; Elmore Leonard.
Heroes
Muhammed Ali, Jackie Robinson, Bill Wilson, and anyone else who was willing to risk their own status quo for the benefit of a higher good.
FOR THOSE WHO ARE ASKING ABOUT SKETCHES AT HEROES CON: I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT I HAVE HAD TO CANCEL MY APPEARANCE THERE DUE TO SOME FAMILY MATTERS.
I'm the guy that draws Daredevil. I like chai. I like baseball. I like music. I like some comics, but not all. I like to draw. I'm kinda small. I have hair under my lip - some people call it a "soul patch", but I hate that name.
Lately I've been getting a lot of requests to do pinup pieces and commissions. Please be aware that I am under an exclusive contract with Marvel Comics, which doesn't allow me to do work for other companies or comics. And all personal commission requests are handled through my art dealer's website. Please contact him, and we'll do our best to set something up.
