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Here at Comic Impact we cover the world of comic books and anything that may impact it! Here you’ll find reviews, previews, upcoming films, video games, toys, power rankings, plus other articles and updates in geek culture!

We host a weekly podcast called the POW (Pick of the Week) to chat about our comic book picks and pull lists. The nerdy/sexy Cosplay Girl of the Month, we’ve got every corner of the comic book universe covered from the true fan’s POV.

In June 2009 (six months after we began), ComicImpact 2.0 was established.Looks nice right?

Aaaanyway, we would love to hear from you - the fans - because (if you haven’t already noticed) we are fans too!We work for free (for now any way….ahh maybe one day) and put all our articles up here on Comic Impact for you guys ,so let our writers know how much you appreciate it ! Comment! Cause as cool as getting to interview big names and getting cool swag for pay is ,it is always better to know that people are reading what you are writing.What do you love? What do you dislike? What could you care less or more about in the world of comics? Please feel free to contact us, and make sure to add us on Myspace, follow us on Twitter, and join our Facebook page.

Simon Daoudi
Simon@comicimpact.com

Simon enjoys reading comics. Oh wait, no, he LOVES reading comics. As a kid, he was watching the old 1970’s batman cartoon (yeah, the one with Bat-Mite!) when he was only a few months old.

He lived in France as a kid and that’s is why he talks kinda funny and loves Eurotrash comics such as Asterix, Lucky Luke, Judge Dredd and TinTin.

When Simon returned to the States, he fell in love with the X-Men and knew that he wanted to draw comic books. After getting sick of art school because of all the bullshit, he took up Graphic Design and now works as a freelance designer and works at a Comic Shop (Galaxy of Comics) in Los Angeles . A few years ago he fell in love with podcasting, and in June of 2008 he came up with BagsandBoardspodcast.com, which is now known as ComicImpact.com

When he is not designing something or bitching out a comic he enjoys photography, reading books (yes, the one with out pictures), purchasing an inordinate amount of action figures and pondering philosophy as he gets more tattoos. If he was a comic character he would be Scott Pilgrim / The Hulk, because he loves music, and when there isn’t any, he’s been known to get frighteningly disgruntled.

You can follow Simon here on Twitter.

Sheldon Lee
Sheldon@comicimpact.com

Born into a clandestine family of Ninjas in the deep, deep southeast of the American Colonies, Sheldon began his training to become a great super hero / zombie killer with a heavy emphasis on quips! Aside from all that, I started reading comics at a young age and got my hands all over early, early issues of Uncanny X-Men, Avengers, Iron-man,Teen Titans, The Incredible Hulk, and Amazing Spider-Man.

Needless to say, I was a Marvel Fan Boy early on thanks to my uncle’s extensive Marvel Collection. Once I started really getting into comics and deciding what I liked, guys like Todd McFarlane, Jim Lee, and Rob Liefeld came onto the scene over at Marvel and I was hooked! I fell outta comics a bit in high school, but sometime in 2001 I became a Comic Shop Weekend Manager and I was once again…hooked. When I am not diving face-first into comics I am either working in the Film and Television Industry or my other love - music and video games!!

You can follow Sheldon here on Twitter.

Some of his favorite people in comics are Jim Lee,Todd McFarlane,Bryan Hitch,Norm Breyfogle,Andy Kubert,Frank Cho,Adam Kubert,Erik Larsen,Mike Perkins,Darwyn Cook,Greg Land,Steve McNiven,John Cassaday,Butch Guice,Romita Jr.,Joe Qusada,Alex Ross,Frank Quitely,Ethan Van Sciver,Terry Dodson,J. Scott Campbell,Tim Sale,Norm Breyfogle,Ed Benes,Chris Bachalo, Karl Kerschl,Warren Ellis,Frank Miller,Brian Micheal Bendis,Mark Millar,Joe Madureira,Clay Mann,Grant Morrison,Darwyn Cooke,Joss Whedon,Mike Mignola,Tom Veitch,Bruce Jones,Kevin Smith,Ed Brubaker,Allan Heinberg,J. Michael Straczynski,Mark Waid,Luke Ross,Jeph Loeb,Brad Meltzer,Chris Claremont,Gabriel Hardman,Jeff Parker,Scott Lobdell,Alan Davis,Alan Grant.

Unlike most of the Comic Impact writers, Rob resides on the colder side of the Atlantic, in England. He is currently studying art at Univeristy.

Rob has been reading comic books for a few years now, and has come to immerse himself in the new world it opened for him back in 2007, when he picked up his first ever comic book; ‘Madman Atomic Comics #1′ by favourite writter Mike Allred. The reason as to why exactly Rob decided to locate his nearest comic store, and purchase said comic back in 2007, is a mystery forgotten and lost over time (basically Rob forgot and doesn’t remember). Although ever since, Rob has become a fan of the comic book medium.

His comic preferences primarily include anything paranormal, intelligent, mysterious, historical or psychedelically dimension-bending. Not to knock his love for mainstream comics as well, Rob however tends to be drawn away from the superhero classics.

John Mueller
John@comicimpact.com

I was raised on a steady comic book diet of super heroics, supernatural horrors and sci-fi shenanigans. As fascinated as I was (and still am) by costumed crusaders there was something more enticing about DC titles of the 70’s such as The House Of Mystery, Swamp Thing, The House Of Secrets and the bizarre humor comic Plop! As strange as these books were nothing could have readied my grade-school brain for the day I randomly happened upon reprints of the notorious E.C. comics of the 1950’s, especially ShockSuspenseStories. This I was not prepared for. These stories were as grim and grisly as it got: drug addiction, terminal madness and cold-blooded murder.

