I’m gonna try something new today: a comic book reader bio, spotlighting reading tastes and habits. If you like it, let me know and we can make this a regular thing.
First up is my former classmate and fellow cartoonist, Jeremy Canceko (by “fellow cartoonist” I mean “cartoonist that is WAY better than I am”!!! HA!). Jer is a professional graphic designer (by “professional” I mean he gets paid to design stuff) and he’s chosen to pimp Shelfworthy.com, an exclusive startup that helps people share their refined tastes in books, movies, and games (by “exclusive” I mean it’s invite only).
Here’s what I asked Jer:
What comics have you been reading lately? Are you a store every Wednesday guy or just whenever?
And here’s what he had to say:
I consider myself a Wednesday guy for the most part. I have subscriptions and try to go at least once a month to pick ‘em up.
In general, I’ve been cutting back on a bunch of titles that I used to read to just focus on particular writers. I read a lot of titles from Brian K. Vaughan, Brian Bendis, Mark Millar, and Robert Kirkman. And then I’ve been keeping up with some Ed Brubaker, Geoff Johns, and Grant Morrison runs. That pretty much covers most of my Marvel and DC stuff, though there are some other gems in there, such as Captain Britain, Patsy Walker, and Ambush Bug, that I dig.
I’m also a Buffy fan, so I keep up with Season 8 and Angel. I try and read as much indie stuff as possible. I’m a huge AdHouse Books and Oni Press fan. I do read a lot of anthologies like Flight, SPX, and Mome when I have the time.
Now I’m just rambling, haha. But I guess I should just list a few more things: A Top 10 [Editor's note: somebody tell this guy we do Top 9's around here… not 10's!!! – Nick] list of comics I do not miss no matter what (fanboys love lists, don’t they ;)
(In no particular order…)
1. Ultimate Spider-Man
2. Scott Pilgrim (The most recent volume is great. It got me inspired to go back and read all the other volumes again!)
3. Invincible
4. The Umbrella Academy (This was a title that I was really looking forward to before it came out and it totally exceeded my expectations.)
5. Fables + Jack of Fables
6. Buffy Season 8
7. Wonderful World of Oz (Marvel’s refreshing adaptation. I love Skottie Young’s art. I’m a big cartoony art kinda guy, haha!)
8. Green Lantern
9. Ex Machina
10. Runaways (Though it’s been a while, original creators BKV and Adrian Alphona are sorely missed.)Hmm, that’s all I got off the top of my head!
P.S. Not sure if you keep up with animated shows, but The Spectacular Spider-Man is definitely one of the best comic book cartoons out there. Greg Weisman (of Gargoyles fame) is one of main showrunners and that’s some quality storytelling right there. I also really liked the Wonder Woman animated DVD that came out recently.
Do you have a Profile in Comics Reading you want to share with the world? Shoot me a line at nick@audioshocker.com and I’ll let you know what I think!









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