For those of you who don't know, I'm Tim Stoltzfus, managing owner of More Fun Comics and Games. I've been in the comic industry in some form forever, running retail stores at two different times, including now where I am going on five consecutive years. I'm a collector, and worked on the wholesale side for a while as well. I know more than I care to admit sometimes. I'll address a few basic questions here first...
Why am I doing this? I like to write, and I can't shut up. I always have a million thoughts running through my head, I'd like to get them down somewhere, and maybe some people will be interested. I'll try to stay on "topic" as much as possible, the topic being comics, but I can't promise anything.
What will I be doing? Besides writing, obviously I'm planning a mix. Occasional reviews, views of comics and the industry, and some open questions, because I see some things that just completely confuse me sometimes.
Why do I call it "I Love Comics!"? It took me a while to arrive at this name, but as I thought about what I wanted to discuss, this felt appropriate. Back in the mid-to-late 90's I remember reading the letters column for an issue of Sin City, and Frank Miller used the phrase "these comics we love" in answering a letter, and while I had been reading comics for many years at that point, the phrase caught me, I realized that I *love* comics, and they're that important to me. Since then, I've had the opportunity to talk to and meet many many many people in the industry from the presidents of companies, down to the 8 year old kid buying Sonic. I've come to realize one thing in all of these interactions. We ALL love comics. There's a lot of egos, a lot of human frailty that comes with it, but the fact is virtually everyone involved that I have met genuinely loves comics and are as passionate about them as they are because of that love.
So even when I mercilessly bash a comic or company (and I will, trust me, I will), remember, every single one of us love this medium. In the end, we want the best for all these books we enjoy.