At the same time I was discovering the above, MAD magazine (which I read religiously), was reprinting their early 50’s, anarchic comic-size E. C. issues in their special editions. The convergence of these things on my tastes in visual storytelling that I would hold forever could never, ever be overstated.

That, as I grew older, I would gravitate towards creators of such diverse, but perhaps equally bizarre comics creations (that exist, for the most part, firmly outside of the mainstream) by individuals like Robert Crumb, Daniel Clowes, S. Clay Wilson, Charles Burns, Mark Schultz, Art Spiegleman, Alan Moore, Grant Morrison, Mary Fleener, Seth, Richard Sala, Serpieri, Mike Mignola, Los Bros Hernandez, Jim Woodring, Tim Vigil and Tony Millionaire is not much of a surprise.

In short, I guess what I am saying is that comic books, in all of its many genres and styles, are one of the greatest influences and greatest loves of my life and will be until the day I die. Period.

Oh, and I once got drunk with Warren Ellis.

Ian Candish
Ian@ComicImpact.com

Ian was born in a small, rural, farming village known as Los Angeles. When he was very young Ian was given his very first comic book (Flash vol. 2 #64) by none other than his dear ol’ Dad in response to Ian’sgaga love for the 90’s live action Flash tv series. Little did Pops know (and much to his dismay) he had created a comic book hungry monster.

Growing up on a steady diet of Batman, X-Men, Superman and eventually finding his ultimate comic idolSpider-Man, Ian stored up a wealth of comic history and opinion in his mind where math is usually stored in a normal person. Though he does enjoy a good DC book, at the end of the day he has to side with Marvel. When he’s not buried beneath a mountain of comics and trades Ian can be found writing, drawing, watching movies, riding his piece of crap craigslist mountain bike or working his day job as an Expensive Medical Taxi (E.M.T.).

His favorite creators mirror the average enthusiast: Stan Lee, Jack Kirby, Ditko, the Romitas senior and junior, Jim Steranko, etc…but also include J Scott Campbell, Jeph Loeb, Mark Bagley, Jim Lee, Joss Whedon, MarkMillar, Mike Mignola, Brian Michael Bendis, Robert Kirkman, Geoff Johns, Kevin Smith, Ryan Ottley, Brian K. Vaughn, Tim Sale, Matt Fraction, Denni O’Neal, Mark Brooks, Humberto Ramos and on and on and on.

You can reach Ian at Facebook

Christina Flores
Christina@comicimpact.com

I have always loved to read, never went anywhere without a book. Before that sunny day in May came along I was content to read books with no pictures or word bubbles. I had no clue what my 28 years of life had been missing. No idea, that there was such a rich culture of Super Heroes and Villains, bright shiny capes and skintight costumes. All I knew of comics was what cartoons and movies showed me. I had no idea that fandomcould be so intense. That storylines could be written over years and still keep you in suspense. I really have our own Sheldon and Simon to thank for leading me to the path that started my journey almost a year ago (They needed an extra set of hands at an event).

Fables was my gateway drug, started reading it and was hooked. Once I got footing in that world, I wanted to find more worlds to explore. Now, I read everything that catches my eye. Me and a sponge are one in the same, I soak up everything people tell me about the great Comic Universe. I have to say Vertigo, Image and DC have been the main companies in my life and I will admit I am kind of a DC Fangirl but, I am incorporating more Marvel into my Wednesday rotation.

I may be a newbie in this club of Fanboys and girls but I feel like I found my people. My sister told me I was always a “Comic Nerd” I just didn’t read comics and you know, she was right. I whole heartedly embrace that and am proud to say “I read Comics!”

Ken Zeider
Ken@ComicImpact.com

When you first see Ken Zeider you may be thinking, who let that half-shaved bear in here? He’s gonna eat all the dip! Well that’s not a nice thing to say. Believe it or not years ago Ken didn’t always wear all black and didn’t have a beard that’s more powerful than a locomotive. It was the early 1990’s and Fox Kids had a brand new cartoon called X-Men and that was the beginning. Since then Ken has devoted most of his free time and money to comic books. Rumor has it that if Ken didn’t spend all that money on comic books and comic book paraphernalia he might have had enough money to move out of his parents’ house.

He doesn’t enjoy long walks on the beach and hates board games, but what he does love is cartoons, movies by Kevin Smith, and the music of Megadeth. His favorite comic books include X-Men, The Punisher, Hellboy, and The Avengers. He graduated from California State University of Northridge in 2007 and has used that degree to hide a hole in the wall he made while playing with a broken Hockey stick in the house.

He may not have his own company or have done anything of any real significance, but Ken Zeider holds the self-proclaimed world record for most consecutive hours spent trying to figure out how to make an Origami Penguin without succeeding. And if you look very closely you can find him in Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back.

Matt Jackson -Retired
Robert Ahn - Robot On

Mathew Hyde (Our Very Own Union Jack)-active
Mathew@comicimpact.com

Richard Bashara (McZombie) - retired
Butner Brimberry (old school gamer) - retired
Dana Shukartsi ( Team Aspen) - retired
Adri Cowen (Comic Hip Hop Phenomenon)- retired
Andy Liegl (Our very own Gonzo) - retired
Hollie Bennett (Manga Monday)-retired
Sebastian Gordils (The Statue) - retired
David Dearmore (Galactus Incarnate) - retired
Quint Jenkins(Local Comic Smart Ass) - retired

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