I have been reading comics since before I could read.  When I went to college in 1988 I started buying collections, taking out what I needed and selling the rest.  I then bought out the comic side of a comics and cards shop.  I started trading with local comic shops in Corvallis and Albany, Oregon.  I bought two more stores out in Oregon and then opened my own shop in 1993.  I am married with two children, I coach sports, and am a volunteer fireman/EMT.