Issue 6: The Nice House On The Lake

Issue 6: The Nice House On The Lake

We are so back. About 4 months ago, I was in Woodstock, Illinois visiting family and during some downtime, I found myself on this app/platform called Whatnot – think eBay meets a live-streaming garage sale, but for people who collect random shit. I’m just...
Ash Can: In the beginning…

Ash Can: In the beginning…

A Key To Me Ash Can From time to time Key To Me Comics will be departing from our usual episodic content about the books that are key to us. We consider these our Ash Can editions; small stories that would otherwise be unpublished. Today we will look at an artifact...
Issue 5: Better Keys

Issue 5: Better Keys

Geoff Issue 3 While I was in the dollar bins of a local shop not too long ago I came across a book I was only vaguely aware of. The title was Infinity Inc. a DC book published for about two years in the mid 80s. The only reason I noticed this book was the cover. It...
Issue 4: Moon Knight 55 and Stephen Platt

Issue 4: Moon Knight 55 and Stephen Platt

Oh boy – today we journey back to the summer of 1993. So peg your jeans, crank up the Pearl Jam and get ready for the next Todd McFarlane! Getting started in comics in the early ’90s my only real exposure was standing in the magazine racks of the local...
Issue 3: You will know what you like: An Alex Ross story

Issue 3: You will know what you like: An Alex Ross story

Geoff Issue 2 I want to talk about Alex Ross. Until I started collecting again this year I didn’t know who he was…specifically. Keep in mind, I stopped collecting in 1996. I do remember the Marvels series up on the shelf at the shop, but I was not big on Marvel*. *See...