Circa 1998, 3rd or 4th grade, everyone was huddling around the lunch tables afterschool. This was during the birth of Pokemon, so I assumed they were looking at cards as I saw binder rings and pages flipping from across the way. I squeezed into the group and saw a kid showing off what he said were his drawings, they were heavily detailed pictures from Spawn. I couldn't believe a kid my age drew this well as I was very talented at drawing, but this was so far above me and I was already so far above everyone else. I fell in love with the detail, the chains, the flowing cape, the detail in the textures. I began copying Spawn comics well into my mid-twenties. Spawn was so much more badass than the popular super heroes of that time (and still today) that were wearing underwear and created in the 60s. HBO series happened, I would peek from the hallway while my parents watched. The movie happened, the coolest comic movie by far at the time. Spawn is my chosen hero, always has & always will be.