In celebration of me attending my first ever Comic Con this weekend, I figured I may as well tie my High 5 into the category of comics.   Problem is, I’m a comic lackey.   I’m not out there discovering new comics; I’m not hip to the indy artists or things that have buzz.   When it comes to comics, I do what I’m told.   Oh I have to read Preacher, ok.   Oh, Planetary is awesome?   Sure I’ll read it.   I have to read Watchmen and Dark Knight Returns, ok, I’ll buy them.   So then how do I connect my shitty poser comic geek self to the world of the REAL comic geeks?   Through movies of course!

What I have here are my top 5 important comic movies.   Don’t agree?   Then come and argue the point with me at Boston Comicon.   I’ll be at the 5 & Dime Table both days.

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Remember, remember, the Fifth of November, the Gunpowder Treason and Plot. I know of no reason why the Gunpowder Treason should ever be forgot… But what of the man? I know his name was Guy Fawkes and I know, in 1605, he attempted to blow up the Houses of Parliament. But who was he really? What was he like? We are told to remember the idea, not the man, because a man can fail. He can be caught, he can be killed and forgotten, but 400 years later, an idea can still change the world. I’ve witnessed first hand the power of ideas, I’ve seen people kill in the name of them, and die defending them… but you cannot kiss an idea, cannot touch it, or hold it… ideas do not bleed, they do not feel pain, they do not love… And it is not an idea that I miss, it is a man… A man that made me remember the Fifth of November. A man that I will never forget.

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