Before I went off to Rutgers, I worked in a comic book shop in my hometown. At night, I would work on some comic stories, and after a while, I developed an idea for a weird little superhero spoof comic called 'Cement Shooz.'

I'm not the biggest comic book fan.

Outside of my work as a comic book creator and co-publisher, I'm an avid gamer.

The comic book world is a tough business.

I have always been a big fan of the character and am more of a moviegoer than a comic book guy. There is always something about the character of Batman that is very elemental. There is a great, powerful myth to the character and romantic element...that draws from a lot of literary sources.

I wasn't as big a comic book aficionado as some of my friends, but I definitely had some Batman comics.